Brandon WebsterJan 9, 2023
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Roleplaying is folk art.

Curiously contemporary article considering the #ogl events.

https://www.wizardthieffighter.com/2023/roleplay-is-folk-art/

Roleplay Is Folk Art

Adapted from the original I wrote for the fantasy audio magazine CANDLE. Under the Ogl's Gaze Recently there's been plenty of turmoil in the roleplaying hobby, especially among publishers, about the rumored moves by Hasbro to cripple the open-gaming license, which helped trigger the OG OSR

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Jan 9, 2023 at 10:58pmWeb
Show threadStickyDoodler ⏭️ PAXUJan 10, 2023

@Wizardthieffighter I love this a lot.

I could quibble with whether many or all games encourage folk art. My mind hearkens back to how Dwarf Fortress got big maybe because of a SA post 2 lifetimes ago. And whatever runs through the collective imagination around sportsball.

But I think the spirit is right. Thank you for this.

Show threadWizardThiefFighterJan 10, 2023
@stickydoodler I’ll be honest - I’d quibble with myself a day later or earlier. Like you said: spirit’s pointing at some there there.