Re: {Game Developer] Obituary: Jim Ward, Dungeons & Dragons designer, died at age 72

On 3/22/2024 10:34 AM, kyonshi wrote:

On 3/22/2024 4:17 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Fri, 22 Mar 2024 10:29:03 +0100, kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote:
His "Greyhawk Adventures" hardbound was interesting, but sadly lacked
the charm and accessibility of other D&D product lines. It was a
product I really wanted to get behind, but never could. But I think
that has more to do with the generally unappealing nature of Greyhawk
than any fault of Ward's writing.

 I do actually have Greyhawk Adventures. It's... kind of pointless. Sorry to say.
Greyhawk in my opinion is not a bad setting, but it only makes sense in the original folio/boxed set form. Once all kinds of people got their hands on it and tried to fill it with stuff it just didn't work anymore.
This is a setting that delights in minimalism, both in the setting, and the material produced for it.

I have The World of Greyhawk setting boxed set, and frankly it's probably the worst thing I ever bought when it was new.  There just wasn't anything particularly useful to someone not already familiar with the setting (me at the time.) I couldn't figure out how to use it as a setting as it was like reading a very dry text of what the people of a particular region were.
The original FR was sooo much better.
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