tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246037824413568064.post5289978424128110552..comments2024-03-13T19:18:38.680-07:00Comments on Tom Van Winkle's Return to Gaming: Early Player Reactions to D&D Game Mechanics: The Case of SpellsTom Van Winklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00498476328377801884noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246037824413568064.post-73043520458733772242020-06-20T14:32:33.558-07:002020-06-20T14:32:33.558-07:00Thank you for your testimony! This is also my memo...Thank you for your testimony! This is also my memory of D&D in "the old days" of role-playing games. Like many others, I just moved on to non-D&D.Tom Van Winklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00498476328377801884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246037824413568064.post-3455841855408746822020-06-20T14:09:48.566-07:002020-06-20T14:09:48.566-07:00I remember very clearly coming up in the era of &q...I remember very clearly coming up in the era of "the books are the One True Way." "Official" meant something very serious, and playing with "unofficial" material was a good way to an elementary school playground argument. As an adult, the idea of a One True Way seems silly, but as kids we didn't want to play "wrong."Peter Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.com