tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642291883699025551.post824691362532468436..comments2024-03-27T00:59:41.504-07:00Comments on Lake Geneva Original RPG Campaign: The First Living CampaignRob Kuntzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17648200357715492214noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642291883699025551.post-19287441111305800222019-05-25T11:18:47.362-07:002019-05-25T11:18:47.362-07:00Hi Scott. Talk about OLD GUARD! I was there the...Hi Scott. Talk about OLD GUARD! I was there then 1968 onward and Gary mentioned you quite often in fact. All of us were IFW members (me, #116). Those were the good days; and I feel that Wargames have weathered those days much better than FRPG, at least design wise.<br /><br />Thanks for the Kudos. And Beware those Spitfires...<br /><br />RobRob Kuntzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17648200357715492214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642291883699025551.post-85342463195900220652019-05-18T09:30:55.952-07:002019-05-18T09:30:55.952-07:00Thanks for this. My gaming with Gary was always wa...Thanks for this. My gaming with Gary was always wargames except that one time in his house with Ernie watching when he pushed a sheet of graph paper at me to "try a new game" he'd come up with.Scott Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12817276021002716934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642291883699025551.post-70891830716374885312013-06-08T16:51:11.295-07:002013-06-08T16:51:11.295-07:00"The idea of a shared campaign was also becom..."<i>The idea of a shared campaign was also becoming, in my conception, a shared world, similar to what had been envisioned for the Castle & Crusade Society in 1970. This never happened in whole, but the idea stuck with me all throughout the design process for Kalibruhn; and to this day I have a map listing dimensions as “worlds” and with one of them being Greyhawk. If you wanted to get to it from Kalibruhn you sailed from sight of land, entered roiling mists, and eventually emerged out of the mist and near the shores of this new “dimension.”<br /><br />I believe the idea would still work rather well today!</i>"<br /><br />As a matter of fact it does, Rob! What you describe here sounded to me extremely comparable to the evolution of my own "worlds of my imagination," with different settings being run as different milieus which gradually became part of the same imaginary landscape, or overarching dimensional cosmology which I dubbed "The Enrill." What you're describing is how all the games I run, whether we are talking about different settings and dungeons of mine, or even different "campaigns" I run with different games, whether we are talking Astonishing Swordsmen, Call of Cthulhu, Cyberpunk, Eclipse Phase, and many more, all actually take place in the circle of the Enrill with its world-components brushing against one another, blending into one another periodically, connecting to one another at times, and so on...<br /><br />I hope to write a lot more about this, some time. In any case: It does work very well to this day, my friend. :)Benoisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18318309230835219538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642291883699025551.post-31354524958378806602013-06-03T07:44:38.310-07:002013-06-03T07:44:38.310-07:00Grat post, Rob. Your stories are awesome and remin...Grat post, Rob. Your stories are awesome and remind me of the "good old days!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642291883699025551.post-79410699851057231952013-04-17T00:04:21.265-07:002013-04-17T00:04:21.265-07:00A fascinating read, Rob. Thanks for sharing. More ...A fascinating read, Rob. Thanks for sharing. More amendments to my history of D&D.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00533889883026909389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642291883699025551.post-9500052091684317842013-04-11T20:14:55.519-07:002013-04-11T20:14:55.519-07:00Hey Rob,
Excellent post! It inspired me to post a...Hey Rob,<br /><br />Excellent post! It inspired me to post a blog on The Canonfire Crier. I even quoted one of your responses to posts here at the end of my post. I look forward to reading more of your posts in the future.<br /><br />Later<br /><br />Argon Argonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01252161609880200857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642291883699025551.post-51460896091519964662013-04-11T07:45:50.374-07:002013-04-11T07:45:50.374-07:00Thanks for Sharing.......... It is always wonderou...Thanks for Sharing.......... It is always wonderous to see the First coming of the Dawn.<br /><br />with Greatest Respect and Admiration,<br />George M<br />aka Dark Lord Galen<br />Canonfire<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642291883699025551.post-62116280787239511452013-04-11T05:50:19.757-07:002013-04-11T05:50:19.757-07:00Terrific stuff, Rob, as always.Terrific stuff, Rob, as always.Greyhawk Grognardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929743865700766901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642291883699025551.post-15789066231004305772013-04-08T14:27:22.054-07:002013-04-08T14:27:22.054-07:00Hey Rob, great read, especially the World of Greyh...Hey Rob, great read, especially the World of Greyhawk Marketing Plan. A different franchise that I have followed for several decades now suffers from the same kind of inane stagnation that TSR had (and continues to have) with Greyhawk. Its just as frustrating to read about 'what might have been' and realize that it occurs all the time. (BTW, this is Keolander from the old Pied Piper Publishing boards in case you're wondering. ~_^)Brooklyn Red Leghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02649492866049982193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642291883699025551.post-74532046744629474122013-04-07T19:00:36.033-07:002013-04-07T19:00:36.033-07:00Star Trek computer (voiceover): "Working...&...Star Trek computer (voiceover): "Working..."<br /><br />:)Rob Kuntzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17648200357715492214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642291883699025551.post-42677600905689281252013-04-07T18:59:46.181-07:002013-04-07T18:59:46.181-07:00Thanks, Eldrad. Anything's possible with a li...Thanks, Eldrad. Anything's possible with a little grit, determination and the right circumstances. People are known to make things happen, heh?Rob Kuntzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17648200357715492214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642291883699025551.post-25806239621353231602013-04-07T15:59:45.565-07:002013-04-07T15:59:45.565-07:00Incredible article BTW! Can huge shared campaign g...Incredible article BTW! Can huge shared campaign groups be ever possible again? Eldrad Wolfsbanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14292418521508905397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642291883699025551.post-49721145743822578652013-04-07T15:56:40.474-07:002013-04-07T15:56:40.474-07:00To recapture that "enlightened years" as...To recapture that "enlightened years" as described oh what a day that would be! You would have to have the "right" game system to do so. Some kind of OGL based system with the simplicity of the old and the options of the new. A system that would gather players old and new school, leaving out the silly (class, race, level) restrictions but facilitating easy storytelling. A system that would be universal and free forever like the OGL just simplified. Eldrad Wolfsbanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14292418521508905397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642291883699025551.post-44870439987067650022013-04-07T13:22:03.644-07:002013-04-07T13:22:03.644-07:00With more details filled in the lore has a classic... With more details filled in the lore has a classic 'tragedy' plot about it. I do not pretend to know the situation at WotC at the time but I do wonder what they thought of the market plan. I do not question the content quality provided in WoG but the mindset & politics at WotC. Were they pushing ahead and leaving the past behind or did they see a tried and true product line but were wary of giving any of the reigns to those who successfully produced it before?<br /><br />For some reason I cannot believe that they didn't see a viable product line in WoG (later, fishing for early edition gamers with anniversary line & then doing Living Greyhawk) which leaves many interesting questions of those who are not here to answer ;)Cimmerianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11613839760282695583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642291883699025551.post-15920690938179699452013-04-06T22:27:17.750-07:002013-04-06T22:27:17.750-07:00Lore is late these days, good Timeshadows. Thank ...Lore is late these days, good Timeshadows. Thank you.<br /><br />Perhaps the LA cameras will capture some of it, eh? Better late with lore than never... perhaps.Rob Kuntzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17648200357715492214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642291883699025551.post-79542306340895486832013-04-06T20:18:16.762-07:002013-04-06T20:18:16.762-07:00Really great material to have compiled in this pos...Really great material to have compiled in this post. I look forward to more lore.Timeshadowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09952601433965644275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642291883699025551.post-59426096192108155432013-04-06T19:17:07.117-07:002013-04-06T19:17:07.117-07:00Hiyo Marcus!
Yes. That beauty <> pain para...Hiyo Marcus!<br /><br />Yes. That beauty <> pain paradox, again.<br /><br />Future: Still sculpting those books I've researched for the last 6 years. I will need glasses soon. So it goes...<br />Rob Kuntzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17648200357715492214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642291883699025551.post-52816080090866907622013-04-06T19:12:23.979-07:002013-04-06T19:12:23.979-07:00Thanks Tim. Now if we could just merge creative ...Thanks Tim. Now if we could just merge creative highs with corporate highs, again, and we'd recapture the enlightened years, 1974-1977...Rob Kuntzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17648200357715492214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642291883699025551.post-64442128406343838282013-04-06T17:35:55.420-07:002013-04-06T17:35:55.420-07:00Thank you, Rob. I always appreciate when you set t...Thank you, Rob. I always appreciate when you set the record straight. This also fills me with nostalgia and sadness, however . . . to think what might have been! But what we did get filled my youth with a great deal of camaraderie and joy, which is nothing to sniff at. Given that you are always forward-thinking, I await with interest to see how this walk down memory lane will inform your future direction.Endymionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16765931160733109597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642291883699025551.post-53634176989107755682013-04-06T14:11:12.057-07:002013-04-06T14:11:12.057-07:00Thank you for sharing this, Rob. Fascinating readi...Thank you for sharing this, Rob. Fascinating reading - creative highs and corporate lowsTim Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03845783872464372488noreply@blogger.com