Post #2275949

2026-04-26 14:21 UTC

@chgowiz@dice.camp James D is an indie RPG author and former freelancer for WotC and Moongoose who got himself exiled from polite TTRPG society for writing such bon mots as "In Defense of Rape," thinking Gor was a good idea for a RPG setting/game in the 2000s, and despite maintaining he was a left-wing libertarian, aligning himself with the men's rights movement and Gamergate.

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@Tim_Eagon@dice.camp 2026-04-26 14:23

@chgowiz@dice.camp I like Bryce's reviews, or at least his ideas of what makes a good adventure, which I think are widely applicable to D&D-type fantasy games. Ease of use at the table, evocative writing (without purple prose), centering player choice, and emphasizing interactivity beyond stabbing should be core goals when writing published adventures for D&D and similar games.

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@chgowiz@dice.camp 2026-04-26 15:30

@Tim_Eagon@dice.camp I snuck into my Dad's stash of scifi books and found several of the Gor books back in the 70s. They were "naughty" to a pre-teen/teen, but as an RPG setting? C'mon... I vaguely remember JD now, I stayed away. My biggest exposure to OSR drama was Axe/TARGA-gate in 2010 and I was just done with OSR circus and monkeys.

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@erikcats@dice.camp 2026-04-27 13:16

@Tim_Eagon@dice.camp he deserves every drop of bile

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