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Re: history of conlanging

From:Matt Pearson <jmpearson@...>
Date:Tuesday, November 23, 1999, 17:47
Kristian Jensen skrev:

>Jeffrey Henning wrote: > >>Matt Pearson <jmpearson@...> comunu: >>> and also enjoyed drawing maps of imaginary places >> >>Me too! I spent way more time designing D&D campaigns than I ever did >>playing them. >> >Me too! Sometimes, playing the game was bit of a nuissance when I would >rather read about the cultures and societies within a campaign world.
I never really got into D&D, or any of the subsequent role-playing games, for the reason you mention, and also because I never liked role-playing or rule-following (all that tedious throwing of dice), and because I found the D&D universe too cluttered with "magic & monsters" for my tastes (cf. my recent off-topic rant on fantasy literature). These feelings extend to world-building computer games like Sim City: I was never interested in actually *playing* the game, and having to worry about things like budgets and long-range planning and keeping the citizens happy. I wish there were a way to just build interesting cities without having to worry about all that... Matt.