Re: history of conlanging

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.