Hey Stu, big fan of the podcast! My question is, broadly, what is the relation today between genre fiction and TTRPGs? I feel like a lot of old D&D could perhaps be summed up as "Have you read Conan and thought it was cool? Now you get to be it!" Chaosiums' Call of Cthulhu as, "Have you read Lovecraft and thought it was cool? Now you get to do it!"
Today, however, I doubt the average D&D player today knows what the hell a Grey Mauser is. I don't mean this in a negative or gatekeeping way; but I find it interesting that D&D seemingly has become its' own self-referential genre. Would you agree?
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Hey Stu, big fan of the podcast! My question is, broadly, what is the relation today between genre fiction and TTRPGs? I feel like a lot of old D&D could perhaps be summed up as "Have you read Conan and thought it was cool? Now you get to be it!" Chaosiums' Call of Cthulhu as, "Have you read Lovecraft and thought it was cool? Now you get to do it!"
Today, however, I doubt the average D&D player today knows what the hell a Grey Mauser is. I don't mean this in a negative or gatekeeping way; but I find it interesting that D&D seemingly has become its' own self-referential genre. Would you agree?
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