tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999309183326414121.post6224592357058691721..comments2024-01-28T14:45:20.103-08:00Comments on The Many-Headed Troll: TROTTing BackTom K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14089720729784290270noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999309183326414121.post-68139391009610720982013-09-08T17:01:13.434-07:002013-09-08T17:01:13.434-07:00In further deference to Ken, I think that the fill...In further deference to Ken, I think that the filler is that since 5.0, T&T rules have been a little too succinct for many pages. And outside of duration, the system nor the writing has never "Old School Gaming." His variations in 7th edition ticked off many of his cohort because the game no longer resembled That Other Game, which is what T&T ripped off in idea and structure in the first place. And many game writers have already gravitate towards his style of spoken voice prose.<br /><br />As for 9KW, I need to do some Tom-Like New Khazan scenarios don't I?Tom K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14089720729784290270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999309183326414121.post-51346599067767944992013-09-08T14:27:48.352-07:002013-09-08T14:27:48.352-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Tom K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14089720729784290270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999309183326414121.post-18974283616833340202013-09-07T17:16:12.157-07:002013-09-07T17:16:12.157-07:00Ken's great strength is understanding how to b...Ken's great strength is understanding how to best use his own voice as writer and designer. The scary thing about what you (more politely than I would) call filler is that it might encourage too much of people trying to write like Ken. I don't think much of the great diversity of T&T in the early edition (>=5.0) days would be possible if he were more involved in the editorial process--not that he insist on putting his own stamp things, but editors and writers would naturally gravitate to some Ken-like standard.<br /><br />(Full disclosure, weak-willed disclaimer: I'm still catching up with reading from the 5th to current publications, so disregard any implications on how we got from there to here.)<br /><br />In another blog you commented on the positive response to 9KW: we love it (short form) because it's easy to create a clearly, uniquely 9KW adventure but impossible to create a (successful) adventure that's Tom-like.Moskerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08997008169683010748noreply@blogger.com