tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750858425589737642.post2563775596753493912..comments2024-03-27T10:43:30.532+00:00Comments on Known World, Old World: A Complete Game in Four PartsAndy Bartletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06683770320671028815noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750858425589737642.post-89416220847657570362015-11-02T14:58:26.369+00:002015-11-02T14:58:26.369+00:00Really enjoyed this. I'm a diehard Moldvay gu...Really enjoyed this. I'm a diehard Moldvay guide (I tilt Minimalist in most things, so...), but the last year or so I keep pulling BECM off the shelf. I'm not sure why. I don't care about the common complaint of "too much polish"--it's probably true, but irrelevant. During that year I've been reading and writing a ton on games and I have to note the correlation: the more I learn about RPG, the more interesting Mentzer gets.Brian Haaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01658840805206915442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750858425589737642.post-85922280863180993612014-11-06T10:59:50.458+00:002014-11-06T10:59:50.458+00:00The BECMI paradigm was excellent for identifying t...The BECMI paradigm was excellent for identifying the 'sweet spot' of a level range. Too often you read of games where the PCs are too powerful for dungeons anymore. Well, what are they doing still just dungeoneering at level 13 or whatever? Where are the estates and political shenanigans? A L13's biggest dungeon worry should be worrying that their kid has run off and is hitting some orc lair with a bunch of other punks like their mum and / or dad did. Worlds of WillyDJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11439172189420459958noreply@blogger.com