Today I want to take a look at a blog by the name of UbiquitousRat.net, he has written several essays about Dave Hargrave and about Arduin. Let's look at Hargrave’s Old School:
He says:
Reflecting on my re-reading of David Hargrave’s Arduin material, I realise that the “Old School” was never as homogeneous as many in the community would have us believe today. Hargrave was, perhaps, an outlying force in the hobby – contentious and loathed by some – but he was also a force for creativity and variety.
“But Dave was not satisfied with the trilogy, or the five supplements that followed it… For ten years he play-tested and wrote new rules almost continuously, trying to make the FRP experience easier and more accessible for the players…” (Compleat Arduin, Book 1, page iii)
Arduin is something missing from my collection and experience. I had the old Arduin Adventure and it was very cool. I always intended to pick up the Arduin Grimoire but I never got around to it. I must rectify that oversight.
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