Old school fantasy covers feel so nostalgic!
Never heard of this specific publication. Does anyone have experience with it? Was it good?
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It's the most influential publication on RPG designers that you never heard of. Most of the game design innovations that were made in the '70s, '80s, and '90s came from the pages of A&E in their embryonic form, and it still held quite a bit of impact in the '00s.
It's the most influential publication on RPG designers that you never heard of.
To be precise, I've never heard of any publication haha. They have never reached my country. Sometimes I stumble upon one, like this one, and learn about their story.
I'd read a few issues back in the day (borrowed from an ardent participant) and I'm still gob-smacked how lively and active game designers were back in the early '80s. And how well they knew each other, all because of the pages of this little APA.
I've never actually gotten into it at all, but you can feel the influence esp. In old stuff. Unfortunately the way it was published (as an APA) feels like it made it hard to get into
...disappointed to see alarums + excursions end so close to the gold mark but by that same measure its run is nothing short of a triumph by modern standards; lee gold's shadow looms large and well-earned...