thread: 2012-08-13 : Another Interview
On 2012-08-16, Troels wrote:
Heh. That struck a few chords. I recently served Ars Magica the divorce paperwork. I was on the Berkeley list back in the late nineties, I was involved in the early stages of the newest round of Heaven and Hell books, through three long-running campaings I've had so much fun with Ars Magica.
But the numbers, oh, the seven hundred plus little points to be divided into scores of boxes across six or seven categories, just to make a fully functional mage NPC. It's been years since I didn't just fudge them. And the splatbooks, oh, the splatbooks that my eager co-players snatch up, about forging your own horseshoes and the magic of tying knots, complete with ceremonial knot-tying rules. NO MORE! I'll get campaign #3 rounded off next month, and then that's "#?%&!!! it. Unless a sixth edition comes out that is no more complex and heavy than second at the most, NEVER AGAIN!
Hum, needed to vent. Nice interview BTW.
