Quote from: Spinachcat;779098Will your reviews save his precious children's lives???

You better think of the children when you monsters review his masterwork!

This was his second RPG, right? After his success with FATAL? No seriously, I always wondered if Gleichman was the author. He seems like THAT dude.

Drive by sniping, weeks after the fact, in a thread about not doing that. Is there a point to this assholery, or are you just so petty you had to get stuck in because you missed out on the other thread?

QuoteBut hey, if his game has cool bits, that's great news. I've always said that I am happy to separate the Creator from the Creation.

Well at least you've got that going for you. Which is nice, I suppose.

Quote from: Spinachcat;779098Will your reviews save his precious children's lives???

You better think of the children when you monsters review his masterwork!

This was his second RPG, right? After his success with FATAL? No seriously, I always wondered if Gleichman was the author. He seems like THAT dude.

But hey, if his game has cool bits, that's great news. I've always said that I am happy to separate the Creator from the Creation.

Well, anyone who takes the time and effort to design a game, write the rulebook and put it up for sale, gets props from me. I know what kind of work that entails.

I told him I wanted to look at his game because when I have discussed mechanics with Gleichman in the past I liked a lot of his ideas, even if we disagreed strongly about a few key points. I've only had a chance to skim the rules now and plan to read them tonight or tomorrow (after I do my next movie review), then run them as a one-shot or two-shot once I muster the troops. So far I like a lot of what I see. The review isn't going to be about any of the forum drama or about holding Gleichman to things he has said in the heat of an internet debate. It will just be about the game.

Quote from: BedrockBrendan;779161Well, anyone who takes the time and effort to design a game, write the rulebook and put it up for sale, gets props from me.

I fully agree and I have agreed on that point before on various forums because I believe that criticism and praise Creation must be separated from the actions and personality of the Creator.

I even debate whether boycotting an odious Creator is the right action if it deprives you of entertainment you would enjoy. It's a point I consider heftily as to the pros/cons of boycotts.

My hope is Age of Heroes has LOTS of good stuff to steal.

Quote from: apparition13;779129Drive by sniping, weeks after the fact, in a thread about not doing that.

I'm so sorry Thread Mommy!!

I've be bad so its time to spank me Apparition 13. Spank me hard.

Quote from: Spinachcat;779326My hope is Age of Heroes has LOTS of good stuff to steal.

I still working through it but it there are appears to be subsystems that can be reused for example herbalism.

Honestly I am little astonished at Age of Heroes. The game itself is solid but has detailed mechanics so it won't to be everybody taste. My astonishment is at how well-written it is compared to Gleichman's rhetoric. By well-written I mean it doesn't talk down to you. It does takes a definite stance on what the game is or isn't but also gives a fair amount of options to tweak it to one's style.

He would not have half the problems he does on the forums if he wrote posts like he wrote Age of Heroes.