The Life And Opinions of Andrew Rilstone

then come unto him the Sadducees,  which say there is no resurrection;  and they asked him, saying, “Master, Moses wrote unto us,  i...

and they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders, ...

So; that’s the very long role-playing essay. Come back in six months and maybe we’ll do the second very long roleplaying essay, tentatively ...

Here is a story:

Is there such a thing as an RPG aesthetic?  

I now have to own up to a guilty secret.   I don't like comic books all that much. 

Has my entire life been a process of playing catch-up?

We used to go on holiday to Brighton, in the years before the oceans drank the West Pier.

I liked pirates before Pirates of the Caribbean made them briefly fashionable . 

I have a dream. Literally, I mean.

I have a dream.

Of course, we also read books.

I went to a Games Convention: it may have been Dragonmeet or Games Day. 

Andrew: you have just talked for ten pages about rules and mechanics...

Chivalry and Sorcery can go on the pile next to Traveller.    I read it fifty times but I never actually played the thing.  

The second game we played was called Melee.  

A First Level Dungeons and Dragons Magic User had, and for all I know still has, four hit points.  

I kind of remember the first time I was a Dungeon Master. 

A long time ago I wrote an article called All The Boys Are Marching Out of Step Except My Johnny 1 .

....for all the lovely feedback about the RPG essay. If you have the time or the inclination, do please tell your NPCs and plug it on sosh...

I have told this story before: too often.  You have heard it before: it is not always about me. 

I wake up too late but still tired.

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