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Today on Throwback Thursday, free to all readers, I look back to Gygax's Epic of Ærth, and how his focus on categorization led him down the rabbit hole of race science, genetic determinism, and bizarre shade thrown at Afghans. No reading between the lines here: it's right on the page. #ttrpg #dnd

patreon.comThrowback Thursday: Ludosophy! - Lust for Lists | Julian KayOriginal Commentary - December 18th, 2020 This week in Ludosophy!, I talk about how lists and categories can aid players and gamemasters--or

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Emmo Bee

@emmobee.bsky.social

I kind of liked Mythus but mainly for Mythus Magick. I have Epic of Ærth but never used it because I found it as boring (not to mention nonsensical) as Magick was fun.

ARBco

@j-k.games

Maybe I should look at Magick, a lot of Mythus just felt *heavy* to me but that can make for interesting magic systems.

Emmo Bee

@emmobee.bsky.social

Oh, the magic system itself was just your usual roll your magic skill to cast your spell thing. But the lists of spells were pretty fun. Especially for Witchcraft (or was it Witchcræft? Wytchecræfte? Weetchcræeftt?)