RPG Designer Julian Bernick on Jack Vance’s The Dying Earth book series and the new Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG setting based on it. Why is it such a cool world to read about and play in? How much influence did The Dying Earth have on Gary Gygax and D&D? Hint: a lot. What was DCC’s design philosophy and what was the thought behind its extra dice types? Long-form Lovecraftian poetry. How to say grognard. More!
Shane Plays Geek Talk Episode #244 – 7/14/2021
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SHOW NOTES
DCC Dying Earth Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/devillich/dcc-dying-earth
Jack Vance on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Vance
The Dying Earth on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dying_Earth
“Jack Vance & the D&D Game” by Gary Gygax https://archive.org/stream/gary_gygax_jack_vance/gary_gygax_jack_vance_djvu.txt
Spellburn: A Podcast about the Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG http://spellburn.com/
Nowhere City Nights, Julian’s third-party modern noir setting for DCC RPG https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/186498/Nowhere-City-Nights-DCC-RPG
Castle Bash: A Record of the Most Unfortunate Doings at Castle Bash – As Told by an Unnamed Poet who was Never Seen Again https://www.amazon.com/Castle-Bash-Record-Unfortunate-Unnamed/dp/0982933584
Appendix N Book Club Podcast https://appendixnbookclub.com/
— Dungeons and Desktops: The History of Computer Role-Playing Games 2nd Edition Shane’s book! Co-authored with Matt Barton of Matt Chat https://www.amazon.com/Dungeons-Desktops-History-Computer-Role-Playing/dp/1138574643/
