Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Great Article: The Story of Pathfinder

http://www.polygon.com/2016/8/1/12317888/the-story-of-pathfinder-dungeons-and-dragons-most-popular-offspring

This one is a bit basic, but it has some interesting historical perspective and comments from the game's designer. Pathfinder is still a cool game, and still our group's preferred edition of "the world's most popular fantasy game" rules set. Even though we wrestle at times with its complexity and size, nothing comes close in terms of options, openness, artistic style, compatibility, and mod-ability.

For the game to have been printed over seven years ago and to keep going strong is no small feat, and it happily keeps moving forward today. I am starting to believe this will keep moving forward, unchanged, for decades to come. A true universal set of fantasy roleplaying rules that stays the same from generation to generation? I sincerely hope so, and that too is no small feat. When you create something great, it lasts.

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