I'll grant Stafford, more or less, since RuneQuest first appeared in 1978. That's still years after D&D first appeared but was at least concurrent with the AD&D Players Handbook. He's still building on Gygax & Arneson's original designs, mind you, but his work is a great example of mythology rather than wargaming as the core of the game.
Would Stafford have developed RuneQuest without D&D? Highly unlikely, as he had spent a decade working on Glorantha with no gaming intent before D&D appeared. But at least in this one the author was in the ballpark.
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Date: 2008-03-11 05:12 am (UTC)Would Stafford have developed RuneQuest without D&D? Highly unlikely, as he had spent a decade working on Glorantha with no gaming intent before D&D appeared. But at least in this one the author was in the ballpark.