Game designer and good friend of the Greyhawk community, Creighton Broadhurst has a series over on his blog, Raging Swan, about cool words for gamers. The latest installment is a dedication to Gary Gygax and the modules G1-3 Against the Giants. Creighton explains the meanings of the weird words used for some of Gary's wackiest pre-generated characters and where he got them in the first place. It's a good read, check it out.
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Friday, April 15, 2011
Very Cool Words For Gamers
Game designer and good friend of the Greyhawk community, Creighton Broadhurst has a series over on his blog, Raging Swan, about cool words for gamers. The latest installment is a dedication to Gary Gygax and the modules G1-3 Against the Giants. Creighton explains the meanings of the weird words used for some of Gary's wackiest pre-generated characters and where he got them in the first place. It's a good read, check it out.
These kind of posts are fun, if not all that useful in a game. Reminds me of the old GH meta-texts articles on canonfire by Tzelios.
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