I'm not sure I understand the attack dog / your doing it wrong mentality either. If they want to retain a trademark on the Blackmoor (tm) name or some other rich proprietary lore I get it. Wouldn't the best thing to do be an enabler and publisher for the few remaining luminaries left around from the dawn of the hobby? Just publish great materials from these people to enjoy, seems like everything would take care of itself if there's a market. Nostalgia being turbo cocaine at this point I think if done well it would sell. Bookend it with DaveCon and ArneCon. Of course the ultimate irony here is, if you watch the film it clearly depicts a 'Braunstien' as a free form, all things possible, rules mostly absent, quasi-LARP. Which as you say, sounds like a blast. They even make a point to showcase Arnesons creative muscle in that he acknowledges there are no rules and remakes his character and generates hand outs.
Disclosure: i bought the film, Blackmoor Foundations, Tonisborg and for the most part enjoyed all of them.
The gatekeeping is ridiculous. Thought you and Vic made sound points throughout the stream.
I'm not sure I understand the attack dog / your doing it wrong mentality either. If they want to retain a trademark on the Blackmoor (tm) name or some other rich proprietary lore I get it. Wouldn't the best thing to do be an enabler and publisher for the few remaining luminaries left around from the dawn of the hobby? Just publish great materials from these people to enjoy, seems like everything would take care of itself if there's a market. Nostalgia being turbo cocaine at this point I think if done well it would sell. Bookend it with DaveCon and ArneCon. Of course the ultimate irony here is, if you watch the film it clearly depicts a 'Braunstien' as a free form, all things possible, rules mostly absent, quasi-LARP. Which as you say, sounds like a blast. They even make a point to showcase Arnesons creative muscle in that he acknowledges there are no rules and remakes his character and generates hand outs.
Disclosure: i bought the film, Blackmoor Foundations, Tonisborg and for the most part enjoyed all of them.