tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post8489880018281903147..comments2024-03-28T14:05:25.134-07:00Comments on Sacnoth's Scriptorium: Old TSR Boardgames (COHORTS : Roman Checkers)John D. Rateliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12324926298336489295noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-25374096837509998142021-02-07T20:30:08.413-08:002021-02-07T20:30:08.413-08:00dear Paul W.
You're right: once you'd poi...dear Paul W.<br /><br />You're right: once you'd pointed out de Camp's long association with Prett, and Pratt's fame as designer of what was probably the major wargame of its time, de Camp's appearing in the role of historical game re-creator makes perfect sense..<br /><br />--John R. John D. Rateliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12324926298336489295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-45944238179293195622021-02-07T20:26:45.140-08:002021-02-07T20:26:45.140-08:00Dear Zanopus
Yes, it's pretty clear you'v...Dear Zanopus<br /><br />Yes, it's pretty clear you've solved the minor mystery of who the three fantasy masters TSR meant; I'll add more on this to the next posting (re. WARWOCKS & WIZARDS). <br />--JRJohn D. Rateliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12324926298336489295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-18575045764731914942021-02-06T21:50:07.993-08:002021-02-06T21:50:07.993-08:00de Camp is exactly the sort I would have expected ...de Camp is exactly the sort I would have expected to make such a game - recall his long friendship with Flecther Pratt, renowned fantasy/sci fi author as well as ground breaking naval war game designer. In fact, I'm fairly certain Naval reserve officer de Camp played the Fletcher Pratt naval wargame many times. <br /><br />Paul Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14620026998861471269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-81243161596381468362021-02-06T08:25:38.888-08:002021-02-06T08:25:38.888-08:00Regarding other games in the "Famous Authors&...Regarding other games in the "Famous Authors" series, there is a 1977/1978 TSR catalog called "Games for Imaginative People" in which the entry for Cohorts says "The third in TSR's "Famous Authors Series" (LANKHMAR, WARLOCKS & WARRIORS)..." And towards the bottom of <a href="http://zenopusarchives.blogspot.com/2018/12/1977-gen-con-x-souvenir-program.html" rel="nofollow">this post</a> you can see an ad for W&W that ran in the Gen Con X Souvenir Program (1977), which says it was designed by "well-known author Gardner F. Fox" and that it is part of the same series as the other two games. Fox is probably better remembered now for his comic book work, but at the time he'd just finished his Conan-inspired Kothar and Kyrik series (each of which is referenced by name in Appendix N in the DMG) and was having similar Niall of the Far Travels stories published in THE DRAGON. For the 1977 Basic rulebook, Gygax (or possibly another editor at TSR) went as far as changing a short list of authors that Holmes mentioned in the "Dungeon Mastering as a Fine Art" section of the manuscript from "...the fantasy worlds of Robert E. Howard, Michael Moorcock, classical mythology..." to "...the fantasy worlds of Fritz Leiber, Robert E. Howard and Gardner F. Fox..."Zenopus Archiveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069501995927451558noreply@blogger.com