https://www.rodneyhamptonpc.com/tags/1973/ Recent content in 1973 on RHampton's Blog Hugo en-us Sat, 22 Nov 2025 19:38:49 -0600 https://www.rodneyhamptonpc.com/posts/additional-complexities/ Sat, 22 Nov 2025 19:38:49 -0600 https://www.rodneyhamptonpc.com/posts/additional-complexities/ <p><em>Discerning Dave Arneson&rsquo;s Blackmoor Combat System - Part 3</em></p> <h2 id="decomposing-aif">Decomposing AIF</h2> <p>We begin today by looking at <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventures_in_Fantasy">Adventures in Fantasy</a></strong> (AIF) by David Arneson and Richard Snider (one of the fellows in the Twin Cities gaming crowd). Snider is well known for adding complexity (see reviews of <strong>Powers &amp; Perils</strong> by Avalon Hill) though I do find <strong>Star Empires</strong> to be readable and hope to get in some play next year. Arneson had complained that OD&amp;D differed from the material he sent to Gygax. By looking at the combat system in AIF (published in 1979), I am hoping we will garner some insight into the elements of combat that Arneson found most essential to early Blackmoor’s combat system.</p>