While Kevin was over in Chicago to hang out with the Jank Cast he got a chance to sit down with Ron Edwards for an hour or three.  I’ve broken the interview down into two parts for ease of consumption. In this first part, we talk a bit about his inspirations for his new game S/Lay /w Me vis a vis early gaming history and the conservative crackdown on all things considered “obscene.” Then we move on to discuss how identity politics can interfere with system discussion, and then a bit about why and how he wrote Trollbabe. Stay tuned for part two!

Relevant Links

• Adept Press
• IPR
• Monte Cook
• Sorcerer
• Skype
• Code of Unaris
• The Forge
• Actor, Director, Writer stance
• Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser
• Henry Kuttner and CL Moore
• H.P. Lovecraft
• S/Lay W/ Me
• Rob Bohl
• Clyde Roher
• Forge Midwest
• Moral Majority
• Scopes Monkey Trial
• B.A.D.D. and The Pulling Report
• Comics Code Authority
• Zap Comics
• Robert Crumb
• S. Clay Wilson
• Gilbert Sheldon
• Meese Report
• Tipper Gore
• Frank Frazetta, Frazetta “Cat Woman” and Boris Vallejo, Vallejo Conan the Barbarian
• Elmore (Red Box)
• Elric of Melnibone
• The Riddle of Steel
• The Shadow of Yesterday
• Dave Arneson
• Blackmoor
• Nine Worlds
• GURPS
• Champions
• Heroes Unlimited
• Vampire: The Masquerade
• Over the Edge
• Prince Valiant
• Chivalry and Sorcery
• The Jank Cast
• The Infamous Five Threads
• Spirit of the Century
• Robert Jordan
• Vincent Baker
• Trollbabe
• Andrea Dworkin (who apparently denies attribution for the quote Ron used, see the 6th question here)
• Liz Danforth
• The Fantasy Trip
• Eastern Promises
• Anna Kreider
• Dragonlance
• XDM
• Jonathan Tweet

Crunchy Bits!

• The Walking Eye Interview 10: Ron Edwards Part 1: 1 Hour 20 Minutes
• Intro and Outro music provided by Oh Possum.

Tags: Andrea Dwarkin, B.A.D.D., Blackmoor, Boris Vallejo, Champions, Chivalry and Sorcery, CL Moore, Clyde Roher, Code of Unaris, Comics Code Authority, Conan the Barbarian, Dave Arneson, Dragonlance, Eastern Promises, Elric of Melnibone, Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser, Forge Midwest, Frank Frazetta, Gilbert Sheldon, GURPS, H.P. Lovecraft, Henry Kuttner, Heroes Unlimited, IPR, Jonathan Tweet, Kevin, Larry Elmore, Liz Danforth, Meese Report, Monte Cook, Moral Majority, Nine Worlds, Over the Edge, Prince Valiant, Robert Bohl, Robert Crumb, Robert Jordan, Ron Edwards, S. Clay Wilson, S/lay /w Me, Scopes Monkey Trial, Skype, Sorcerer, Spirit of the Century, The Fantasy Trip, The Forge, The Jank Cast, The Pulling report, The Riddle of Steel, The Shadow of Yesterday, Tipper Gore, Trollbabe, Vampire: The Masquerade, Vincent Baker, XDM, Zap Comics

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