Interview 10: Ron Edwards (Part One)
Posted in Interview, Non-Actual Play on February 7th, 2010 by Kevin WeiserWhile 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.