tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149158411520408380.post1588069385277157840..comments2012-01-27T11:43:22.601-06:00Comments on RPG Diehard: Review: Keep on the BorderlandsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149158411520408380.post-85340483013740295672008-11-11T12:41:00.000-06:002008-11-11T12:41:00.000-06:00I recently acquired a copy of Keep on the Borderla...I recently acquired a copy of Keep on the Borderlands, my original copy was lost a long time ago, and after re-reading it I came to some of the same conclusions. Gygax really want the culture of his monsters to be a close representation of human cultures. The humanoid women tending to the children and cooking in the "dungeon" while the men hunted/raided outside their home. Part of it still makes me feel bad, Gygax wanted to show the monsters with compassion (in their own way)and we adventures go forth and destroy them. Using Gygax's themes how many orc and goblin children saw their parents killed or are now displaced from their cozy underground home (read dungeon) because of the callousness of the "evil" adventurers.B.G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00137446244222744473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149158411520408380.post-70260680497613371092008-11-10T17:46:00.000-06:002008-11-10T17:46:00.000-06:00Keep on the Borderlands was my very first exposure...Keep on the Borderlands was my very first exposure to D&D. It was a hand me down from my mom's friend's kids, who were 2 years older than me. I even remember the stains on the map of the caves of chaos clear as an infrared hobgoblin shape. I long for those youthful days of reading rpg books for the first time and thinking "holy fucking shit, I want to crawl through caves and maul goblins with a sword."Supahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18436226237333436435noreply@blogger.com