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D&D is anti-medieval (2016) (www.blogofholding.com)
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[–] geekwithsoul@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago

Interesting take. I look at it as less “anti-medieval” and more anti-government. Gygax was a libertarian and it grew out of wargaming. Gygax just wanted a world where he could fight dragons and didn’t bother to do the world building of an economic or political system. I think this was more out of disinterest in the topics rather than as a political stance.