About this episode
The episode features an interview with Marc Miller, discussing the origins of Traveller and its impact on gaming culture.
It is our honour to greet a King of the legendary GDW as our guest today: the inventor of Traveller, Marc Miller. We talked with him about the dawn and origins of the game and hobby (including Redmond A. Simonsen & SPI), many luminaries of legendary GDW (Wiseman, the Keiths, John Harshman, Gary Gygax, Frank Chadwick and others ), crypto-fascism in our hobbies and real life, and how small things can have big impact for the positive. Other subjects include the role of D&D in forming both Traveller as well as changing the wargaming scene, Swiss design, font choices, and information presentation. Hosts: hasran, blut_und_glas, settembrini Shownotes Not in our town: Darlene and Marc’s anti-racism activism Far Future Enterprises . Get your CT-CD Roms and many other things from legendary GDW directly from Marc!
People in this episode
Hosts: hasran, blut_und_glas, settembrini
Guest: Marc Miller
Topics covered
- game design
- Traveller
- GDW history
- anti-racism activism
- wargaming
- D&D influence
Keywords
- Traveller
- Marc Miller
- GDW
- game design
- D&D
- anti-racism
- wargaming
- Redmond A. Simonsen
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: PESA Nexus e.V., Far Future Enterprises, GDW
Books & works: Traveller, D&D
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