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Merric Blackman's avatar

Whenever I think of the early game's initiative systems, I also start comparing to the initiative system in Magic Realm (AH, 1979) which took a lot of these systems and formalized them... into a system that was just as confusing.

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Christian Lindke's avatar

Now I have to pull out my copy of Magic Realm. If anyone can make initiative rules more confusing it’s Avalon Hill.

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DM T-Rex's avatar

Hey just saw you had taken off your original article (it seems, can't find it anymore). It was a big inspiration and I did my own article in French article on the same subject https://dmtrex.wordpress.com/2024/08/23/linitiative-originale/, citing yours! I will check that serie and just subscribed to your newsletter. Keep up the good work :) !

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Christian Lindke's avatar

DM T-Rex,

Since you linked the older version, I republished it. The articles are very similar and I brought it over here because I'm trying to migrate older stuff to the new Substack.

Thanks for subscribing here. I am working on a next step in the series. I don't know when it will come out, but it will.

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Kevin Vasquez's avatar

Wow, really makes you think about the improvements made over the lifespan of D&D.

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