Message:Early gameplay was strange and regional. What does the volume say about the tone, speed, Referee's interaction?
There are people who claim to know Old School and insist they are the authentic Gygax play style, but who can say. Some think it has the Ref describing a scene and details get filled-in as actions or take. I look at the throne...very Zork. Not sure that was universal. Though in the seventies all of us did a version of this.
Very few actually played with the author, and those surviving that did were young. Recollections can be dangerous. As for the original crew, well, dead men tell no tales.
Yours,
IronRed
11-Nov-2022