Re: [ogf-d20-l] Are Sports Corrupting RPGs?

[lizard]

Alex de Morris wrote:
> 
> Hmm. I wonder how many gamers have tried to develop a
> sports-system beyond the "classical gladiatorial"
> games in the context of their games.
> 
> The J.R.R. Tolkein�s novel _The Hobbit_ has a golf
> description in it. Why couldn't we develop, I guess
> like Warhammer's snotball (I don't play Warhammer), a
> pseudo-sport for our games.
> 
> Throw in some magic, and the fantasy world takes off.
> I'd rather not hear the modern-times references to pop
> culture, but I guess being the non-sport junky I don't
> get it. Spike the dwarfball, pass the elfskin, punt
> the whole thing over the fence, so we can get on
> gaming.

Blood Bowl by Games Workshop.

And you can expect D20 Quidditch rules when the Harry Potter RPG comes
out from WOTC.