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D&D is anti-medieval (2016) (www.blogofholding.com)
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[-] copacetic@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 days ago

Orcs in Tolkien’s work were rather a stand in for German soldiers since he fought them in WW1. Gygax simply sourced monsters from everywhere. Only later they became elevated to sentient beings and a playable race… uh… species now (D&D 2024).

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