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In November 2002, Paul Elliott -- author of various free roleplaying games including the excellent Zenobia -- wrote an article called The Gygax/Arneson Tapes for his Tempus Fugit column on RPGnet. In it, he imagined that Gary Gygax was inspired by Classical Mythology instead of Tolkien-esque High Fantasy, and created Mazes and Minotaurs.

Along comes Olivier Legrand, a French game designer, who decides to actually make the fictional game the column describes with three goals:

Write a complete game in English.
Write a game with a genuine old-school, 1970s feel, reminiscent of early D&D.
Write a game that would be totally coherent with Paul's article.

He did, and released to for free!

Check it out here.

Tropes used in Mazes and Minotaurs include:

Defictionalization - From speculative column entry to real game!
Lampshade Hanging: lots of quirks of the D&D game are adressed in the pseudo-historical commentaries like the armor class system, the wargamist quarrels, etc.
Retraux - See What If
What If - What if G.G. was hooked on a Grecian world instead of a medieval one?
What Could Have Been - The entire premise.

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-In November 2002, Paul Elliott - author of various free roleplaying games including the excellent ''Zenobia'' - wrote an article called The Gygax/Arneson Tapes for his Tempus Fugit column on [[RP Gnet]]. In it, he imaged that [[Gary Gygax]] was inspired by Greecian myths instead of [[Dungeons and Dragons|Tolkien-esque High Fantasy]], and created ''Mazes and Minotaurs''
+In November 2002, Paul Elliott -- author of various free roleplaying games including the excellent ''[[Zenobia]]'' -- wrote an article called The Gygax/Arneson Tapes for his Tempus Fugit column on RPGnet. In it, he imagined that [[Gary Gygax]] was inspired by [[Classical Mythology]] instead of [[Dungeons & Dragons|Tolkien-esque High Fantasy]], and created ''[[Mazes and Minotaurs]]''.
-Along comes Olivier Legrand, a Frenchman game designer, who decides to actually make the [[Show Within a Show|fictional game the column describes]] with three goals:
+Along comes Olivier Legrand, a French game designer, who decides to actually make the [[Show Within a Show|fictional game the column describes]] with three goals:
-* '''1) Write a complete game in English.'''
+# Write a complete game in English.
+# Write a game with a genuine old-school, 1970s feel, reminiscent of early D&D.
+# Write a game that would be totally coherent with Paul's article.
+He did, and released to for free!
-* '''2 Write a game with a genuine old-school, 1970s feel, reminiscent of early D&D.'''
+Check it out [http://storygame.free.fr/MAZES.htm here.]
-* '''3) Write a game that would be totally coherent with Paul's article.'''
-He did, and released to for free!
-Check it out [http://storygame.free.fr/MAZES.htm here.]
-This tabletop game has the following Tropes covered:
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 * [[Defictionalization]] - From speculative column entry to real game!
 * [[Lampshade Hanging]]: lots of quirks of the D&D game are adressed in the pseudo-historical commentaries like the armor class system, the wargamist quarrels, etc.
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 * [[What If]] - What if G.G. was hooked on a Grecian world instead of a medieval one?
 * [[What Could Have Been]] - The entire premise.
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