I can be Achilles

Came across this post at one the blogs I normally read, Zack is fun even if he plays silly games.

My first thought was "this is why the OSR doesn't inspire me". Such limits on what you can do. A well designed heroic adventure game should allow for both Odysseus and Achilles. Old School to me means the search for a better game than D&D.

My second thought was, you can certainly play Achilles in those old games. As long as the party leader was Odysseus.

My third thought was, both those guys were screwed in the end. Given that, I'd rather be killed by a random arrow in a battle than by my own son*...

*In one version of the story