tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post4774874057946149962..comments2024-03-28T15:32:19.036-04:00Comments on Dungeon Fantastic: Origins of the term "mana."Peter Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-7485057054077983412014-06-20T22:14:56.029-04:002014-06-20T22:14:56.029-04:00I've heard a few people say that. I don't ...I've heard a few people say that. I don't get it, myself, since Biblical "manna" (occasional archaic "mana") is a food (or, metaphorically, spiritual nourishment), not magical power.faoladhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691952430041394614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-35726279922501517502014-06-19T22:42:24.103-04:002014-06-19T22:42:24.103-04:00mana was used in stormbringer rpg and other games ...mana was used in stormbringer rpg and other games - i always assumed was related to bible and commonly used archaic spellingKonsumterrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170560484656800416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-11823023482509845822014-06-19T02:05:41.872-04:002014-06-19T02:05:41.872-04:00Sorry. I was talking of AT in respect to Fantasy W...Sorry. I was talking of AT in respect to <i>Fantasy Wargaming</i>. The entry point for gaming in a wider sense seems to have been Dave Hargraves's <i>Arduin Grimoire</i>, and Hargraves, according the article, developed the idea from discussion with Bonewits.faoladhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691952430041394614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-50710297284033540672014-06-19T01:52:44.792-04:002014-06-19T01:52:44.792-04:00Though I suspect that Niven's Not Long Before ...Though I suspect that Niven's <i>Not Long Before The End/The Magic Goes Away</i> had a lot to do with popularizing the term, and RP Gamers seizing on it as a conceptual alternative to Gygax's preferred "Vancian" system. I remember some Gygax screeds in early issues of <i>The Dragon</i> where he disparaged such systems (I believe using the term "Mana" at least in passing), and it's not clear to me that <i>Authentic Thaumaturgy</i> predated the controversy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-19120582857830663402014-06-18T19:28:46.766-04:002014-06-18T19:28:46.766-04:00So, the short version seems to be that the term en...So, the short version seems to be that the term entered gaming from P.E.I. Bonewits by way of Dave Hargrave. Very interesting, and good to know. For myself, I had only traced it back as far as <i>Authentic Thaumaturgy</i>, mostly because I have never had a chance to learn much about <i>Arduin Grimoire</i>. I wonder from which source (probably one of those two) that <i>Fantasy Wargaming</i> picked up the term? We'll probably never know for certain, since the person who seems to have written those chapters passed away more than thirty years ago, but I would guess that it was probably AT.faoladhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691952430041394614noreply@blogger.com