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<blockquote data-quote="GuyBoy" data-source="post: 8993612" data-attributes="member: 7031143"><p>USA has far more wilderness and open space generally so those adventures are very much part of the psyche.</p><p>In contrast, human history (certainly of the type that is more common in D&D) is more evident in UK. For example, I have four small castles and three large ones within 20 minutes drive of my house, as well as an Iron Age Hill Fort and three Neolithic barrows. I have actually played D&D in most of them, which is very atmospheric, especially at night.</p><p>Going a bit deeper though, as a teen in the late 1970s, US “soft power” was pretty manifest over here (though I wouldn’t have recognised the term at the time, pre-Nye) and that was part of the attraction of D&D, I think. We were playing an American game as well as chewing Bazooka Joe bubble gum and riding skateboards. As a keen rugby player, I often wondered about playing American Football, if I’d grown up in US. For me, the fascination with USA, went beyond D&D and sport and I’ve been lucky enough to visit all 50 states over the years and to work on two Presidential election campaigns ( I won’t say for whom due to site rules, but his first name sounds like somewhere soldiers sleep!).</p><p></p><p>PS if anyone’s interested, the small castles are Leybourne, Allington, Sutton Valence and Thurnham. The large ones are Tonbridge, Rochester and Leeds. All are worth a visit. Oldbury is the Iron Age Hill fort and Coldrum, Kit’s Coty and Chestnuts are the Neolithic sites.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GuyBoy, post: 8993612, member: 7031143"] USA has far more wilderness and open space generally so those adventures are very much part of the psyche. In contrast, human history (certainly of the type that is more common in D&D) is more evident in UK. For example, I have four small castles and three large ones within 20 minutes drive of my house, as well as an Iron Age Hill Fort and three Neolithic barrows. I have actually played D&D in most of them, which is very atmospheric, especially at night. Going a bit deeper though, as a teen in the late 1970s, US “soft power” was pretty manifest over here (though I wouldn’t have recognised the term at the time, pre-Nye) and that was part of the attraction of D&D, I think. We were playing an American game as well as chewing Bazooka Joe bubble gum and riding skateboards. As a keen rugby player, I often wondered about playing American Football, if I’d grown up in US. For me, the fascination with USA, went beyond D&D and sport and I’ve been lucky enough to visit all 50 states over the years and to work on two Presidential election campaigns ( I won’t say for whom due to site rules, but his first name sounds like somewhere soldiers sleep!). PS if anyone’s interested, the small castles are Leybourne, Allington, Sutton Valence and Thurnham. The large ones are Tonbridge, Rochester and Leeds. All are worth a visit. Oldbury is the Iron Age Hill fort and Coldrum, Kit’s Coty and Chestnuts are the Neolithic sites. [/QUOTE]
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