1) It's passed the Tolkien flame on to younger generations with a "you can freeform your own" urge baked right in. And has married gamer gatherings with sf/fantasy fandom and conventions, through cosplay and many fantasy and sf games. Not to mention spreading out…#SciFiChat
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 5, 2021
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…to influence creations in many other creative forms: printed fiction, movies (a new one coming now), TV shows, comics, novels, short fiction, and other game forms (board games, card games, larping, etc.)#SciFiChat— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 5, 2021