Brent Knowles Interview

GGMania managed to grab some time with the co-lead designer of Neverwinter Nights, Brent Knowles, where they discuss several topics about the recently released RPG. Check it out:

Q: Neverwinter Nights is the second RPG that uses 3rd edition Dungeons & Dragons rules. Is it harder to do a computer RPG based on these new rules? Does BioWare play pen&paper RPGs, and if you do, how much does it help in making games like this?

A: We have a very talented programming department (with a little help from the technical design crew) who were up to the task of converting the 3rd Edition Dungeons & Dragons rules to a computer RPG. Many people at BioWare play Dungeons & Dragons, but we don’t do it as practice. We do it because we find it to be a lot of fun. It was definitely an asset however to have some pen and paper experience before doing something as ambitious as Neverwinter Nights.