artisan vs craftman

[cathexis (Colin Booth)]

@wamoomaw

I heard an interesting podcast from NPR’s Planet money where there was an analyses of how guilds operated. According to the scholar guilds harmed innovation within their respective areas of concern. They made sure that followed techniques that everyone could perform and cracked down on anyone trying to come up with new and improved methods of production. I know that this is slightly off the topic of the thread, but i found it interesting to see negative effects of guilds. It will help inform my use of them in my games.

I feel a little bad about going super off-topic on my socialist hobby horse but I’d take Planet Money’s take on Guild/Union activity with a grain of salt because of the show’s ties to the banking industry. Adam Davidson - S.H.A.M.E. Profile

Back to talking about guilds.