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| Silvermourn | Jan 22 2009, 02:17 PM Post #1 |
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The Redneck, the Cynic, the Nerd, and the Hopeless Romantic
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I just thought that the gaming discussion forum could use a topic in it, and since many of the members here don't seem to enjoy video games. I thought that perhaps pen and paper gaming was more in tune with the idea of the site. Games like Dungeons and Dragons are the original "roleplaying games" WOW can't hold a candle to good old fashioned dungeon crawling. I myself play D&D, and I have in the past played several other similar games. Out of those I've played D&D is by far my favorite, the system just generally seems to be more balanced. (Unless you're playing a fighter approaching level 20 in a group of mages.) Of course there are so many mods out there for D&D who is to say there is one good way to play it. My little group didn't advance to 4.0 for that reason. They took away options instead of adding more, and it defeated the way we were used to playing. Eh, maybe this will start a conversation maybe it won't. It was worth a try though. |
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| McTeddy | Jan 22 2009, 11:40 PM Post #2 |
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I'll join in this little talk. Oh and in case my intro thing-y sounded like i don't enjoy video game, that's definitely not the case. I'm a addict of the most severe kind; I'm just used to forums where saying I play roleplaying games gets the response I play WoW too. The youth of today are missing out on so much that i can't help but feel the loss. The worst part of this whole thing is that the "Youth of Today'" to which I refer, means like a year or two younger than me. But I actually had a class taught by David Arneson, a couple years ago. I've never met a more brilliant game designer than that guy. It was amazing to watch him start brainstorming and every word phrase involved how it will affect the players. It was also great to see that he also fully supported fudging the rules if it would make the game more fun. It's probably because of this that I resent modern CRPGs to the extent that I do. Anyways, while i've played a little of everything my tops lie with AD&D 2nd ed. and Shadowrun 3rd. I loved these games because the rules were simple compared to today's standards. This encouraged us to actually role play our characters rather than roll a D20 to see if someone likes us at first sight. I do want to know how other people feel about the emergence of the unified D20 system for most new systems. Is this a good thing or is it the downfall for creative new games? |
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| Silvermourn | Jan 23 2009, 01:30 PM Post #3 |
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My group uses variants, and we remake the rules to suit our style of play. The newer the system the harder it is to do that, the game designers simply want you to buy their rulebooks and their variants. I haven't played D&D 2nd edition, my group still plays the third edition. We haven't set up a game of Shadowrun either, but we have the books for it, we usually play less sci-fi games though. I do and don't like the unified system. There are good things about it and bad. It makes the transition from one game to another easily, but in a way it makes it seem like you are playing the same game every time. The games lose some of their unique qualities that way. As for the youth of today, well I'm 15, but I was introduced to the game by older players. I do video game but I enjoy pen and paper games as much as any video game. Some of them are as good at times, but at others they are better. |
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"I mourn that which may have been but will never be." "Stupidity is a wound that bleeds forever; Intelligence is a blade that stays forever sharp" "An armed man will kill and unarmed man with monotonous regularity" "Nothing adds a little class to a sniper course like a babe in a Ghillie suit." "You have the rest of your life to solve your problems. How long you live depends on how well you do it." "Make your attacker advance through a wall of bullets. I may get killed with my own gun, but he's gonna have to beat me to death with it, 'cause it's going to be empty." | |
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