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What would you like to see more of in role playing games?

Started by Nexus, November 10, 2013, 10:39:55 PM

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Omega

#30
November 12, 2013, 08:07:00 AM
Quote from: Old Geezer;707353Tits.

Been done.

Daztur

#31
November 12, 2013, 08:59:10 AM
Quote from: Ravenswing;707303That's certainly what the companies want us to think, anyway.

For my part, I just don't see it.  If there are a million tabletop players in the United States -- a total that'd be lowballing the estimates I've seen, then based on that demographic Massachusetts' share would be twenty thousand.  (This presumes, per capita, that tabletop gaming in Massachusetts is no more popular than in, say, Montana, a presumption I doubt many people would make.)  The share of the county seat in which I live, of that total, is 400 tabletop gamers, and our county would run a couple thousand.

No.  There's not that many, not remotely close.  If that were the case, there'd be gaming clubs at the college and the high school and the junior high.  The FLGS (the only one in the county) would be roaring full of tabletop business rather than board games and Warhammer and CCGs.  The online game finders would have many dozens of players within the city limits, instead of, well, me.

I'm willing to believe a fifth of that, maybe.

Well it's hard to gauge the number of people who only play with their friends or an old established group and never get involved in RPGing with strangers. And then do we count people who read RPG books and post endlessly on certain forums but who don't actually play ;)

Soylent Green

#32
November 12, 2013, 09:15:32 AM
Quote from: Endless Flight;707344I'd like to see more modern games with a complexity between Spycraft 2e (overkill) and Mini Six (not quite there).

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#33
November 12, 2013, 02:40:46 PM
I would like to see more interest in roleplay and less interest in crunchy mechanics and meta mechanics.

Arduin

#34
November 12, 2013, 03:23:56 PM
Quote from: Bill;707589I would like to see more interest in roleplay and less interest in crunchy mechanics and meta mechanics.


Yes, players that want to RP PC's and not "run builds".

Endless Flight

#35
November 12, 2013, 04:02:04 PM
Quote from: Soylent Green;707373Off topic, but, demon dogs, that is the coolest avatar ever! Where did you find it?

Something brought my attention to Thundarr and I went and googled images to see if there was any cool artwork out there on the interwebs. There is!

dragoner

#36
November 12, 2013, 04:12:43 PM
1. Rules optimized for better online play.

2. More casual player oriented.

3. Higher quality more of the same.
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#37
November 12, 2013, 06:02:57 PM
Less cisgendered characters in official adventures is the only correct answers, you bigots.

However, outside of the glue - inducted dark visions of future - players. That's one thing I want to see, just more people who play. Fortunately, the whole hobby has been becoming bigger at a slow but steady pace, so my wish is like that egg from three wounded soldier's joke.
Furthermore, I consider that  This is Why We Don\'t Like You thread should be closed

Arduin

#38
November 12, 2013, 06:09:37 PM
Quote from: Rincewind1;707714Less cisgendered characters in official adventures is the only correct answers, you bigots.

Hey, hey!  I'm transgendered.  I'm a lesbian trapped in a man's body.  You have NO idea what I have to go through.

Nexus

#39
November 12, 2013, 06:22:22 PM
Quote from: Rincewind1;707714Less cisgendered characters in official adventures is the only correct answers, you bigots.

You've seen the other thread then?
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#40
November 12, 2013, 08:02:21 PM
Quote from: Benoist;707042Less wank. More play.

Less thinking about fixing role playing games, gamers and/or their hobby. Less distrust and condescension.

More trust, more confidence that gamers are actually thinking human beings who know how to run their games better than the designers.

More stuff that's actually meant to be played by flesh and blood people with imaginations of their own.

Sounds like you spend too much time on the internet.
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#41
November 13, 2013, 01:24:19 AM
Quote from: Daztur;707364Well it's hard to gauge the number of people who only play with their friends or an old established group and never get involved in RPGing with strangers. And then do we count people who read RPG books and post endlessly on certain forums but who don't actually play ;)
Indeed, I imagine it's hard to gauge the number of people who do that.  So why is it that the companies claim to be able to do so?

Do we count people who own the books and post on forums but don't actually play?  I sure don't.  In order to be a player of tabletop games, one needs to play tabletop games.
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#42
November 15, 2013, 07:30:07 PM
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#43
November 15, 2013, 08:55:44 PM
Quote from: Ronin;707755Sounds like you spend too much time on the internet.

I do. ;)

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#44
November 15, 2013, 09:49:47 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;708920More interesting, new and original non-clone OSR games!

I can agree with this.
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