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Game Like Magic the Gathering Where You Can Gather A Few Randoms And Play?

Started by Greentongue, December 29, 2020, 01:23:23 PM

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Two Crows

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January 03, 2021, 04:19:18 PM
Quote from: Greentongue on January 03, 2021, 03:55:25 PM
Does sound interesting. Are board games the only practical option then?

No, you still have console games, PC games, App games, Dice games, and so forth.

There are tons of options.

But if the question being asked is; "Do we have a need for this?  Is it an empty niche?", then the answer is resounding "No". 

There are dozens, if not hundreds, of games filling this exact purpose;
"RPG experience playable without a regular group/strangers and no prep".
If I stop replying, it either means I've lost interest in the topic or think further replies are pointless.  I don't need the last word, it's all yours.

Omega

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January 04, 2021, 12:34:05 AM
Quote from: Greentongue on December 29, 2020, 01:23:23 PM
Since arranging scheduling for multiple people seems like a huge barrier to play these days, and games like MtG allow a misc collection of random people to gather at a table and play, are there RPGs that allow that as well?

How successful would the concept be do you think?
Would it require a selection of pre-gen characters? A public media shared world? What would work?

Obviously MMOs do this with mixed success, why not the paper versions?

A board game and an RPg are not the same thing?

RPGs have been doing groups of randoms since nearly the get-go. Pretty much any RPG can do this. You do not need any rules to do it.

Charon's Little Helper

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January 04, 2021, 12:39:42 AM
Quote from: Greentongue on December 29, 2020, 01:23:23 PM
Since arranging scheduling for multiple people seems like a huge barrier to play these days, and games like MtG allow a misc collection of random people to gather at a table and play, are there RPGs that allow that as well?

How successful would the concept be do you think?
Would it require a selection of pre-gen characters? A public media shared world? What would work?

Obviously MMOs do this with mixed success, why not the paper versions?

Isn't that basically what a "living campaign" is? I know that Shadowrun, Pathfinder, and D&D have them. I'm assuming that others have done so in the past as well.

You can do randos with any TTRPG, but the living campaign allows you to incorporate character progression.
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