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Its not a Regular RPG if...

Started by RPGPundit, August 01, 2007, 02:12:19 AM

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jrients

#15
August 01, 2007, 09:55:08 AM
Quote from: RPGPunditSomeone's sig around here says "Its not a real RPG if the GM can't do a total party kill without the players consent".

While I understand and sympathize with the sentiment, I must offer Toon as a counterexample.  No one dies in Toon as written, but it otherwise plays like a regular rpg.
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David R

#16
August 01, 2007, 10:00:29 AM
Quote from: RPGPunditAs in "its not a Regular RPG if..."

...there are no hot elf chicks and sweaty overwieght guys who play them.

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David R

beeber

#17
August 01, 2007, 10:29:32 AM
. . . there isn't a huge weapons list.

Settembrini

#18
August 01, 2007, 10:33:33 AM
I never could stand playing Toon for longer than three hours in a row. Are there campaigns for Toon?

EDIT: jeff, there´s always the Total Party Boggle!
If there can\'t be a TPK against the will of the players it\'s not an RPG.- Pierce Inverarity

mhensley

#19
August 01, 2007, 10:49:21 AM
... if there is no GM.

James McMurray

#20
August 01, 2007, 10:49:40 AM
... you don't play the role of a character. (fails the regular definition of role playing)

... it has no randomizer beyond the whims of the GM. (fails the regular  definition of game)

... the randomizer isn't dice. (fails the picture of a regular RPG)

... there is no chance of failure, or failure is meaningless.

... it isn't focused on something.

For all of those (except perhaps number one) it can still be an RPG, it just won't fit my take on the definition of "regular" as it pertains to RPGs.

Brantai

#21
August 01, 2007, 11:05:18 AM
Quote from: JohnnyWannabe...if geeks don't argue about its contents on internet fora.
Win!

Sigmund

#22
August 01, 2007, 08:57:01 PM
Quote from: BrantaiWin!

Oh, I don't know. Is there anything geeks don't argue about on internet fora?
- Chris Sigmund

Old Loser

"I\'d rather be a killer than a victim."

Quote from: John Morrow;418271I role-play for the ride, not the destination.

Brantai

#23
August 01, 2007, 10:11:31 PM
Quote from: SigmundOh, I don't know. Is there anything geeks don't argue about on internet fora?
middle eastern food?

A Memorex for the Krakens

#24
August 01, 2007, 10:34:54 PM
Quote from: Brantaimiddle eastern food?

It's not regular za'tar if you don't toast your sesame seeds!


Quote from: Koltar...if the rules are trying to force the players to have a particular mood or feeling.

I get the spirit of this comment, but how far does the sentiment extend?  

I understand someone finding something like the Dying Earth RPG, with its mechanics that push the characters toward ignoble failure and encourage a general farce, as not being a "regular" RPG.  However, would that sentiment also extend to something like Call of Cthulhu that try to evoke horror, dread  and fear with its sanity rules?  Or something like Toon or Teenagers from Outer Space that don't allow characters to actually (or permenantly, at least) die, which does seem to create a particular mood.
 

Brantai

#25
August 01, 2007, 11:01:19 PM
So what exactly is the point of this thread, anyway?

Pseudoephedrine

#26
August 01, 2007, 11:28:14 PM
To express our personal preferences in as imperious a manner as possible.
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SunBoy

#27
August 01, 2007, 11:43:13 PM
Quote from: SigmundOh, I don't know. Is there anything geeks don't argue about on internet fora?

Things that matter to people with a life?

Anyway...

It's not a real RPG if...

...it tries to be something more than a extremely funny way of wasting your time with your mates.
"Real randomness, I\'ve discovered, is the result of two or more role-players interacting"

Erick Wujcik, 2007

droog

#28
August 02, 2007, 01:29:01 AM
Quote from: PseudoephedrineTo express our personal preferences in as imperious a manner as possible.
I need to work on imperious. I've only got arrogant.
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The poor still weak the rich still rule
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The books at home

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Koltar

#29
August 02, 2007, 01:36:16 AM
...If the GM isn't the acknowledged referee.



....if there isn't at least one pun or Monty Python reference during gameplay


...if there isn't the sharing of snacks and drinks.


...if anyone thinks they need therapy after the game session is over
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