Reject the "Euroboardgame" Style of RPG Design

Zalman · January 30, 2025, 11:31:34 AM

Excellent philosophical distinction between a rules-first or settings-first approach in design. The subtlety expressed at the end that the rules themselves should be evocative really hits the target.

Also appreciated is the bit of Domino foreshadowing, very cute! I had a cat (alas, recently passed) that loved to chase footballs and basketballs on screen.

I liked this one. I don't have a preference for shorter or longer videos in general, but I have liked your shorter ones so far. High energy.

RPGPundit · January 31, 2025, 05:27:08 AM

Quote from: Omega on January 30, 2025, 02:31:27 AMM'thinks you are mixing up groups here.

Euro board gamers are all about the cereberal. They gravitate to strategy games like chess and utterly despise anything random.

NordicLARPers are closer to your target as they push the idea of little to no rules and everything is about the feelings and "muh immershun!" A game should be anything is what some push. Others push "realism" as an excuse to exclude the undesirables.

EuroRPGers are, least till recently, fairly bog standard roll dice, kill stuff have fun. But like with RPGs theres been some infestation of "nordicLARP" mentality.

So far the worst is still mostly infesting board games and LARPs. BGG is one glaring example and used to be really bad.

And as usual your "uh"ing dies off as you get revved up on a subject.

No, I don't think I was confused at all. What I'm condemning is the idea of creating a completely abstract "system" and then slapping on any old setting on top of it. Which is what the German boardgames do.

Reject the "Euroboardgame" Style of RPG Design

Zalman

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