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RPGsite Darlings?

Started by RPGPundit, January 12, 2011, 12:41:38 AM

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Sigmund

#30
January 12, 2011, 12:05:57 PM
Quote from: hanszurcher;432211Transgressive sexuality...Carcosa...Please, tell me more!

-Hans

Here's more...
- Chris Sigmund

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Novastar

#31
January 12, 2011, 01:02:52 PM
Quote from: Benoist;432220Is there any regular on the RPG Site who doesn't like MRQ2?
Perhaps I, but that has more to do with the fact I haven't really looked at it, than anything else...
Quote from: dragoner;776244Mechanical character builds remind me of something like picking the shoe in monopoly, it isn\'t what I play rpg\'s for.

flyingmice

#32
January 12, 2011, 01:06:00 PM
Nothing of mine, Krakkalack. Brett's games get more interest, but even they get a tenth the attention they deserve. The only games that get any real interest here are variations on D&D and Traveller, and Amber. Older games and new takes on them. The prevalent feel here is that most posters here have the games they want, are happily playing them, and aren't particularly interested in anything new.

-clash
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Sigmund

#33
January 12, 2011, 01:28:18 PM
Quote from: flyingmice;432246Nothing of mine, Krakkalack. Brett's games get more interest, but even they get a tenth the attention they deserve. The only games that get any real interest here are variations on D&D and Traveller, and Amber. Older games and new takes on them. The prevalent feel here is that most posters here have the games they want, are happily playing them, and aren't particularly interested in anything new.

-clash

With an exception or two, here and there ;)
- 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.

flyingmice

#34
January 12, 2011, 02:07:37 PM
Quote from: Sigmund;432252With an exception or two, here and there ;)

Yes indeed! :D

-clash
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crkrueger

#35
January 12, 2011, 03:23:42 PM
Clash, you know you can't come out until Outremer is finished, back in the box!
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Benoist

#36
January 12, 2011, 04:18:51 PM
Quote from: CRKrueger;432269Clash, you know you can't come out until Outremer is finished, back in the box!
I concur! I thought we already agreed on this Clash. Back to work, now! :D

Colin Chapman

#37
January 12, 2011, 04:30:27 PM
The idea of AH being an "RPGSite Darling" tickles me no end. :)

The funny thing is, while threads on it pop up semi-regularly on RPG.net, very little lasts there as a Darling unless it's FATE-based or Exalted.

All of the really positive feedback I've had from folks (and there's been a lot) has been following actual play of the game, and it has done very well through that sort of word-of-mouth.

I've a hunch that it attracts a certain type of gamer, really. I mean, I created it first and foremost to appeal to me and my sensibilities (so, it's vanity press really), but those sensibilities are:

1) Quick chargen.
2) No metaplot.
3) Sketchy/brief setting approach more assumed within the rules and their presentation, with the expectation that you create/flesh out your own setting to taste.
4) Cinematic and brutal.
5) Relatively low page count (humongous tomes appeal less and less to me).
6) Simple and straightforward system.

I didn't expect that its somewhat Old School approach to setting, and trad system combo would appeal to all that many folks. I was glad to be wrong. As folks on the RAD forums have demonstrated, they're the types of folks who a) love to tinker (and see that as normal in tailoring something to their personal tastes), b) love fleshing out their own little slice of PA setting in brief, and c) more frequently get down to business and actually play. They're a great bunch of folks. :)

cheers!
Colin
 

One Horse Town

#38
January 12, 2011, 07:04:15 PM
Quote from: Colin Chapman;432287The idea of AH being an "RPGSite Darling" tickles me no end. :)

Colin

We're all about tough love, me old mucker. ;)

hanszurcher

#39
January 12, 2011, 07:04:55 PM
Quote from: hanszurcher;432211Transgressive sexuality...Carcosa...Please, tell me more!

-Hans
Quote from: Sigmund;432221Here's more...



Thanks for the pointer. With the name Carcosa combined with the topic of transgressive sexuality I hoped more for the Bizarro version of Robert W. Chambers' The King In Yellow as filmed by David Cronenberg, screenplay by William S. Burroughs and J.G. Ballard. Still, I am intrigued. I see LotFP will also be re-releasing Carcosa in an expanded, deluxe edition this Spring.

I consider 'Darling' to be a bit of a pejorative term. Granted the enthusiasm of some people can reach seemingly unreasonable levels. Then again maybe Exalted is the greatest game ever...:)

-Hans
Hans
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RPGPundit

#40
January 13, 2011, 10:49:32 AM
I would suggest that the definition of "rpgsite darling" would be "a game that is over-hyped or whose qualities and applicable uses are overblown on theRPGsite".

That said, is there any game that would actually be that for this site?

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#41
January 13, 2011, 11:30:08 AM
Then no. I don't think we have any "darlings" in that sense.

flyingmice

#42
January 13, 2011, 11:33:06 AM Last Edit: January 13, 2011, 11:45:55 AM by flyingmice
No - there are no darlings using that definition. Time to drop this thread and go back to talking about D&D, Traveller, and Amber.

-clash
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Seanchai

#43
January 13, 2011, 11:48:05 AM
Quote from: RPGPundit;432097Do we have them? And if so, what do you think they are?

If there are any, they are AD&D, BD&D, and various clones of those systems.

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Benoist

#44
January 13, 2011, 11:50:45 AM Last Edit: January 13, 2011, 11:53:00 AM by Benoist
Quote from: Seanchai;432471If there are any, they are AD&D, BD&D, and various clones of those systems.

Seanchai
Well, you are a regular here too, mate. I don't think you have an overly enthusiastic opinion of AD&D, for instance.

It's why I think all various iterations of D&D are de facto disqualified as darlings of the RPG Site. You have people being very enthusiastic about any given version of the game here, but you have people who do not like each and every iteration specifically as well. 1989 is a fan of AD&D2 for instance, while TDD or I don't like it at all. You have people who really like 4e like AM, yourself, Thanlis and others, while others really dislike it. Etc.
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