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How would you prefer a new edition of DragonQuest be handled?

Started by Steven Mitchell, December 21, 2017, 10:11:03 PM

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Madprofessor

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December 23, 2017, 10:20:18 PM
Quote from: Just Another Snake Cult;1015653I 'm currently playing in a Dragonquest campaign with some hard-core 80s DQ grognards. I generally like the game and their enthusiasm is contagious BUT I have the strong suspicion that the DQ fanbase considers the cryptic organization, complex math, endless charts, and lack of a unified mechanic to be selling points, not liabilities. It's a very nerdy, very eighties thing.

That's awesome! I had a similar group beg me to run DQ, but the game seriously needs a tune-up, and not everything that is new and innovative is bad. I ran RQ instead. The rare group like yours could run it old school, but i think if you wanted to breathe new life into the game, it could really use some modernization - whatever the hell that means.

David Johansen

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December 24, 2017, 12:36:59 AM
Well, at that point I'll just call The Arcane Confabulation the DQTreat system and put some hex grid references and case number the paragraphs.

Really, I always want it to be a little more like Dragon Quest in order to attract those three remaining fans but of course there's really no point in that.

But no, if you want to write your own game do so and let the old game be itself.
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Shawn Driscoll

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December 24, 2017, 01:08:27 AM Last Edit: December 24, 2017, 01:11:59 AM by Shawn Driscoll
Quote from: Just Another Snake Cult;1015653I 'm currently playing in a Dragonquest campaign with some hard-core 80s DQ grognards. I generally like the game and their enthusiasm is contagious BUT I have the strong suspicion that the DQ fanbase considers the cryptic organization, complex math, endless charts, and lack of a unified mechanic to be selling points, not liabilities. It's a very nerdy, very eighties thing.
It's what people first played their RPGs with is all. Most Traveller players are the same way. They stick with the edition they first learned tabletopping from. Same goes for most smokers. Try getting them to switch brands. It's an OCD thing, really. Some will say it's nostalgia. But it's more of a mind conditioning. See Pavlov's Dog, and routine players.
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