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What Part of the Gaming Experience, is the part that Grabs You Most?

Started by Jam The MF, March 15, 2022, 05:22:48 AM

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HappyDaze

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March 16, 2022, 05:53:55 AM
For me, it varies from game to game. I've had some games that I've loved for the mechanical challenges and rules-fu needed to overcome them even though I didn't particularly care for those I was playing alongside. I've also been in games with great players & GMs that I've enjoyed despite the genre or the mechanics not being my favorite. I find each blending of the ingredients listed by the OP creates different flavors, some of which I find appealing and others less so (or not at all).

crkrueger

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March 16, 2022, 08:38:57 AM
I'll go way the fuck out on a limb here and say...

The Roleplaying.
The Setting.
Exploration.
All things specific to RPGs played in a certain fashion.

From the listed reasons...
The Consequences of Player Choice.
The Ongoing History of the Game.

I'll also go along with...
The memorable things that happen at the table that we talk about for the rest of our lives.
Even the the "cutting edge" storygamers for all their talk of narrative, plot, and drama are fucking obsessed with the god damned rules they use. - Estar

Yes, Sean Connery\'s thumb does indeed do megadamage. - Spinachcat

Isuldur is a badass because he stopped Sauron with a broken sword, but Iluvatar is the badass because he stopped Sauron with a hobbit. -Malleus Arianorum

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Visitor Q

#17
March 16, 2022, 09:05:48 AM Last Edit: March 16, 2022, 09:09:36 AM by Visitor Q
Group Dynamics by a wide margin.  I've never laughed so much as at a gaming table.

Consequence of player choice (including unintended consequences via dice)
The Story

Rules and Mechanics only really interest me in so far as they help support or hinder those three things. Ironically in my experience crunchier rules systems with a competent GM actually do a better job in this regard than systems with looser rules systems as there are less ambiguities about what a result means and who the arbiter of a result is.

tenbones

#18
March 16, 2022, 10:24:41 AM
Quote from: crkrueger on March 16, 2022, 08:38:57 AM
I'll go way the fuck out on a limb here and say...

The Roleplaying.
The Setting.
Exploration.
All things specific to RPGs played in a certain fashion.

From the listed reasons...
The Consequences of Player Choice.
The Ongoing History of the Game.

I'll also go along with...
The memorable things that happen at the table that we talk about for the rest of our lives.

This pretty much sums it up for me. Nice seeing ya Big Green!
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