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And yes I am tired, angry, livid, and pissed.
It& #39;s one of those days when I see Indies complaining about not being able to get funded, and people bragging about buying their 15th D&D book... Then 5 seconds later complain they needed to fix said game due to new book...
It& #39;s one of those days when I see Indies complaining about not being able to get funded, and people bragging about buying their 15th D&D book... Then 5 seconds later complain they needed to fix said game due to new book...
I don& #39;t know any more.
The reason why I was pissed and engaged with so manny people about ttrpgs being easy to learn?
Mainly due to the collective time spent on fixing D&D being several times MORE than you would need to learn to play a new game.
The reason why I was pissed and engaged with so manny people about ttrpgs being easy to learn?
Mainly due to the collective time spent on fixing D&D being several times MORE than you would need to learn to play a new game.
And I feel like it& #39;s EASIER to get new people, without ANY kind of ttrpg experience to get into new ttrpgs.
The moment someone starts with D&D it& #39;s over. They are in this magical space where it& #39;s ok to buy 5 books 40€ each only to play a single game...
The moment someone starts with D&D it& #39;s over. They are in this magical space where it& #39;s ok to buy 5 books 40€ each only to play a single game...
...which even isn& #39;t what they are playing as they are ignoring most of the book for houserules made up by someone else.
I mean in my head that& #39;s the SAME thing as getting an indie game!
I mean in my head that& #39;s the SAME thing as getting an indie game!
Btw I had a new player last month. We were trying to organise a game. Yes I went that path once more.
So ok. Let& #39;s sit down with the player. Let& #39;s talk about games.
And yeah they complained that as what I wanted to play didn& #39;t have a Race/Class structure like D&D...
So ok. Let& #39;s sit down with the player. Let& #39;s talk about games.
And yeah they complained that as what I wanted to play didn& #39;t have a Race/Class structure like D&D...
... it wasn& #39;t a #ttrpg they were expecting.
Ok sure what& #39;s the problem. New things or?
No no they only played 3 sessions of D&D and it was great. They proceed to tell me what they played. Yes it was 5e.
Ok sure what& #39;s the problem. New things or?
No no they only played 3 sessions of D&D and it was great. They proceed to tell me what they played. Yes it was 5e.
It was so homebrewed like hell. It wasn& #39;t even D&D. So I asked them what the difference between what I wanted to play and D&D was?
Basic answer which was straight out the thing I dreaded the most:
It& #39;s not D&D.
Basic answer which was straight out the thing I dreaded the most:
It& #39;s not D&D.
How can I compete with D&D, when they teach you that:
Our game is broken, we know that. We won& #39;t do anything to fix it. YOU DO THAT. Have fun with the fixed game after spending hours on homebrewing. ONLY to be thought that other games are shit as you don& #39;t have to fix them.
Our game is broken, we know that. We won& #39;t do anything to fix it. YOU DO THAT. Have fun with the fixed game after spending hours on homebrewing. ONLY to be thought that other games are shit as you don& #39;t have to fix them.
I like it how I saw several threads tackling this. But with the hardcore defenders out there? I just can& #39;t.
I really can& #39;t.
I know several people who engaged with me on this, and now they changed their opinion. Shame it was over WotC& #39;s shitty practices instead of game quality.
I really can& #39;t.
I know several people who engaged with me on this, and now they changed their opinion. Shame it was over WotC& #39;s shitty practices instead of game quality.
D&D sets a SPECIFIC standard. Which unfortunately DUE TO THEM BEING A FRIGGIN BIG COMANY... IT& #39;S A STANDARD.
A shitty one.
And it& #39;s hard to break that. That "standard" is so deeply rooted in our hobby that it will need to split at one moment if I& #39;m asked.
A shitty one.
And it& #39;s hard to break that. That "standard" is so deeply rooted in our hobby that it will need to split at one moment if I& #39;m asked.
And more and more thinking about removing TTRPG from my games as a term. More about Storytelling / Narrative / Narrativistic... Dunno..
I love the idea of:
Igra Fantastične Naracije
Basically which translates into: A game where you tell a story about something
I love the idea of:
Igra Fantastične Naracije
Basically which translates into: A game where you tell a story about something
And feel free to check out my narrative game here... https://ordoalea-publishing.itch.io/ordo-dhrs-c001 ">https://ordoalea-publishing.itch.io/ordo-dhrs...
