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Try recommending cool shit instead of shitting on a game you don't like
People who come in and read this "you're having the wrong kind of fun!!!" post aren't going to try different games, they're going to think you're a gatekeeping gamer and ignore the shit out of your opinion while continuing to have fun lmao
Cool, now post about how great those are, instead of being cringe
I don't personally play DnD but you're being no different than Reddit sniffing their own farts about how superior their preferred game is and how bad popular game is
If anything, I want people to make their own games. I want them to experience it. I want them to play games that don’t even feel anything like D&D, because D&D is only one of an infinite possible games
If you legitimately want this to happen, you're not going to do this by pointing at people having a fun time and incoherently screaming about funko pops, you're going to do it by saying X game is cool and it differs from D&D with how its mechanics naturally allow X things to happen, or how you only have to read a few pages instead of multiple books, etc
It legit makes me sad that this Gamer Culture company gets the crazy majority mindshare of the hobby, even in a space that tends towards anti-capitalism
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Half the posts here are from different systems, out of the four pinned posts, one of them is D&D 3.5e and the rest of them are indie RPGs far removed from D&D
It’s about it being a dead-end that I think stifles creativity and encourages a type of gaming that is like one big meme
and finally again because I want to reiterate this, if you go to /c/technology you'll see a lot of people recommending Linux, and instead of screaming at people for using Windows, they will talk about how Linux could be a good alternative for people, and go over people's doubts about switching to another OS. Because this is how you legitimately organize and get people to try new things, not by saying how the fun game they play is funko pop meme libshit capeshit buzzword or whatever
Gatekeeping turned bad faith, who could have predicted this?
my brother in christ people are allowed to have fun under capitalism, and both experiences can be fun in different ways
There are a lot of good independent rpgs from smaller creators. https://itch.io/b/1375/ttrpgs-for-reproductive-rights this a great one with a lot of them
D&D 5e is genuinely my least favorite TTRPG I've played. I've played all kinds of different systems, and every single other one has been better, including other editions of D&D and games based on D&D (d20 systems, pathfinder, etc)
I play 5e because it's a system that works and everyone understands without having to sit down and explain a new ruleset for hours.
You can play any ttrpg without modules, you know. Lots of fun to be had there without your funko nonsense.
been playing fate accelerated recently and it's a good time. Fun to think of characters as being good at specific styles of interaction with the world (think it's quick, sneaky, flashy, forceful, careful, and clever) rather than Two-handed Axe or Cybermancy or whatever
FATE is great, I've moved away from it recently, but there was a point where I had like three games concurrently all using it.
I've used the Dresden Files version of FATE the most, because I like the crunchier spellcasting, but regardless, the 'story first' approach of FATE is what I love about it.
yeah, should really give more one-shot stuff a go, especially since it's so hard to keep a long running campaign going. Think it helps in my case that our DM is a lefty games writer who fuckin loves Disco Elysium (which I still gotta play at some point lol)
eh, I think there's room for both styles. It's not like Gary Gygax invented longform fiction (though, now that I think about it, calling em Campaigns is rooted in that term being used for imperial conquest lol, maybe worth finding better language at least), and personally having a frequently scheduled Friend Time is useful for my mess of a brain, though I get how that can really swing either way
Looking over this thread, I think that while I generally agree with you, I love campaigns. I love weaving a long, intricate story together with my friends, and feeling like a world is established, and changed, by player agency. Not to mention a regularly scheduled time to hang with friends.
Like, I get you, 10 candles is amazing, and theres great one-shot stuff out there. But playing a quite a few campaigns and one-shots over the years, a well-run campaigns blows one-shots out of the water, at least in my opinion. But it does require a lot of commitment, and a lot else to go right, to actually get a full satisfying campaign, so I've definitely had more good one-shots that good campaigns.
I only use D&D settings as guidelines with the presumption that the stat blocks are fairly balanced according to their intended levels of use.
I have always used my own campaign settings that are shaped by what the characters do, generation by generation.
Sure, D&D out of the box is basically the MCU of TTRPGs, but no one ever stopped me from playing it differently.
Balance is the group feeling challenged and feeling accomplished when they overcome challenges.
That's why I use the D&D books as a basis but then ignore the lore parts and modify the stats to fit the story I want to share.
I've "taken the next step" before as you put it but it's a lot more work and not every player is comfortable with an untested system that may have massive probability or metagaming blind spots. To put it another way, I do what works for my group.
People play dnd cus it's the most popular and unless you have friends, that thing americans don't have after college, you're not finding people interested in playing your gundam seed ttrpg
the company that produces Monopoly for Millennials get to put their slimy fingers in your creative, collaborative hobby.
Get your fingers out of my ass-wallet! :plinkett:
Is there a TTRPG with rules that can be explained in 2 mins, with character sheets pre made or draftable in under 10 mins?
I want a TTRPG for people whose only exposure to games is monopoly.
Is there a TTRPG with rules that can be explained in 2 mins, with character sheets pre made or draftable in under 10 mins?
Look into Risus.
edit: lol ive just realized OP already recommended it
I heard that One Page Rules is working on an TTRPG. Their 40k and Fantasy clone are really good and *very * simple, I'm looking forward to see what they will come up with.
Thank you, I've quit groups because of my unyielding hatred for 5e D&D, and all my non 5e D&D games die off really quickly. Play more Blades in the Dark, Fate, Savage Worlds, Cyberpunk Red, or Call of Cthulhu, or if you're really attached to dungeon crawls, Savage Pathfinder, 13th Age, or Shadow of the Demonlord
I have not, I'll have to look into it. The summary looks like it has more focus on character background (careers, etc.), which is always a win for me
Love me some WoD. Funnily enough, favorite splat might just be the fanmade Genius: The Transgression, though most of the splats are quite enjoyable, even if quite a few editions need a looot of houserules to work. Definitely lean more towards the newest editions for that reason; they seem to just run the smoothest mechanically speaking.
