tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248515008776497550.post8427018632855797725..comments2024-01-26T00:11:47.278-06:00Comments on Mesmerized by sirens: Are Millennials missing something?Philosophical slumberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09585095964577331413noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248515008776497550.post-21102488866203987372016-06-21T07:27:49.518-05:002016-06-21T07:27:49.518-05:00@Mike: as for your quest about finding the best co...@Mike: as for your quest about finding the best combat system, did you ever try "The Riddle of Steel"? I never played it but heard about its great and realistic combat mechanics.Philosophical slumberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09585095964577331413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248515008776497550.post-8432359661132126382016-06-21T05:33:03.742-05:002016-06-21T05:33:03.742-05:00For me a lot of my interest in other systems than ...For me a lot of my interest in other systems than D&D was the hope of finding a better/"more realistic" combat system. But of course that implies better character generation, skill/task resolution, etc. and so on. After spending a lot time with Rolemaster, and flirting with tons of other systems, we hit on GURPS. Which nailed the realistic combat but we realized maybe that wasn't really what we wanted. :) Now I am more prone to tinker and house-rule within D&D and its clones.<br /><br />I do feel a little bad for younger players who have no idea that there are so many other options and there is not perfect design, or that latest is not necessarily the best. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248515008776497550.post-49555995629477070782016-06-10T03:41:52.090-05:002016-06-10T03:41:52.090-05:00I can't settle for one game either. There is j...I can't settle for one game either. There is joy in playing with different systems, learning them or even just crashing and burning.Jonashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11838302056850766272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248515008776497550.post-17649923819178674202016-04-20T03:28:01.041-05:002016-04-20T03:28:01.041-05:00@Ivan: i think you are right, much depends on the ...@Ivan: i think you are right, much depends on the way you show them a new game. <br /><br />@Mark: your personal experience was an interesting read and funny, too :)<br />What often prods us to explore new, uncharted territories is exactly the feeling of incompleteness you described.Philosophical slumberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09585095964577331413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248515008776497550.post-46057824111040717162016-04-19T12:26:10.156-05:002016-04-19T12:26:10.156-05:00My first RPG was Champions, I played it for a coup...My first RPG was Champions, I played it for a couple of months before I made my first AD&D 2E character. My stats only allowed me to make a fighter. I asked why? My DM said because. So for decades D&D was about what my character could not do. And then I discovered the OSR and it became about filling in the blanks.<br /><br />Its amazing how many games I discovered simply because my first DM would only let me play a fighter.Cross Planeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258583245202567276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248515008776497550.post-42505182638694137112016-04-19T12:16:39.163-05:002016-04-19T12:16:39.163-05:00From the young kids I know, they'll play prett...From the young kids I know, they'll play pretty much anything if you show them why it's cool.<br /><br />BUt someone has to show them, because the shelf at the book store only has D&D books.Weaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05873440251698488032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248515008776497550.post-80097324342052980702016-04-19T07:01:47.761-05:002016-04-19T07:01:47.761-05:00I completely agree.
And I am a Rolemaster fan, too...I completely agree.<br />And I am a Rolemaster fan, too ;)Luca Lorenzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16753738496048471583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248515008776497550.post-3749186284679502762016-04-19T06:46:15.111-05:002016-04-19T06:46:15.111-05:00Pretty much how I discovered Rolemaster as well; a...Pretty much how I discovered Rolemaster as well; and Swordbearer, and Traveller etc (not so RuneQuest, which I already had exposure to).<br /><br />The interest in other RPGs has continued since those heady days and I even when playtesting utterly terrible games I remain "Mesmerised by Sirens".Levhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07217663962862675300noreply@blogger.com