tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post86338797380253886..comments2024-03-27T23:28:19.341-07:00Comments on Telecanter's Receding Rules: UpdateTelecanterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07238356788092725244noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-89343862170922500332010-11-25T17:31:22.666-08:002010-11-25T17:31:22.666-08:00@Cyclopeatron: "In my experience, D&D has...@Cyclopeatron: "In my experience, D&D has pretty negative associations primarily amongst other roleplayers. "Serious roleplayers" seemed to be really focused on NEW games: FATE, Mage, Savage Worlds, WoD, etc. I find many of these folks have a thinly concealed disdain for D&D, and all this old school stuff is totally off their radar." <br /><br />Strange. I'm making a game with the Fate ruleset and got fed up enough with trying to figure out how combat works that I added in the health systems from AD&D and Shadowrun. Maybe I'm not serious enough? :D Also, why do you think they have a problem with it? What would have given it a negative aspect (no pun intended)?C'nor (Outermost_Toe)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01580315916281876117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-52247194987897052762010-10-03T18:16:54.365-07:002010-10-03T18:16:54.365-07:00I do remember practically freaking out when Freaks...I do remember practically freaking out when Freaks and Geeks featured D&D as a serious plot element in the game. I remember D&D in E.T. too, but that didn't seem so weird to me because I was so much younger.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17635116929490398699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-84938333407214377102010-10-03T18:02:57.625-07:002010-10-03T18:02:57.625-07:00Hi all, well, I am prone to hyperbole, so maybe no...Hi all, well, I am prone to hyperbole, so maybe not every non-gamer I meet acts that way. But let me put it this way, no one has every said, "You play D&D, cool!"<br /><br />Ah well, remember E.T.? I read the novelization before seeing the movie (I'm pretty sure) and was so stoked to read about the protagonist playing D&D and mention of a portable hole. In a blockbuster!Telecanterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238356788092725244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-48705571276534208632010-10-03T12:27:56.189-07:002010-10-03T12:27:56.189-07:00How did a fad that swept the whole nation become s...<i>How did a fad that swept the whole nation become such an outsider hobby?</i><br /><br />I wonder about this a lot. I wonder if, even during the early 80s fad, how many people knew what roleplaying was. I wonder how many people just bought the game but never actually played - or maybe tried a few times and gave up.<br /><br />In my experience, D&D has pretty negative associations primarily amongst other roleplayers. "Serious roleplayers" seemed to be really focused on NEW games: FATE, Mage, Savage Worlds, WoD, etc. I find many of these folks have a thinly concealed disdain for D&D, and all this old school stuff is totally off their radar.<br /><br />On the other hand, most non-gamers I know (and tend to play with most often) are intrigued and curious about D&D - it's the only RPG they've ever even heard of in most cases.Bob Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12073807225519106277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-79139168340089941762010-10-03T02:48:29.577-07:002010-10-03T02:48:29.577-07:00I blame the term "role-playing," with it...I blame the term "role-playing," with its suggestion of psychological fusion with the character, flamboyant play-acting, even sexual games.<br /><br />While "cooperative adventure game" may still seem juvenile, it's a more accurate description of what D&D is. Unfortunately, the RPG term is so widely known that a bait-and-switch is not likely to be successful - "Oh, wait, we're playing Dungeons and Dragons aren't we? And me without a costume!"<br /><br />One gateway product to try might be a boardgame such as AEG's The Adventurers. It's a treasure-gathering dungeon crawl in an Indiana Jones setting, with no combat but plenty of traps, hazards and ways to die.Roger G-Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594440701279968693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-12933596473229556532010-10-02T23:51:41.299-07:002010-10-02T23:51:41.299-07:00I've heard altogether too many comments along ...I've heard altogether too many comments along the lines of "you dress up to play, right?"<br /><br />And I'm all about taking newcomers to D&D and putting them through a filthy, reeking, perilous, unheroic ordeal when busting their cherry.Blairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884401206802336531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-16781403434945060692010-10-02T19:14:07.993-07:002010-10-02T19:14:07.993-07:00Everyone keeps mentioning that the negative D&...Everyone keeps mentioning that the negative D&D stereotype persist for them. Maybe it's my social circle, but I've never encountered a negative reaction when I mentioned that I played D&D. Maybe it's an east-coat thing? Maybe the penetration of computer RPGs has made the regular type of gaming more acceptable? I dunno. It would be kind of fun to meet someone who thought D&D was Satanic.<br /><br />Then again, I *do* remember a session where one of my very Christian players invited his wife. She spent most of the session in her car reading her Bible and praying for guidance. :)<br /><br />And yeah, maybe I do remember a few friends from college that think I'm a tad dorky for continuing with the D&D stuff. They must think it's terribly low-tech because they are fine with computer games.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17635116929490398699noreply@blogger.com