Recent content by Jaeger

That's all I've been saying. People that claim that these style of actual plays are "scripted" do not understand what they are looking at. Like I said; The popular actual plays are a modern improv version of the old-style radio plays, for RPG fans. They need to be actually playing the game...

Video games are still apples to oranges. Because unless you are specifically running a mod; You are playing the exact same game, in the exact same way. Once you look past the obvious similarities; The differences between what the popular 'table top' actual play shows are doing, and what home...

I stand by my statement of it being an apples to oranges comparison. And that better analogy in my opinion is that TTRPG Actual Plays are to Home games in the same way that P*rn is to S*x. Acquisitions Incorporated may not have "professional voice actors", but the payers are filling the same...

There is truth to the perfect being the enemy of the good. And 5e has certainly hit a "Good Enough" threshold for lots of people.

Agreed. "Good" is only a consideration insomuch that the game meets a threshold of "Good Enough". So long as the game mechanics are Good Enough to not lose its current popularity, improvement in terms of 'good' game design is irrelevant to the playtest goals. Mostly due to the playerbase...

Because athletic ability aside, what you see on the amatuer high school field/courts is the same game as the one the professionals play. Just with bleachers and parents Iphones taking the place of a stadium and broadcast cameras... I really think that comparing TTRPG actual plays to stick and...

I think that these kind of actual plays get a lot of flack because the shows are not reflective of home games. But that's not their purpose. They are a modern improv version of the old-style radio plays, for RPG fans. And they certainly have enough of a following to keep filling some fairly...

Unless I sorely miss my guess; That is the official answer. Non-committal corporate speak that hits that totally not a real answer vague sweet-spot. Seems about right to me...

Exactly, and Lasik is not a cure all… And a magic fix from a fantasy world that can literally raise the dead vs. fallible IRL options is an apples to oranges comparison.

Well, it's kinda a sliding scale... I think that a lot of this has to do with the fact that the wider player base tends to move to the current edition. Yes, one could keep playing older editions; but people really like to tap into the larger network effect of the current edition. It's just...

I could care less. But the reality is; Lots of people like to play with the current edition. And people want the current edition to reflect their needs and wants. If it doesn't, they tend to complain. Entire edition wars have been waged for that very reason.

To be fair; What is Iconic "D&D" to me is largely down to the type of fantasy media I was consuming when I was first exposed to D&D. 100% legit. With the exception of 2e Dark Sun; D&D's art direction has been absolutely all over the place. Now, I will posit that there has been enough art...

And it's not about historical accuracy, never has been. "Generic medieval fantasy" has long been a turn of phrase touchstone people use, and everyone has generally understood what they are talking about. To bring it back on the thread topic... I'll explain why I am not a particular fan of the...