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<blockquote data-quote="Odhanan" data-source="post: 3109053" data-attributes="member: 12324"><p>I was surfing on the French-speaking <a href="http://www.pandapirate.net/casus" target="_blank">Casus Non Officiel</a> and found there, on a thread about the new World of Darkness, a <a href="http://www.pandapirate.net/casus/viewtopic.php?t=6758&start=167" target="_blank">post describing different "types" of RPGs</a> (post #167, top of the page). There someone wrote:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>My translation:</p><p></p><p><em>"The difference comes from the fact that D&D is a game with childish themes while the World of Darkness is a game with teenage themes, I think."</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"From there come the Hammer/Ann Rice comparisons, which are similar in nature."</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"PS: For those who wonder, these stories of themes are described in </em>Dubious Shards<em>. D&D is a game with childish themes because one becomes stronger, powerful and solves problems with the simple use of strength. </em>Vampire<em> is teenage because one walks down the street at night, looking cool, with supernatural abilities which make you cool, one is subjected to a pain that is too deep, that nobody else understands, and one is subjected to the wishes of elders who give orders that one does not want to follow and don't make sense. The adult game would be </em>Call of Cthulhu<em>, where the central theme is personal sacrifice for the greater good of a large number of people and the awakening to one's own responsabilities." </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"We could debate on the details of these comparisons, of course. But I find them well thought-out. Moreover, it is more and better developed in the original material."</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"EDIT: I must precise I qualify games here as "childish" or "teenage" without any condescending thought in mind. I have fun playing these games, heh."</em></p><p></p><p>Looks like the original material discussed here is Ken Hite's <a href="http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=12413" target="_blank">Dubious Shards</a>?</p><p></p><p>What are your opinions about this? Looks like the folks over at the aformentioned forum liked this "analysis". What about you?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Odhanan, post: 3109053, member: 12324"] I was surfing on the French-speaking [url=http://www.pandapirate.net/casus]Casus Non Officiel[/url] and found there, on a thread about the new World of Darkness, a [url=http://www.pandapirate.net/casus/viewtopic.php?t=6758&start=167]post describing different "types" of RPGs[/url] (post #167, top of the page). There someone wrote: My translation: [i]"The difference comes from the fact that D&D is a game with childish themes while the World of Darkness is a game with teenage themes, I think." "From there come the Hammer/Ann Rice comparisons, which are similar in nature." "PS: For those who wonder, these stories of themes are described in [/i]Dubious Shards[i]. D&D is a game with childish themes because one becomes stronger, powerful and solves problems with the simple use of strength. [/i]Vampire[i] is teenage because one walks down the street at night, looking cool, with supernatural abilities which make you cool, one is subjected to a pain that is too deep, that nobody else understands, and one is subjected to the wishes of elders who give orders that one does not want to follow and don't make sense. The adult game would be [/i]Call of Cthulhu[i], where the central theme is personal sacrifice for the greater good of a large number of people and the awakening to one's own responsabilities." "We could debate on the details of these comparisons, of course. But I find them well thought-out. Moreover, it is more and better developed in the original material." "EDIT: I must precise I qualify games here as "childish" or "teenage" without any condescending thought in mind. I have fun playing these games, heh."[/i] Looks like the original material discussed here is Ken Hite's [url=http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=12413]Dubious Shards[/url]? What are your opinions about this? Looks like the folks over at the aformentioned forum liked this "analysis". What about you? [/QUOTE]
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