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<blockquote data-quote="Edena_of_Neith" data-source="post: 302202" data-attributes="member: 2020"><p>My sympathies. </p><p> I do understand - I have not played in a face-to-face game in a long time.</p><p></p><p> Since you asked, I wish to share with you the one thing I think is relevant to this.</p><p></p><p> Dungeons and Dragons is, ultimately, about fun.</p><p> That's what the IR was about - fun (for those who did not have fun, my sincere regrets.)</p><p></p><p> It's not about rules.</p><p> It is most certainly NOT about chic.</p><p> It isn't about tactics or strategy.</p><p> It isn't about how to play the game.</p><p></p><p> It's about ... well, it's about ...</p><p></p><p> People getting together with pepsi and pizza and having a good time, with side trips to the store, running through the nearby woods, and playing ping pong (since usually the ping-pong table is in the basement, and that's where we played.)</p><p></p><p> It's about recreating what you felt when you read a good book.</p><p> It's about being Frodo, if you could be Frodo. Or Shea. Or John Carter, Warlord of Mars. Or perhaps Conan. Or maybe it's one of the heroes from the film Matrix, in a modern cyberpunk type of game.</p><p> It's about all the excitement you felt reading those books. It's being IN the book, facing the dangers the characters faced, feeling the thrill of overcoming the dangers like they did (or feeling the agony as they win and your character goes bye-bye ... unfortunately there cannot be the thrill of victory if there is not the risk of the agony of defeat, IMO.)</p><p></p><p> And it's about friends.</p><p> I mean it ... about friends.</p><p> Having friends.</p><p> Looking forward to that weekend with your friends.</p><p> Shooting the breeze with them, chatting as you walk down the street, reminenscing with them as you drink pop over a table.</p><p></p><p> Or perhaps, competing with them on a video game at the local arcade, and talking over a shake or ice cream, on a warm summer day.</p><p></p><p> - - -</p><p></p><p> It is not within my power to make RPGs work for you.</p><p> All I am doing is commenting on why they worked for me.</p><p></p><p> But I am not you.</p><p></p><p> I sincerely hope you can enjoy RPGs.</p><p> I hope you find some fun in them.</p><p></p><p> I do not have the magic formula you need for fun.</p><p> I have simply set down some of the formulae that worked for me.</p><p></p><p> Good luck to you.</p><p></p><p> Edena_of_Neith</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Edena_of_Neith, post: 302202, member: 2020"] My sympathies. I do understand - I have not played in a face-to-face game in a long time. Since you asked, I wish to share with you the one thing I think is relevant to this. Dungeons and Dragons is, ultimately, about fun. That's what the IR was about - fun (for those who did not have fun, my sincere regrets.) It's not about rules. It is most certainly NOT about chic. It isn't about tactics or strategy. It isn't about how to play the game. It's about ... well, it's about ... People getting together with pepsi and pizza and having a good time, with side trips to the store, running through the nearby woods, and playing ping pong (since usually the ping-pong table is in the basement, and that's where we played.) It's about recreating what you felt when you read a good book. It's about being Frodo, if you could be Frodo. Or Shea. Or John Carter, Warlord of Mars. Or perhaps Conan. Or maybe it's one of the heroes from the film Matrix, in a modern cyberpunk type of game. It's about all the excitement you felt reading those books. It's being IN the book, facing the dangers the characters faced, feeling the thrill of overcoming the dangers like they did (or feeling the agony as they win and your character goes bye-bye ... unfortunately there cannot be the thrill of victory if there is not the risk of the agony of defeat, IMO.) And it's about friends. I mean it ... about friends. Having friends. Looking forward to that weekend with your friends. Shooting the breeze with them, chatting as you walk down the street, reminenscing with them as you drink pop over a table. Or perhaps, competing with them on a video game at the local arcade, and talking over a shake or ice cream, on a warm summer day. - - - It is not within my power to make RPGs work for you. All I am doing is commenting on why they worked for me. But I am not you. I sincerely hope you can enjoy RPGs. I hope you find some fun in them. I do not have the magic formula you need for fun. I have simply set down some of the formulae that worked for me. Good luck to you. Edena_of_Neith [/QUOTE]
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