The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[overgeeked]

I mean, that sounds like a lot less than making one's own from scratch.

Yep. But there are several thousand games out there. "Game X, plus these house rules" likely already exists. Someone else has already done that work.

 

[Cadence]

Yep. But there are several thousand games out there. "Game X, plus these house rules" likely already exists. Someone else has already done that work.

Looking over several thousand games to find something that does exactly what I want (and probably getting close at best) sounds like more work than gradually building up some house rules?

Does this apply to new editions of games to? That someone has likely done that already? If not, I'm not sure why my perfect game quest is different. If so, I'm not sure why we need game designers revising games.

 

[CleverNickName]

I mean, that sounds like a lot less than making one's own from scratch.

And a lot less work than months of learning and testing dozens of indie clones, Goldilocks style, until you find the one that's just right.

EDIT: @Cadence beat me to it.

House rules are only annoying when you insist every house must adopt them.

 

[darjr]

Sorry this pizza isn't to spec. I counted one extra pineapple.

 

[overgeeked]

House rules are only annoying when you insist every house must adopt them.

Also when people insist on playing a particular game that’s not suited to a particular style of play and there‘s a stack of house rules to kludge it into “working.” Or instead, you know, ask around for a system that better suits and play that.

 

[MarkB]

Sorry this pizza isn't to spec. I counted one extra pineapple.

Pineapple chunk, or one extra pineapple?

 

[MarkB]

Also when people insist on playing a particular game that’s not suited to a particular style of play and there‘s a stack of house rules to kludge it into “working.” Or instead, you know, ask around for a system that better suits and play that.

And fully playtest it to see whether it actually meets your needs, and then convince your friends that it meets their needs too.

 

[trappedslider]

If you need more than 10 house rules to make a game work the way you want, you're playing the wrong game.

Could take the GURPS approach and just buy the 10 books with the rules you want

 

[darjr]

Pineapple chunk, or one extra pineapple?

I said one. Bring me a brand new pizza remade from scratch with one less pineapple.

Just the one.

 

[Hussar]

With all this talk about playing with strangers I must be pretty lucky. My experiences have been mostly positive.

Sure there’s been bad actors but overall? It’s been pretty good.