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AbdulAlhazred reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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I never said that a dungeon crawl and a sandbox are the same. No, I'm talking about the game that people play at the table. Not the... -
AbdulAlhazred reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Yes, this is all accurate. I don't think that it generally delivers what is promised. I do think there is more freedom for the players...
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AbdulAlhazred reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
But then inviting people over to play some dungeon-crawling D&D isn't about forcing anyone to do anything. So is not railroading even by...
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AbdulAlhazred reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
You're still not getting it; they think they're trying to run a good game. In some cases they just aren't paying attention, in others...
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AbdulAlhazred reacted to zakael19's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I’m not talking about whatever you’re doing, I’m talking about the specific treasure hunting / dungeon exploration play you were taking...
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AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..No
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AbdulAlhazred reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
This is like saying that your D&D game is a railroad because it doesn't support Napoleonic miniatures play. Or because it doesn't allow...
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AbdulAlhazred reacted to Guest 85555's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I can see your concern. It might come off like me talking about majestic wilder lands and someone making a post that PbtA is just like...
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AbdulAlhazred reacted to Campbell's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
@Bedrockgames The reason I usually object to you bringing up Hillfolk all the time is because it is usually in the context of us...
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AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Honestly, I have to fall back on what @hawkeyefan says. I've played a lot of what I would call 'trad' play nowadays, along with various...
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AbdulAlhazred reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Yes, agreed, and I've posted the same. Right. In the context of a discourse that often seems to treat 1984 or thereabouts as a normative...
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AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I probably need to clarify. I'm sure you play Hillfolk because it appeals to you. I guess what I mean is, you point out your play of...
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AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Right, I think Lew Pulsipher was reasonably correct in his analysis at the level of understanding of RPG play/design c1979 or so. I...
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AbdulAlhazred reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
The "freeform sandbox" is the living, participatory novel style that I mentioned upthread as being the object of Lewis Pulsipher's...
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AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I think there's 2 things that go on here, and they're closely related: 1) You have a particular view of these issues, like what you...