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I just got this, and I think a few other folks here might enjoy the game = Humble Physical Book Bundle: The Dune RPG Physical Megabundle...

Organizational, maybe? Play is what connects all the parts we're talking about, for most people anyway.

I'm not sure "important" is the right word here. Important to whom?

How individual people engage with the hobby is, oddly, pretty unimportant to my point (plus we aren't striving for a definition based on...

That's interesting. I wouldn't put it like that at all. 'Important' is an idea that's pretty subjective and up to the individual. My...

Or the completely unexpected fourth person.

OP is really uncomfortable talking about himself in the third person.

You can disagree all you like. I don't think that the idea that the core telos of games is to be played is even remotely controversial...

Took advantage of Paizo's Spring Cleaning sale and bought several(too many) flip mats + a Starfinder Initiative magnetic tracker. This...

What the 'point' of RPGs is. Like in the thread title.

I don't actually think it matters it what ways various different RPG hobbyists find their happiness. Some people read, some people...

I'm inclined to say that since TRPGs are, uh, games, that the experience of playing them is the most important form of engagement...

Anything that would surprise folks when you invite them to play x is probably a good general guide.

I don't think it's obvious at all that engaging with the game outside of the narrower definition of play (i.e. the conversation) is play...

People interact with the hobby away from the table, there's no doubt about that. I'm not sure how much of that activity actually counts...