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Sure, "jerk optimizers"/munchkins absolutely do thrive in easy games. That's why Monty Haul games tended to be associated with them...

That is not a good min-maxer. The term min-maxer originates from maximizing strengths and minimizing weaknesses.

If they’re wasting character resources and letting go better feats, they’re not very good optimizers. Min-Maxers will try to get the...

That's never an optimization problem. There are so many ways to go, that if a player is picking up things to step on someone else's...

Of course optimisers like puppies! It’s the best way to get chicks! Obviously you have to be selective about your puppy for maximum...

Give yourself to Optimizing! It is the only way to save yourself, and your party. You'll win at everything forever! You'll win at...

I don’t know to what extent this is true, but I always felt that Warhammer had a more European feel, both in the themes and geography of...

I don't think those people exist outside groups of bitter teenagers, who aren't really worth considering in these discussions because...

I fully agreed with the rest of the post, but here I have to disagree. Heavy RP and Optimize are not opposites of a scale, you can do...

Transcendant Order for me. There’s a time for action and a time for inaction, but there is no idleness. Also, I may have had the hots...

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I've left tables when everyone else was clearly enjoying the play but it was driving me kinda nuts (in a bad way). I have persistently...

Yes, agreed. Let's face it: there are different approaches to RPGing, different playstyles, different values, different aesthetic...

Particularly if it’s a group of inexperienced players, most of whom probably have video game encounters as their primary reference...

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