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I've made many a post lamenting the lack of "reality modelling" in today's games. Just recently, I made a post in another thread about why I believe these game systems have fallen out of favor. I believe that reality modelling in gaming has essentially gone extinct (even in indie games) for...

Fantasy Hero...I forgot to put that one on the 80s list :) I loved the Hero System back in the day, though I didn't use it for fantasy gaming. Played tons of Champions and Justice Inc with it, and also a little Star Hero. I never played the Avalon Hill version of RQ, so I don't know what...

Disclaimer: I worked at Netflix on the engineering side 2018-2019 All I will say is this as a kind of "character witness": management has some pretty big egos on their shoulders. I recall when I suggested (pre-pandemic) that Netflix should allow people to work from home, because there are...

Since people are mentioning non-D&D fantasy games, how many folks actually preferred playing other fantasy RPG systems from the 70s and 80s? Our gaming group quickly graduated from D&D when we wanted to play a fantasy setting. So here's a list of 80s fantasy RPGs and the trope of dungeons...

I'm of two minds about random chargen. On one hand, it's quick and can spur your imagination more. It also forces you to play someone who may not fit your initial concept, but you just might grow into it. It also can be more realistic, precisely because it's not balanced. Just as in real...

I started playing right at the beginning of the 80s, so I'm not old-old skool. Since you talked about RP in general, and not just D&D, our group hardly played fantasy at all. Perhaps that was unusual, but my friend's father owned a hobby store, and back in the 80s, the TSR stuff didn't fly...

And because I came to the thread late, if you enjoy PbtA games, more power to you :) I just wish Avatar had used something more flexible and detailed. Another one came to mind. I haven't fully read through the Marvel RPG rules yet, but again, I think the Hero System or even Mutants and...

I wish Avatar: The RolePlaying Game used something other than the Powered by the Apocalypse engine, though to be honest, I am not sure what. PbtA just didn't do it for me. I am not a big fan of class based systems, and to me, that's essentially what playbooks are. The balance mechanism was...

I've only heard of good breeding in reference to upper society. There's even a quote from Pride and Predjudice The breeding will tell phrase, from what I understand, was open to all socio-economic classes, and was supposed to reflect whether, over time, the bad traits in someone would...

Well, as can be seen in my member name, I convert the pejorative and assimilate it with pride :) My name is a double entendre. I took it to mean both my mixed ethnicity, as well as how different I feel my way of thinking is to most people. But I can definitely see how others (even, or...

This is an interesting take. Part of the reason I don't really like the Fantasy genre anymore, is that "anything goes". It makes it hard for me to suspend my disbelief and feel some kind of relatability to the world. Perhaps it is a generational thing, as I think today's generation doesn't...

Yeah that's the one possibility I was thinking of, that maybe Elrond and Elros were born before one or more of the parents had made their choice. But then as you said, why did Arwen get to choose?

So I had to go digging into the ancestry tree of Elrond :) From what I gather, a Tolkein Half-Elf doesn't become 100% human or 100% elf after they choose. The choice is just about mortality. How so? I did not realize that Elrond himself was born of two Half-Human, Half-Elven parents. I had...

I wish I could say I have been to some, but I wasn't even aware there were any. Though to be honest, I've lost interest in Fantasy RPGs, which are by far the most dominant genre now. When the OGL fiasco happened, I remember watching a video where the creator was mentioning alternative RPG's...

yeah, I agree there. Diversity should effectively already be in the game, no matter which setting you want to play in, and for that matter no matter which ancestry. That's kind of why I was wondering why people wanted to play mixed ancestry characters. Legacy's sake? To be just a bit...

Apologies in advance :)

Don't worry, I don't take it personally :) I've written some posts here about giving the benefit of the doubt. I can understand wanting to destigmatize ancestries, but it does kind of beg the question; what about evil Backgrounds/Cultures? No one ever thinks they are the baddies [link to a...

I can see the appeal to playing something other than one's self. For me, I like to think "what would I do in those shoes?". Of course, there's always going to be some differences, so I can't be exactly myself. But in terms of personality, likes and dislikes, quirks, etc, my characters are...

I've mentioned before in another thread that my style as a player may be a bit odd. I pretty much play "myself". Not due to a lack of roleplaying skill (I don't think), but simply because I like to simulate "me". I consider my character an avatar of me. But at least a part of the rationale...

Some of it depends on the particular culture. For example, Filipinos tend to put mixed race people up on a pedestal (with a caveat). Almost all the Filipina beauty pageant contestants are of mixed ethnicity. Watch their TV, and an outsized proportion of the actors are also mixed. Sadly, the...