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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SuStel" data-source="post: 3439504" data-attributes="member: 28997">See, I just don't get that. The fun of role-playing games for me is the exercise of imagination. If we constrain our choices to what is laid out in the book, where is the imagination?D&D began this game form by taking a set of wargame rules and saying, "Okay. Here's how you describe your figure. But we won't actually use a figure; just imagine him. You won't need one anyway: there's no board either. Just imagine one. In 3D. Now go on an adventure that this guy called the judge made up. Don't look for the list of possible moves; just imagine them. If you need some guidance on the most common actions in this game, here are a bunch of systems that work."But then a bunch of people decided that no rules equals no actions, and that role-playing equals play-acting. Over the course of many years, the role-playing game changed. So nowadays D&D says, essentially, "Okay. Here's how you describe your figure. Buy our miniatures, or use tokens. Battle mats make nice playing boards. Now go on an adventure that this guy called the Game Master bought. Here's how you attack. Here's how you jump. Here's how you negotiate. Here's how you ride a horse. Here's how strong the opposition should be. Etc."</blockquote>