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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 5736049" data-attributes="member: 177">Most of what Hobo says I find to be fairly accurate.&nbsp; Grognard - To me, the term has always applied to folks who came to RPGs out of the wargaming roots, back in the early 1970s.&nbsp; I am not old enough to be a true grognard, and I won't generally apply the term to anyone who came to gaming around the time I did or later.&nbsp; Hobo's bit about grumbling is spot on <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Build - I look at my Star Wars group and I can clearly see the difference between &quot;build&quot; and &quot;character generation&quot;.&nbsp; &quot;Build&quot; implies a specific mechanical design goal.&nbsp; Character generation typically refers to the initial generation of character.&nbsp; Build, however, extends later into play, often for the entire life of the character.&nbsp; Builds often also include gear required to achieve the desired goals.Munchkin - where the powergamer/min-maxer wants to get the best the rules can give you, the munchkin wants better than that.&nbsp; Munchkinism isn't about rules-mastery, it is about having gaudy and outlandish power.&nbsp; The player who brags about how his character killed Elric, and is now toting around Stormbringer, is probably a munchkin.&nbsp;&nbsp; Gamer - is context dependent.&nbsp; I've seen it used to refer to computer gamers, board gamers, and role-playing gamers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 5736049, member: 177"] Most of what Hobo says I find to be fairly accurate. [B]Grognard[/B] - To me, the term has always applied to folks who came to RPGs out of the wargaming roots, back in the early 1970s. I am not old enough to be a true grognard, and I won't generally apply the term to anyone who came to gaming around the time I did or later. Hobo's bit about grumbling is spot on :) [B]Build[/B] - I look at my Star Wars group and I can clearly see the difference between "build" and "character generation". "Build" implies a specific mechanical design goal. Character generation typically refers to the initial generation of character. Build, however, extends later into play, often for the entire life of the character. Builds often also include gear required to achieve the desired goals. [B]Munchkin[/B] - where the powergamer/min-maxer wants to get the best the rules can give you, the munchkin wants better than that. Munchkinism isn't about rules-mastery, it is about having gaudy and outlandish power. The player who brags about how his character killed Elric, and is now toting around Stormbringer, is probably a munchkin. [B]Gamer[/B] - is context dependent. I've seen it used to refer to computer gamers, board gamers, and role-playing gamers. [/QUOTE]

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