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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 5126390" data-attributes="member: 4937">I find that totally ridiculous.&nbsp; I've got people in to the game on several occassions having put before them that they need not read any rules.New players don't need to know the rules.&nbsp; Heck, players - new or old - don't need to know the rules at all.&nbsp; It's quite concievable to play an RPG where you don't even know what system the referee is using, much less how to play it.&nbsp; When I first started playing Chill, I didn't know anything about the rules.&nbsp; I probably played for 4 or 5 sessions before I had a clue how the combat system worked.&nbsp; I wasn't even completely sure on character creation.&nbsp; I just said, &quot;I'm want to play a British Papparazzo/Private Investigator, is that cool?.&quot;, and went from there building a fast talking streetwise evidence gatherer.The only person who has to know the rules is the person running the game.&nbsp; In some cases, the only person in the world who knows the rules is the person running the game and in some cases many of those rules aren't even written down.&nbsp; System mastery on the part of the players is as much a bug as a feature.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 5126390, member: 4937"] I find that totally ridiculous. I've got people in to the game on several occassions having put before them that they need not read any rules. New players don't need to know the rules. Heck, players - new or old - don't need to know the rules at all. It's quite concievable to play an RPG where you don't even know what system the referee is using, much less how to play it. When I first started playing Chill, I didn't know anything about the rules. I probably played for 4 or 5 sessions before I had a clue how the combat system worked. I wasn't even completely sure on character creation. I just said, "I'm want to play a British Papparazzo/Private Investigator, is that cool?.", and went from there building a fast talking streetwise evidence gatherer. The only person who has to know the rules is the person running the game. In some cases, the only person in the world who knows the rules is the person running the game and in some cases many of those rules aren't even written down. System mastery on the part of the players is as much a bug as a feature. [/QUOTE]

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