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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Micah Sweet" data-source="post: 9619995" data-attributes="member: 6747251">I've been interested in Shadowdark since I first heard about it shortly before the Kickstarter ended, but I wasn't in a position at the time to participate. I've since had an opportunity to get it, and to me it really hits those classic play vibes i appreciate. The problem is that my wife is much more interested in the modern style of play where a character's story is paramount, and bad luck isn't just going to kill her PC (a real possibility in Shadowdark). To her, that's what an RPG is. So I hit upon a solution recently: I asked her to not think if Shadowdark and similar games as RPGs as she understands them, but instead as a kind of boardgame, and your PC as a game piece you control. You can if you want give characterization to your game piece, but ultimately its no different from the character you control in Betrayal at House on the Hill (a game she loves), and those folks die all the time.This isn't how I see classic RPGs, of course, but it will help here have fun with them I hope.</blockquote>