Games You Rarely See Played "Correctly"

[Deset Gled]

Monopoly. I don't know a single person who plays it RAW.

I'm here to represent. No money on Free Parking. Auctions when a property isn't bought. Limited houses and hotels.

 

[aramis erak]

accidental duplicate removed

 

[Koloth]

The already mentioned Monopoly. Card game of Spades, every group has its own set of house rules.

A lot of current RPGs are ran as an almost constant combat but with minimal real risk of character death. It seems that we just go through the motions. What ever happened to the social side of things? Or being able to sneak past something? Or maybe it is just groups in my area.

And for games with magic - spell research for new spells? Used to be a thing. Now spell lists are often considered sacrosanct and not to be altered or have things added. I think it is still in many rule sets but it has been a couple of decades since I heard someone ask about researching a new spell.

 

[cbwjm]

The already mentioned Monopoly. Card game of Spades, every group has its own set of house rules.

A lot of current RPGs are ran as an almost constant combat but with minimal real risk of character death. It seems that we just go through the motions. What ever happened to the social side of things? Or being able to sneak past something? Or maybe it is just groups in my area.

And for games with magic - spell research for new spells? Used to be a thing. Now spell lists are often considered sacrosanct and not to be altered or have things added. I think it is still in many rule sets but it has been a couple of decades since I heard someone ask about researching a new spell.

I think the lack of downtime means people don't really think about it, I feel like many adventures instead have a story arc and you follow that, finish it, then start the next campaign.

 

[Fenris-77]

Very few people use the beautiful and magnificently designed Inspiration rules for 5E. Degenerate play!

 

[Lanefan]

And for games with magic - spell research for new spells? Used to be a thing. Now spell lists are often considered sacrosanct and not to be altered or have things added. I think it is still in many rule sets but it has been a couple of decades since I heard someone ask about researching a new spell.

Part of that is there's already so many spells out there it can be hard to come up with a new idea.

 

[Fenris-77]

Part of that is there's already so many spells out there it can be hard to come up with a new idea.

Swarm of Butterflies.