Grognard good...grognard bad

[Neonchameleon]

So, there are none?!?!?!

Oh, I don't know. You get people non-ironically complaining about The Tyranny of Fun.

 

[Doug McCrae]

Let's get really old school.

All games, entertainments and works of fiction are at best a distraction. Frivolous, useless, immoral fripperies. At worst they are taking you straight to Hell.

Work and education, both temporal and spiritual, are the only commendable activities. Sex should, of course, only be undertaken for the purpose of making babies, not pleasure. Really it's just another form of work. That's the way I see it, anyway.

 

[Silverblade The Ench]

What do you call the guys that jump at the chance to play any new edition and all of a sudden claim that the previous edition was full of problems as if the newer edition won't be? Are they Grognads?

Sorry, I just wanted an excuse to say "nads".

hehe well somewhat true for me
each edition, near the end, has driven me nuts with problems, so the house rules build...
Alas, can't play at moment, sigh, or I'm sure I'd be working on 4th ed house rules, lol.
I honestly couldn't play far into Baldur's Gate2, wich I finally got last year, 'cause the 2nd ed ruleset was driving me batty!
"So, my uber high Int wizard can't get a damn spell to actually LAND on these bozos?! This makes no sense! GAAAAAH!" hehe

G'NADS!


Doug
let me guess, you have:
a) an infant who's the human equivalent of an IED packed with nitroglycerine and...stuff
b) a terrible Two, who's like a drow Matron on crystal meth.
c) An adolescent who needs sent to Hannibal Lecktor's version of "Hogwarts"
eh?

 

[The Shaman]

You get people non-ironically complaining about The Tyranny of Fun.

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Melan's point whizzing by!

"Fun! I don't play this game for fun, sonny-boy!" is a stilted and misleading interpretation of "tyranny of fun," right up there with, "4e, the mmo of ttrpgs!"

 

[Neonchameleon]

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Melan's point whizzing by!

"Fun! I don't play this game for fun, sonny-boy!" is a stilted and misleading interpretation of "tyranny of fun," right up there with, "4e, the mmo of ttrpgs!"

I know what Melan's point was. But it still fits firmly under the heading of grognardia.

 

[Diamond Cross]

I'm just really burnt out of too many rules changes and so much material and the pressure to buy the great really super expensive stuff that I can't afford anymore.

 

[amnuxoll]

Basically, from what I've seen, someone who self-identifies as a "grognard" is someone who has drawn a line in the sand, demarking where they stand; anyone on the other side of the line is against them, whether the anyone knows or cares to be.

Bullgrit

I usually don't agree with anything Bullgrit says but this I think statement (above) is the gem of this thread. I think it's dead on.

:AMN:
(grognard)

 

[The Shaman]

But it still fits firmly under the heading of grognardia.

. . . to you.

For me, it's a look at some aspects of game design, how they've changed over time, and how proceeding along a different design path produces different experiences at the table.

Y'know, kinda like what this guy did.

It's not about venerating older games. It's about mining the history of gaming for ideas which continue to resonate right now.

 

[Odhanan]

I am a True Grognard, by which I mean, of course, that I am French, and happen to like vintage gaming.

 

[unan oranis]

Oh, I don't know. You get people non-ironically complaining about The Tyranny of Fun.

Is that a thread still going ... after two years? WTF... is there some legend behind it? Kripes thats insane.