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Is house ruling fair to the game or gamers when first introducing it?
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<blockquote data-quote="Bullgrit" data-source="post: 5279522" data-attributes="member: 31216"><p>Not really. I am probably assuming that gamers either don't have a lot of free time to sink into trying games, (like me), or aren't always willing to give a game they've experienced another try if they didn't like it the first time.</p><p></p><p>For instance, I've tried Vampire the Masquerade, and I didn't much care for it. As I don't own the books, myself, I don't know if my not enjoying the game was from the game as written or from the Storyteller's style/house rules, (which he admitted he was using some, though I don't know what). My free time is very limited, so I'm not really interested in giving the VtM system another go, nor am I willing to invest dollars into buying the books to read for myself.</p><p></p><p>As for assuming things, it looks to me that more people assumed something in answering my question than I assumed in asking it. For example, it seems that most people assumed the friends enjoyed/liked the game introduced -- so who cares if house rules were introduced if everyone had fun. No one has addressed the issue of what if everyone didn't have fun. And some people have assumed I'm talking about a particular game, though I've not mentioned it in any post in this thread. Heck, I'm not even limiting the discussion to a type of game -- this post is the first time I've even mentioned an RPG.</p><p></p><p>Bullgrit</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bullgrit, post: 5279522, member: 31216"] Not really. I am probably assuming that gamers either don't have a lot of free time to sink into trying games, (like me), or aren't always willing to give a game they've experienced another try if they didn't like it the first time. For instance, I've tried Vampire the Masquerade, and I didn't much care for it. As I don't own the books, myself, I don't know if my not enjoying the game was from the game as written or from the Storyteller's style/house rules, (which he admitted he was using some, though I don't know what). My free time is very limited, so I'm not really interested in giving the VtM system another go, nor am I willing to invest dollars into buying the books to read for myself. As for assuming things, it looks to me that more people assumed something in answering my question than I assumed in asking it. For example, it seems that most people assumed the friends enjoyed/liked the game introduced -- so who cares if house rules were introduced if everyone had fun. No one has addressed the issue of what if everyone didn't have fun. And some people have assumed I'm talking about a particular game, though I've not mentioned it in any post in this thread. Heck, I'm not even limiting the discussion to a type of game -- this post is the first time I've even mentioned an RPG. Bullgrit [/QUOTE]
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