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<blockquote data-quote="Riley37" data-source="post: 7617257" data-attributes="member: 6786839"><p>"Boardgames don't call to action at all! There is no protagonism in a board game.</p><p> - </p><p>"I gather that you've never played "Wrath of Ashardalon".</p><p> - </p><p>One time I played "Zombies!" at a game store. The game ends when (a) the helipad tile is played into the board map and (b) one character (one player's figure) boards the helicopter, escaping the scenario. I got my figure adjacent to the helicopter - then stayed adjacent, on the grounds that my character was calling to the other surviving humans: "I'm holding off as long as I can! Hurry to the helicopter before the zombies swarm the helipad!" Because my plastic pawn, dammit, was not a selfish scumbag who would abandon others to the zombie horde, not when there was hope of sharing survival. My plastic pawn was a Mahayanist, determined to use that helicopter as a greater vehicle, carrying more than one person to salvation. (As it happens, the game has an alternate victory condition, destroying 25 zombies, and someone won the game with a grenade killtacular, foiling my plan.)</p><p> - </p><p>If you cannot imagine someone breathing protagonism into a boardgame token, then what are you doing among TRPGers? THAT'S HOW ALL THIS GOT STARTED!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Riley37, post: 7617257, member: 6786839"] "Boardgames don't call to action at all! There is no protagonism in a board game. - "I gather that you've never played "Wrath of Ashardalon". - One time I played "Zombies!" at a game store. The game ends when (a) the helipad tile is played into the board map and (b) one character (one player's figure) boards the helicopter, escaping the scenario. I got my figure adjacent to the helicopter - then stayed adjacent, on the grounds that my character was calling to the other surviving humans: "I'm holding off as long as I can! Hurry to the helicopter before the zombies swarm the helipad!" Because my plastic pawn, dammit, was not a selfish scumbag who would abandon others to the zombie horde, not when there was hope of sharing survival. My plastic pawn was a Mahayanist, determined to use that helicopter as a greater vehicle, carrying more than one person to salvation. (As it happens, the game has an alternate victory condition, destroying 25 zombies, and someone won the game with a grenade killtacular, foiling my plan.) - If you cannot imagine someone breathing protagonism into a boardgame token, then what are you doing among TRPGers? THAT'S HOW ALL THIS GOT STARTED! [/QUOTE]
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