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<blockquote data-quote="BrokenTwin" data-source="post: 8975696" data-attributes="member: 7017978"><p>Tangentially related, I've never done a proper West Marches game, but man I would love to give it a try at some point. Rotating cast of players, characters leveling up independently from each other, a story that develops more from exploration and the direct results of the players' actions... I have no idea if I would hate it in practice, but man i want to try it. But again, preferring in-person play means it's probably never going to happen for me. Especially not those decade plus games that are the stuff of grognardian legends.</p><p></p><p>To be fair to [USER=6747251]@Micah Sweet[/USER] , I don't think they believe their situation is "new or unique". I think they're just lamenting that the popular gaming culture is moving on without them, and their heyday of gaming may be leaving with it. And to be blunt, yeah, it's something that was bound to happen eventually, but that doesn't mean it doesn't suck when it does. What's a good change for one person can be a bad change for another, but change will always happen whether we like it or not. I'm happy that the new generation of gamers is coming into the TTRPG hobby (I've taught most of my nieces and nephews to play, and they're now making up their own games and systems without me), but I am sad that the gaming that I most enjoyed is most likely behind me now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BrokenTwin, post: 8975696, member: 7017978"] Tangentially related, I've never done a proper West Marches game, but man I would love to give it a try at some point. Rotating cast of players, characters leveling up independently from each other, a story that develops more from exploration and the direct results of the players' actions... I have no idea if I would hate it in practice, but man i want to try it. But again, preferring in-person play means it's probably never going to happen for me. Especially not those decade plus games that are the stuff of grognardian legends. To be fair to [USER=6747251]@Micah Sweet[/USER] , I don't think they believe their situation is "new or unique". I think they're just lamenting that the popular gaming culture is moving on without them, and their heyday of gaming may be leaving with it. And to be blunt, yeah, it's something that was bound to happen eventually, but that doesn't mean it doesn't suck when it does. What's a good change for one person can be a bad change for another, but change will always happen whether we like it or not. I'm happy that the new generation of gamers is coming into the TTRPG hobby (I've taught most of my nieces and nephews to play, and they're now making up their own games and systems without me), but I am sad that the gaming that I most enjoyed is most likely behind me now. [/QUOTE]
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