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<blockquote data-quote="Wombat" data-source="post: 1113197" data-attributes="member: 8447">I'm always puzzled by the word &quot;mature&quot;.&nbsp; I mean, I am 44 years old and people tell me that I am &quot;mature&quot; and &quot;immature&quot; at the oddest times, even relating to my love of rpgs.Now does &quot;mature&quot; mean &quot;taking responsibility for one's own actions&quot;? or does it mean &quot;it's okay to talk about sex&quot;? or does it mean &quot;we are also reasonable individuals who can all get along and decide matters without subscribing to a set of written rules&quot;?&nbsp; Almost any of these could apply, at one point or another.I tend to be pretty flippant about rules in my games; I keep to the absolute basics, but throw out many specifics if the flow of the story is going well with my particular group.&nbsp; This is also a reason we don't use battleboards and miniatures very often.&nbsp; OTOH there are a lot of rules I don't throw out.&nbsp; Again, a lot of this is dependent on the situation.If I am less interested in rules, why do I play something as rules-intensive as D&amp;D?&nbsp; Quite simply because I had a hard time mustering general interest in Over the Edge and Nobilis (or, for that matter, in Ars Magica, which can also get pretty rules intenstive if you let it).&nbsp; It is easy to get people to join in D&amp;D because it is such a &quot;brand name&quot;.&nbsp; Now I am slowly corrupting my players into the idea that other games are okay.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />But rules are neither &quot;good&quot; nor &quot;bad&quot;.&nbsp; I have played in rules-intenstive games where I have had a lot of fun and rules-lite sessions that were run poorly.&nbsp; Some people like my style of play; others loath it.&nbsp; Those who don't like it tend to leave pretty quickly and find other games that pay stricter attention to the rules.&nbsp; Those who do like it are more than welcome to stay.&nbsp; That is good, both for them and for me.Personally, I think that is pretty &quot;mature&quot; attitude.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wombat, post: 1113197, member: 8447"] I'm always puzzled by the word "mature". I mean, I am 44 years old and people tell me that I am "mature" and "immature" at the oddest times, even relating to my love of rpgs. Now does "mature" mean "taking responsibility for one's own actions"? or does it mean "it's okay to talk about sex"? or does it mean "we are also reasonable individuals who can all get along and decide matters without subscribing to a set of written rules"? Almost any of these could apply, at one point or another. I tend to be pretty flippant about rules in my games; I keep to the absolute basics, but throw out many specifics if the flow of the story is going well with my particular group. This is also a reason we don't use battleboards and miniatures very often. OTOH there are a lot of rules I [I]don't[/I] throw out. Again, a lot of this is dependent on the situation. If I am less interested in rules, why do I play something as rules-intensive as D&D? Quite simply because I had a hard time mustering general interest in [I]Over the Edge[/I] and [I]Nobilis[/I] (or, for that matter, in [I]Ars Magica[/I], which can also get pretty rules intenstive if you let it). It is easy to get people to join in D&D because it is such a "brand name". Now I am slowly corrupting my players into the idea that other games are okay. ;) But rules are neither "good" nor "bad". I have played in rules-intenstive games where I have had a lot of fun and rules-lite sessions that were run poorly. Some people like my style of play; others loath it. Those who don't like it tend to leave pretty quickly and find other games that pay stricter attention to the rules. Those who do like it are more than welcome to stay. That is good, both for them and for me. Personally, I think that is pretty "mature" attitude. ;) [/QUOTE]

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