NOW LIVE! Today's the day you meet your new best friend. You don’t have to leave Wolfy behind... In 'Pets & Sidekicks' your companions level up with you!

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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercule" data-source="post: 7674151" data-attributes="member: 5100">Windows. OSX. Linux.I know people who love each, rabidly. I also know people who hate each, rabidly. Is one better than the others? Not touching that. But... you can create MS Office docs on all of them (though you might not use MS Office). You can write code (and run the apps) in most of the major languages on each. You can play video games on each. And, of course, you can surf the web and post commentary on each. by most measures, they all hit the mark. None are going to go away anytime soon. People will use them because that's what they use.Maybe there's something like an iPad out there that will transform how people do things. Who knows? The big deal with iOS is that it was mobile without compromising what people wanted to do while mobile (mostly consume content and/or play games). That's probably not the same "magic bullet" that RPGs need. So, what is the secret sauce for RPGs? Is in the Indie style (light and fast)? Meh, maybe, but probably not. Is it the story and/or setting that reduces prep time? Doubtful; we've had settings and modules forever. Is it Big IP (Dresden, Game of Thrones, etc.)? Probably not, since Stars Wars has had several RPG incarnations.My guess: It's a little of all those, plus something else. It might be creating something that felt like a party game. You play with whoever is available. If it's a different group, next time, no worries. The base rules have to take less than 15 minutes to teach/learn. All you need has to be comfortable to set up in a living room, which means the character sheet has to fit on your lap and the "board" has to fit on a coffee table without a ton of fuss. A complete adventure has to be playable in under three hours. That's entry level, with the ability to expand if you really want (campaigns, additional "classes", etc.). That may or may not be what the answer actually is, but it's probably about the right distance from what we have, today.</blockquote>

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