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<blockquote data-quote="Odhanan" data-source="post: 5937026" data-attributes="member: 12324">Same thing: I find myself in complete agreement with Monte Cook. The rules-tight paradigm is in such an opposition to the kind of things I am looking for in a role playing game (a social game, a game of creativity and shared imagination that relies on the cooperation of the players, a game that you come to own for yourself and twist and tweak as needed, a game of rulings, not rules, a game with a GM as a referee and facilitator of game play, not an enemy the rules ought to keep in check, etc.) I might as well not play games subjected to it at all.Rules-tight game systems basically turn role playing games into 'games like any other' to me. I find them immensely boring and counter-intuitive to the strengths I see in RPGs. I'd sooner play Halo, Call of Duty or World of Warcraft rather than subject myself to them.PS: I'm a fan of games like AD&amp;D First Ed, Warhammer Fantasy Role Play, Rolemaster, World of Darkness games, Call of Cthulhu and BRP games, so I really don't see this as a 'rules light v. rules heavy' thing at all. It's all about the logic behind the game and how it's built from there.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Odhanan, post: 5937026, member: 12324"] Same thing: I find myself in complete agreement with Monte Cook. The rules-tight paradigm is in such an opposition to the kind of things I am looking for in a role playing game (a social game, a game of creativity and shared imagination that relies on the cooperation of the players, a game that you come to own for yourself and twist and tweak as needed, a game of rulings, not rules, a game with a GM as a referee and facilitator of game play, not an enemy the rules ought to keep in check, etc.) I might as well not play games subjected to it at all. Rules-tight game systems basically turn role playing games into 'games like any other' to me. I find them immensely boring and counter-intuitive to the strengths I see in RPGs. I'd sooner play Halo, Call of Duty or World of Warcraft rather than subject myself to them. PS: I'm a fan of games like AD&D First Ed, Warhammer Fantasy Role Play, Rolemaster, World of Darkness games, Call of Cthulhu and BRP games, so I really don't see this as a 'rules light v. rules heavy' thing at all. It's all about the logic behind the game and how it's built from there. [/QUOTE]

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