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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 7468146" data-attributes="member: 22779">Ok, so, once more I'd like to flog this horse.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />I was thinking about what differentiates RPG's from other games and I think I might have one true difference.&nbsp; RPG's aren't really games.&nbsp; Now wait, hear me out.&nbsp; I'm going somewhere with this.In a typical game, you read the rules, follow the rules and play the game.&nbsp; Deal 5 cards, have rounds of betting until everyone calls and then show your cards - the rules of Poker pretty much directly line up with what you do when you play Poker.&nbsp; But, if you read the three core D&amp;D 5e books, you can't actually play the game.&nbsp; RPG's are game creation engines.&nbsp; They operating systems.&nbsp; You use the rules of an RPG to create the game that we play at the table.&nbsp; But, until such time as someone actually creates that game, you can't actually play an RPG.&nbsp; Your books don't tell you what to do.&nbsp; They tell you how to build your game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 7468146, member: 22779"] Ok, so, once more I'd like to flog this horse. :D I was thinking about what differentiates RPG's from other games and I think I might have one true difference. RPG's aren't really games. Now wait, hear me out. I'm going somewhere with this. In a typical game, you read the rules, follow the rules and play the game. Deal 5 cards, have rounds of betting until everyone calls and then show your cards - the rules of Poker pretty much directly line up with what you do when you play Poker. But, if you read the three core D&D 5e books, you can't actually play the game. RPG's are game creation engines. They operating systems. You use the rules of an RPG to create the game that we play at the table. But, until such time as someone actually creates that game, you can't actually play an RPG. Your books don't tell you what to do. They tell you how to build your game. [/QUOTE]

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