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<blockquote data-quote="Dristram" data-source="post: 3931457" data-attributes="member: 1639">I know this discussion has gone off topic a bit, but my take on a computer based D&amp;D is thus.I can play poker on a computer, over the internet, but I still find it more enjoyable to sit around a table with a bunch of friends with physical cards.&nbsp; I can play many different board games on the computer, but I find enjoyment sitting at a table with family and friends moving pieces on a board.&nbsp; It's the same with D&amp;D.&nbsp; D&amp;D is a roleplaying game.&nbsp; In order to really get the most out of roleplaying, you need to be in person with the ones you're roleplaying with.&nbsp; If all D&amp;D is to you is going from one combat to the next, then a video game can fulfill your desires.&nbsp; But true roleplaying can't be done over a computer.&nbsp; How do I define true roleplaying?&nbsp; Talking as your character in 1st person including body language and special voices.&nbsp; I find most modern players of D&amp;D talk mostly in the 3rd person and are quick to roll a d20 afterwards.&nbsp; That’s fairly easy to replicate in a video game, but 1st person roleplaying is not.&nbsp; And traditional D&amp;D roleplaying is 1st person roleplaying with dice rolls being used sparingly, instead allowing the DM to judge for himself how well he felt the player’s character did.&nbsp; A lot of that has been lost and so video game style games can more easily replicate the modern way of playing D&amp;D.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dristram, post: 3931457, member: 1639"] I know this discussion has gone off topic a bit, but my take on a computer based D&D is thus. I can play poker on a computer, over the internet, but I still find it more enjoyable to sit around a table with a bunch of friends with physical cards. I can play many different board games on the computer, but I find enjoyment sitting at a table with family and friends moving pieces on a board. It's the same with D&D. D&D is a roleplaying game. In order to really get the most out of roleplaying, you need to be in person with the ones you're roleplaying with. If all D&D is to you is going from one combat to the next, then a video game can fulfill your desires. But true roleplaying can't be done over a computer. How do I define true roleplaying? Talking as your character in 1st person including body language and special voices. I find most modern players of D&D talk mostly in the 3rd person and are quick to roll a d20 afterwards. That’s fairly easy to replicate in a video game, but 1st person roleplaying is not. And traditional D&D roleplaying is 1st person roleplaying with dice rolls being used sparingly, instead allowing the DM to judge for himself how well he felt the player’s character did. A lot of that has been lost and so video game style games can more easily replicate the modern way of playing D&D. [/QUOTE]

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