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<blockquote data-quote="SlyFlourish" data-source="post: 9569053" data-attributes="member: 54840"><p>The Ray Winninger interview got a lot of attention but I failed to talk about <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUA1Pjy2AjU" target="_blank">Mike Mearls's interview with Stan</a>! on the same channel.</p><p></p><p>Mike brings up a really interesting thought that might have gotten buried in the other thread I wanted to pull on:</p><p></p><p>The different modes of RPG play.</p><p></p><p>Mike brings up that while games like Magic the Gathering and Warhammer have many different ways to play -- all supported by the company behind them -- D&D really doesn't have anything like that.</p><p></p><p>Now we could argue that D&D is different because each of us has the ability to change our game in lots of ways:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Different allowed sources.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Different campaign worlds.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Different house rules.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Different numbers of players.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Different durations of the game.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A different number of games per month.</li> </ul><p></p><p>Mike brings up that there really isn't an RPG that focuses on an hour of gameplay (there might be but I don't know it).</p><p></p><p>One way to think about this is how WOTC could do something like this but worry about what they're going to do or not do? This is a problem the whole RPG community can think about.</p><p></p><p>So here's the question. What games and systems would you say have a really different way they run at the table than D&D?</p><p></p><p>Some that come to mind based on ones I've played.</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ironsworn with its one-on-one or solo play.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Thousand Year Old Vampire with its journalistic play.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Powered by the Apocalypse games with their focus on story-driving mechanics.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Super-light games like Lasers and Feelings and Honey Heist.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Kid-focused games like No Thank You Evil.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The mystery / horror aspects of Call of Cthulhu.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Completely collaborative games like Fiasco.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Old-school focused games like Shadowdark and OSE.</li> </ul><p></p><p>What are some others that jump to mind? </p><p></p><p>If you wanted to start a lunch-hour game, what system would you choose?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SlyFlourish, post: 9569053, member: 54840"] The Ray Winninger interview got a lot of attention but I failed to talk about [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUA1Pjy2AjU']Mike Mearls's interview with Stan[/URL]! on the same channel. Mike brings up a really interesting thought that might have gotten buried in the other thread I wanted to pull on: The different modes of RPG play. Mike brings up that while games like Magic the Gathering and Warhammer have many different ways to play -- all supported by the company behind them -- D&D really doesn't have anything like that. Now we could argue that D&D is different because each of us has the ability to change our game in lots of ways: [LIST] [*]Different allowed sources. [*]Different campaign worlds. [*]Different house rules. [*]Different numbers of players. [*]Different durations of the game. [*]A different number of games per month. [/LIST] Mike brings up that there really isn't an RPG that focuses on an hour of gameplay (there might be but I don't know it). One way to think about this is how WOTC could do something like this but worry about what they're going to do or not do? This is a problem the whole RPG community can think about. So here's the question. What games and systems would you say have a really different way they run at the table than D&D? Some that come to mind based on ones I've played. [LIST] [*]Ironsworn with its one-on-one or solo play. [*]Thousand Year Old Vampire with its journalistic play. [*]Powered by the Apocalypse games with their focus on story-driving mechanics. [*]Super-light games like Lasers and Feelings and Honey Heist. [*]Kid-focused games like No Thank You Evil. [*]The mystery / horror aspects of Call of Cthulhu. [*]Completely collaborative games like Fiasco. [*]Old-school focused games like Shadowdark and OSE. [/LIST] What are some others that jump to mind? If you wanted to start a lunch-hour game, what system would you choose? [/QUOTE]
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