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Rules? Everyone knows Hopscotch, don't they?

So maybe a little older than Hounds and Jackals?

Hounds and jackals - Wikipedia

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so you played that as a kid?

 

[CleverNickName]

Yeah, but if its core enough and you can't cook it yourself, it still means you're going to be chronically unhappy there, so there's a question of why you stick to it, and one of the possible answers is "I don't know if I'd like anything better" or in some cases "I barely know where another pizza shop is."

I don't disagree; that certainly is a problem that can happen. Admittedly a lot less frequently now that we have the internet and websites like EN World. There's usually very little doubt if someone is unhappy with a game 'round these parts.

When people are chronically unhappy with something, they usually say so...they don't lie and say they're actually happy with it. When someone says they enjoy playing and house-ruling OD&D or 3E or whatever, I believe them. Plenty of people enjoy customizing the game to suit their preferences, just as I enjoy customizing my burrito* at lunch.

*you thought I was gonna say pizza again, didn't you @overgeeked ?

 

[Ryujin]

so you played that as a kid?

Naw. My people were too busy throwing trees and large rocks.

 

[Ryujin]

Naw. My people were too busy throwing trees and large rocks.

And stealing horses/cattle.

 

[overgeeked]

*you thought I was gonna say pizza again, didn't you @overgeeked ?

Well, yeah. Given how obsessed some of y'all seem to be with only ever eating pizza. And really, good for you for trying something new. Now if only you'd try some new games.

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Maybe.

 

[dbolack]

Okra's hard. I've enjoyed it deep-fried with salt, but I'm pretty sure I'd enjoy shoe leather deep-fried with salt. I keep on getting maque choux as a side thinking I might like it, but I've either not had good maque choux, or, well, okra's not for me.

Pan or deep fried with cornbread breading, yeah. I've had it in soup/soup-adjacent things that were also yummy. I'm told there's a serving method that's boiled, and it just comes up slimey...

 

[CleverNickName]

Well, yeah. Given how obsessed some of y'all seem to be with only ever eating pizza. And really, good for you for trying something new. Now if only you'd try some new games.

/s

Maybe.

You're preaching to the choir, buddy; I love me some Not-D&D games. (It's one of my favorite weekly articles here on EN World, in fact!)

My Current Top Five Not-D&D Games:

• Call of Cthulhu
• Mouseguard
• Shadowrun
• Old Gods of Appalachia RPG
• Dread

And of the games I haven't had a chance to play yet,
My Current Top Five "Gotta Try This" Games:

• Avatar the RPG
• Daggerheart
• Magnus Archives RPG
• Fallen London RPG
• Shadowdark

And in the interest of full disclosure,
My Top Five "Still Technically 5E" Games:

• Obojima: Tales from the Tall Grass
• Star Wars 5E
• The Crooked Moon
• The One Ring (5E)
• Humblewood

 

[RealAlHazred]

There have been a slew of games before the modern era. There are a bunch of speculative rules on cyningstan.com.

My assumption is the oldest might be Mancala, but there's no way to know for sure.

 

[dragoner]

Love Oware, have the old AH version. Oh-Wah-Ree - Boardgame - Avalon Hill from Avalon Hill

In other news, weird scenes inside the gold mine.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

My assumption is the oldest might be Mancala, but there's no way to know for sure.

There are walls of angry hieroglyphs in Ancient Egypt about how the new edition of Mancala is just a shameless deben-grab by the Seers of the Delta.