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To no ones surprise (save maybe your own).... your wrong.
To no ones surprise (save maybe your own).... your wrong.
I do? Who sez?Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.
If "EYE KAN HAZ KEG" is your requirement for a great party, you need to get yourself a higher class of party.
You're right. It also needs dice, minis and character sheets.Which almost circles around to my point; anyone can tap a keg of natty light and call it a party. But a truly awesome party requires more than red solo cups and a place to throw up.
To mix the streams a little, do we (the royal we? the colloquial we? the me we?) consider a TTRPG session a party?
As in, "Killer party last night, brah, I advanced a level!"
Or is it more ... entertainment? Like going to a movie or a restaurant or playing sports or going out on the boat with friends?
Nah...what separates a party from other get-togethers is having a reason to celebrate, even if that reason is as simple as "Let's have a party!" The only real exception I can think of is a wedding, which is a celebratory get-together, but the amount of ritual involved means it has its own nomenclature such that you don't call it simply "a party".To mix the streams a little, do we (the royal we? the colloquial we? the me we?) consider a TTRPG session a party?
As in, "Killer party last night, brah, I advanced a level!"
Or is it more ... entertainment? Like going to a movie or a restaurant or playing sports or going out on the boat with friends?
Interesting. I would say ... no.
If you get together on a regular (semi-regular?) basis with friends to do something social, you are doing that thing. Even if it involves drinking, and talking, and having fun. Because those other things are collateral to the "thing."
If you get together with a group of friends to play soccer, or golf, for example, even if you have a good time and you're drinking and talking, that's still not a party.
If you get together with a group of friends every week to have dinner and drinks and then watch a movie and discuss it afterwards, that's not a party either.
Heck, if you have a weekly bookclub where you get sloshed ... not a party.
I would say that the party cannot be incidental to the thing, because the party is that thing. Make sense? I would never view a D&D session as a "party"; it would be a category error for me.