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<blockquote data-quote="hawkeyefan" data-source="post: 7928036" data-attributes="member: 6785785"><p>I've quoted [USER=27847]@Beleriphon[/USER] above for reference. I find it interesting that you'd disagree that D&D has more in common with Catan than with Lord of the Rings. I agree that a board game and a RPG will have different processes, but so would reading a novel and playing a RPG.</p><p></p><p>I'm curious if you feel that D&D has more in common with a novel than with another type of game, or if you were just disagreeing with the comparison of D&D and Catan.</p><p></p><p>Although not a perfect comparison by any means, I'd lean more toward lumping D&D and Catan together than I would D&D and LotR. Even just the description indicates a pretty big alignment.....you play a boardgame, you play a RPG, you read a novel.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Would you say that RPGs have a broader range of categories than video games? </p><p></p><p>I agree that different approaches may work for one type of game over another, but I don't know if that means there is no useful way to compare them. Or that there isn't enough mutual ground to apply some of the same analysis.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hawkeyefan, post: 7928036, member: 6785785"] I've quoted [USER=27847]@Beleriphon[/USER] above for reference. I find it interesting that you'd disagree that D&D has more in common with Catan than with Lord of the Rings. I agree that a board game and a RPG will have different processes, but so would reading a novel and playing a RPG. I'm curious if you feel that D&D has more in common with a novel than with another type of game, or if you were just disagreeing with the comparison of D&D and Catan. Although not a perfect comparison by any means, I'd lean more toward lumping D&D and Catan together than I would D&D and LotR. Even just the description indicates a pretty big alignment.....you play a boardgame, you play a RPG, you read a novel. Would you say that RPGs have a broader range of categories than video games? I agree that different approaches may work for one type of game over another, but I don't know if that means there is no useful way to compare them. Or that there isn't enough mutual ground to apply some of the same analysis. [/QUOTE]
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