The Next TTRPG (nomenclature)

[GMMichael]

Things are a lot simpler if you don’t include “computer RPGs” as a type of RPG. Because they’re not. We shan’t see an actual computer RPG this side of true artificial intelligence. Ultima etc are a different sort of game.

Once upon a time, some games were called "adventure games." Then, somehow, RPGs popped up next to them. And I was confused.

That said, if 1,000 Year Old Vampire is an RPG, so is Warcraft. Really, isn't any game that encourages you to play a role called a role-playing game?

…before anyone jumps in: yes, I’m aware that this is a battle lost long ago; it’s also a pretty trivial thing and—since I’m not involved in either the computer- or roleplaying- games business these days—not something I need to especially worry or fight about. Meaning and language shifts all the time, so call them whatever works for you in your particular interactions.

So, we're probably stuck with Steam calling some games RPGs. I'm hoping to cut back on the extraneous T's.

 

[kxh]

What do you think they asked when they started playing LARPs on a tabletop? It'll always be playacting and make-believe, since the Mesopotamian kids first picked up sticks and pretended they were this heroic new king named Gilgamesh. The fact it's a VTTRPG or a SimRPG or a VRPG or whatever doesn't make it less that in and of itself.

 

[...m...]

...they already have a name: VTT + RPG = VTTRPG or VTRPG for short...

 

[aramis erak]

Things are a lot simpler if you don’t include “computer RPGs” as a type of RPG. Because they’re not. We shan’t see an actual computer RPG this side of true artificial intelligence. Ultima etc are a different sort of game.

But…

…before anyone jumps in: yes, I’m aware that this is a battle lost long ago; it’s also a pretty trivial thing and—since I’m not involved in either the computer- or roleplaying- games business these days—not something I need to especially worry or fight about. Meaning and language shifts all the time, so call them whatever works for you in your particular interactions.

I've run TTRPG sessions that mirrored the content type of ultima. I've had entire months where it was one fight into another... And not a social interaction in sight. And players happy with that. I am not, but they were.