TTRPG Genres You Just Can't Get Into -and- Tell Me Why I'm Wrong About X Genre I Don't Like

[Heilemann]

The only thing that I would push back against here is that "cozy" lacks stakes. The stakes in cozy games tend to be smaller and personal. Some stakes are more personalized. You can have dramatic stakes in cozy games/stories. It's just not usually things like death, end of the world, fate of the kingdom/galaxy, Dark Lord BBEG, etc. You may not like these sort of stakes. I have no intention of saying that your feelings here are wrong. Only that you can have stakes in cozy games.

Not that they were out and out cozy, but some of the most tense and memorable games I’ve run have been ones where the stakes were super low. It’s much more relatable and personal.

 

[Composer99]

The only thing that I would push back against here is that "cozy" lacks stakes. The stakes in cozy games tend to be smaller and personal. Some stakes are more personalized. You can have dramatic stakes in cozy games/stories. It's just not usually things like death, end of the world, fate of the kingdom/galaxy, Dark Lord BBEG, etc. You may not like these sort of stakes. I have no intention of saying that your feelings here are wrong. Only that you can have stakes in cozy games.

Wasn't there a game brought up here on EN World where the player characters are collecting ingredients for magical jams (very cozy concept), only the magical jams are what's keeping their valley in the light of the sun or otherwise holding back eternal night or some such (definite stakes)?

I'll look for it when I'm more awake.

Edit to add: Here it is: Midnight Muscadines.