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<blockquote data-quote="Swanosaurus" data-source="post: 9649455" data-attributes="member: 7044220"><p>@Thread title:</p><p>Nothing specific, really, as far as I am concerned. There's an enormous diversity of RPG products, and I can usually find what I want. Play is limited by my available free time, however, I have little interest in material that abbreviates play (including preparation), because well, that's actually what I want to do. If I can't find the time to do it more often, that's not a problem with RPG's, it's a problem with me having to juggle too many other things, and no RPG innovation is going tho change it.</p><p>Regarding zero-prep rpg: They are already there by the dozens - though if they want to be tools to create meaningful stories, they have to make some part of what is usual prep (creating motivations for the NPCs and connecting the PCs to the story) part of the game session instead. Fiasco does so admirably; I think Brindlewood Bay is also pretty zero prep, though I never ran it. Polaris. Durance.</p><p></p><p>I think what RPG's need is that they need to stay diverse in every sense. As I said, I can always find what I need, and I don't care if RPGs become more or less niche; I'm inhabiting a niche in the niche anyway, so either way, not much will change for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Swanosaurus, post: 9649455, member: 7044220"] @Thread title: Nothing specific, really, as far as I am concerned. There's an enormous diversity of RPG products, and I can usually find what I want. Play is limited by my available free time, however, I have little interest in material that abbreviates play (including preparation), because well, that's actually what I want to do. If I can't find the time to do it more often, that's not a problem with RPG's, it's a problem with me having to juggle too many other things, and no RPG innovation is going tho change it. Regarding zero-prep rpg: They are already there by the dozens - though if they want to be tools to create meaningful stories, they have to make some part of what is usual prep (creating motivations for the NPCs and connecting the PCs to the story) part of the game session instead. Fiasco does so admirably; I think Brindlewood Bay is also pretty zero prep, though I never ran it. Polaris. Durance. I think what RPG's need is that they need to stay diverse in every sense. As I said, I can always find what I need, and I don't care if RPGs become more or less niche; I'm inhabiting a niche in the niche anyway, so either way, not much will change for me. [/QUOTE]
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