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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 9762256" data-attributes="member: 7023840">...I get it. I guess I should explain my totally serious, yet totally joking, answer more.There are certain games I often think about- you might even know which ones they are because I reference them fairly often! I think that those games were valuable for me because they helped me understand what I did, and didn't, want out of a TTRPG.Let me be more specific. Different people have different preferences. For example, some people are really into miniatures, and large set-piece battles, and tactical combat. They would probably be just as happy wargaming as roleplaying. Others? Not so much.For me, I realized over the '80s and the '90s that there were certain things that I didn't enjoy in my TTRPG. Things that I preferred in ... say, a videogame. The benefit wasn't worth the time when it came to TTRPGs. When it comes to things like "super crunchy combat," or "advanced tactics," or anything that requires a lot of in-depth numbers and math and time ... I'd rather just have a computer handle all of that in the background while I concentrate on doing, rather than mathing. It didn't mean I eschewed crunch completely- I still play D&D (TSR-era, 5e). But mostly, I gravitate to rule sets that are so small, I can drown 'em in a birdbath. But that's me. The thing is- when you're looking at videogames that offer very granular choices- that's exactly what they do best. Same with making complex tactical decisions easy and fun in real time. But that's also what TTRPGs tend to do worse. Phoenix Command would be trivially easy for a computer to run, but (sorry, hardcore fans and engineers everywhere) it mostly fails as a TTRPG. The more granular and tactically interesting, the harder it is to simply have fun in real time.That's not to say you can't have fun! I mean... there are a lot of people that still wargame. That still love taking the time to paint miniatures, and do complicated tactical battles. If you are looking to prioritize tactical, positioning-based combat, and make it important and fun ... why not just rip off the bandaid and try wargaming? And I don't mean Warhammer 40k (unless you're, like, into that ... and have a lot of money). Battletech. Napoleonic. Bolt Action. I dunno... just dive in for the full combat experience and see how you like it?</blockquote>

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