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<blockquote data-quote="Tesral" data-source="post: 9847519" data-attributes="member: 7056244">I'll grant that.&nbsp; It's not uncommon.As to the RPGA, it is now the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%26D_Adventurers_League" target="_blank">D&amp;D Adventurers League</a>.&nbsp; Hasbro is doing everything to scrape the Open Gaming License off the bottom of its evil little shoes.&nbsp; The name change came in 2014.&nbsp; I have an intertubes machine, I can know anything.Tournament rules rose from necessity.&nbsp; Muchkins pushing the envelope to win, Win, WIN at any cost.&nbsp; I understand the need, but it did warp the game away from the more causal roots.&nbsp; House games the DM can have a few words with said&nbsp; Munchkin to &quot;dial it back dude&quot;.&nbsp; Tournament rules the DM has less latitude, &quot;The rules allow it&quot; is a valid argument.&nbsp; I've played tournaments, I find it less enjoyable, the noise, the funk. Yes the funk.&nbsp; Even if everyone walks in clean, after hours of gaming with 200 other people the odor of sweaty bodies will knock you over.&nbsp; Experience, not conjecture.&nbsp; If you are in there from the start you don't notice.&nbsp; I've DMed one off games at cons to success.&nbsp; Best set up I even had was a hotel no longer with us (torn down) I got a conference suite.&nbsp; Big table, bathroom right there.&nbsp; Not noisy etc.&nbsp; I liked it so much my game room now has a conference table.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tesral, post: 9847519, member: 7056244"] I'll grant that. It's not uncommon. As to the RPGA, it is now the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%26D_Adventurers_League']D&D Adventurers League[/URL]. Hasbro is doing everything to scrape the Open Gaming License off the bottom of its evil little shoes. The name change came in 2014. I have an intertubes machine, I can know anything. Tournament rules rose from necessity. Muchkins pushing the envelope to win, Win, WIN at any cost. I understand the need, but it did warp the game away from the more causal roots. House games the DM can have a few words with said Munchkin to "dial it back dude". Tournament rules the DM has less latitude, "The rules allow it" is a valid argument. I've played tournaments, I find it less enjoyable, the noise, the funk. Yes the funk. Even if everyone walks in clean, after hours of gaming with 200 other people the odor of sweaty bodies will knock you over. Experience, not conjecture. If you are in there from the start you don't notice. I've DMed one off games at cons to success. Best set up I even had was a hotel no longer with us (torn down) I got a conference suite. Big table, bathroom right there. Not noisy etc. I liked it so much my game room now has a conference table. [/QUOTE]

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