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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 7761402" data-attributes="member: 4937">One of the biggest insights I've had to how games play I've had in the last 20 years is that the number of players matters.AD&amp;D was written with the idea of 8-12 (or more!) players, but more often played with 3 or 4.&nbsp;&nbsp; It ran fine with 3-4 but the author had assumed more and given advice and guidelines accordingly.I find that almost every game I read lately is actually written for at most 3-4 players, and more often just 1-2.&nbsp;&nbsp; I think the style the OP refers to as &quot;all about me&quot; is greatly encouraged by most modern RPGs, which privilege knowingly or unknowingly the aesthetic of self-expression (or what you might call 'exploration of character').&nbsp; Unfortunately, these RPGs simply don't realize that the style that they are calling out only works for small numbers of players, and perhaps works best for a single player.&nbsp;&nbsp; It's a perfectly valid style to adopt with a small number of players - and maybe even the most interesting style to adopt in that situation - but it grows rapidly dysfunctional as the number of players increases.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 7761402, member: 4937"] One of the biggest insights I've had to how games play I've had in the last 20 years is that the number of players matters. AD&D was written with the idea of 8-12 (or more!) players, but more often played with 3 or 4. It ran fine with 3-4 but the author had assumed more and given advice and guidelines accordingly. I find that almost every game I read lately is actually written for at most 3-4 players, and more often just 1-2. I think the style the OP refers to as "all about me" is greatly encouraged by most modern RPGs, which privilege knowingly or unknowingly the aesthetic of self-expression (or what you might call 'exploration of character'). Unfortunately, these RPGs simply don't realize that the style that they are calling out only works for small numbers of players, and perhaps works best for a single player. It's a perfectly valid style to adopt with a small number of players - and maybe even the most interesting style to adopt in that situation - but it grows rapidly dysfunctional as the number of players increases. [/QUOTE]

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