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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 6311914" data-attributes="member: 7006">If I was to venture a guess... I'd say that it'd be considered a &quot;waste of time&quot; because of the impermanence of the game.D&amp;D works wonderfully (and in fact is designed) for long-term gaming.&nbsp; Games that spread out over session after session for campaigns that last weeks, months, years showing true character and story progression.&nbsp; But if you specifically only have time for a &quot;one-and-done&quot; game... a game that once you've finished, the story is over and gone and never to be brought up again... I can see why the idea of using D&amp;D to accomplish it to be a waste for some people.&nbsp; Myself included.Now, if we're at a place where these one-off games are the only thing possible (like at conventions and whatnot)... sitting down to play a con game make the impermanence easier to swallow.&nbsp; But if you are at the house and you have other options to fill that time with... pulling out D&amp;D and using that could seem like the wrong tool for the job.&nbsp; As I said... if given a choice, I'd rather play a 2 hour game of Fiasco or RoboRally or Ticket To Ride than a 2 hour game of D&amp;D.D&amp;D is best when it's played over a campaign... so save it for the campaign unless you have no other choice (IMO.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 6311914, member: 7006"] If I was to venture a guess... I'd say that it'd be considered a "waste of time" because of the impermanence of the game. D&D works wonderfully (and in fact is designed) for long-term gaming. Games that spread out over session after session for campaigns that last weeks, months, years showing true character and story progression. But if you specifically only have time for a "one-and-done" game... a game that once you've finished, the story is over and gone and never to be brought up again... I can see why the idea of using D&D to accomplish it to be a waste for some people. Myself included. Now, if we're at a place where these one-off games are the only thing possible (like at conventions and whatnot)... sitting down to play a con game make the impermanence easier to swallow. But if you are at the house and you have other options to fill that time with... pulling out D&D and using that could seem like the wrong tool for the job. As I said... if given a choice, I'd rather play a 2 hour game of Fiasco or RoboRally or Ticket To Ride than a 2 hour game of D&D. D&D is best when it's played over a campaign... so save it for the campaign unless you have no other choice (IMO.) [/QUOTE]

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