RPG Metaplots and group dynamics (Was Re: [UA] Kult)

[Liam Astley]

From: Doug Stalker <dougs at technologist.com>
> It is an extra burden for players, but it's a nice extra burden.  It's
> spending time  thinking up plans that avoid violence that lets us look
> down on AD&D players as immature Roll players.  (Yes, this is a very
> broad generalization of AD&D players, but I have yet to meet any real
> exceptions to it)

i'd rather think of them as different genres, not necessarily better or
worse (or mature or immature).
ad&d and the like are generally used for games that follow the "high
fantasy, swashbuckling" kind of game. how fun would an errol flynn film be
if he tried to avoid any fights?
while games that consist of nothing but hack 'n' slash are a bit pointless,
i always get a bit tetchy when people start slagging off ad&d. call it
misguided loyalty to my adolescent years  :)      (and god forbid anyone who
disses WFRP)
anyway, i guess my point is that i don't think it's automatically any more
mature to be sitting around pretending to be a vampire or a wizard with a
gun than it is to be pretending to be an elf or a wizard with a spellbook

liam


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