Re: [Gamesradar Plus] The Discworld RPG gleefully ignores "modifiers to dice, and anything crunchy" in favor of puns

From	Steveski <steveski@invalid.com>
Newsgroups	rec.games.frp.misc, alt.fan.pratchett
Subject	Re: [Gamesradar Plus] The Discworld RPG gleefully ignores "modifiers to dice, and anything crunchy" in favor of puns
Date	2024-11-10 00:07 +0000
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On 09/11/2024 17:58, Scruffy Beard wrote:
> On 2024-11-06 at 22:33 +0100, Kyonshi wrote:
> 
>> which reminds me that Pterry once described in an interview how he
>> taught middle-aged office ladies to play DnD and they proceeded to
>> torture their way through the dungeon
> 
> Then they actually did role-play.  In my old D&D group decades we
> enjoyed the game, but I think we never even attempted to suspend
> incredulity or play the part: it was just silly fun with friends.  For
> the office ladies it actually worked.  Who knows if this style of rules
> with no “crunch” is the right thing to make role immersion easier.

Being neutral/chaotic was always you friend :-)

-- 
Steveski

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[Gamesradar Plus] The Discworld RPG gleefully ignores "modifiers to dice, and anything crunchy" in favor of puns Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> - 2024-09-16 09:48 +0200
  Re: [Gamesradar Plus] The Discworld RPG gleefully ignores "modifiers to dice, and anything crunchy" in favor of puns Scruffy Beard <ask-me-in-public-if-you-want-my-address@address.invalid> - 2024-10-26 01:33 +0200
    Re: [Gamesradar Plus] The Discworld RPG gleefully ignores "modifiers to dice, and anything crunchy" in favor of puns Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> - 2024-10-26 12:06 +0200
      Re: [Gamesradar Plus] The Discworld RPG gleefully ignores "modifiers to dice, and anything crunchy" in favor of puns Scruffy Beard <ask-me-in-public-if-you-want-my-address@address.invalid> - 2024-10-31 10:38 +0100
        Re: [Gamesradar Plus] The Discworld RPG gleefully ignores "modifiers to dice, and anything crunchy" in favor of puns Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> - 2024-11-06 22:33 +0100
          Re: [Gamesradar Plus] The Discworld RPG gleefully ignores "modifiers to dice, and anything crunchy" in favor of puns Scruffy Beard <ask-me-in-public-if-you-want-my-address@address.invalid> - 2024-11-09 18:58 +0100
            Re: [Gamesradar Plus] The Discworld RPG gleefully ignores "modifiers to dice, and anything crunchy" in favor of puns Steveski <steveski@invalid.com> - 2024-11-10 00:07 +0000
            Re: [Gamesradar Plus] The Discworld RPG gleefully ignores "modifiers to dice, and anything crunchy" in favor of puns kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> - 2024-11-10 01:14 +0100
            Re: [Gamesradar Plus] The Discworld RPG gleefully ignores "modifiers to dice, and anything crunchy" in favor of puns Matthew Hambley <news@aether.me.uk> - 2024-11-10 10:50 +0000

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