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

From	Matthew Hambley <news@aether.me.uk>
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 10:50 +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.

If everyone at the table is having fun then you're playing it right. I 
hate the gatekeeping attitude that if you're not acting, improving, 
making tactical decisions, min/maxing or whatever, then you're not doing 
it right.

The challenge comes when there are a variety of styles at the table. 
Then it becomes important to make sure there's a bit of something for 
everything. A puzzle for the puzzlers, tactics for the tacticians, and 
acting for the actors. If they can't all be accommodated then that's no 
ones fault, it just means the group doesn't work and needs to split up.

-- 
Matthew Hambley

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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 news@zzo38computer.org.invalid - 2024-11-09 13:42 -0800
              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 01:13 +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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