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Reply To: [unofficial weekender] GUARDS! GUARDS!

March 15, 2024 at 9:41 pm #1868003

johnsocp

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This weekend’s pledge is: Play MCP this Saturday. Hopefully get a little painting in over the weekend.

Should tell when you don’t like something? Under almost every article on OTT is a finishing phrase like “Are you tempted to dive Daggerheart a go?”. Should you answer that question even if it’s negative?

It depends, I am always for adding to a conversation, you gain nothing from an echo room. So replying no and a thought out reason is helpful to a conversation, just saying no isn’t. For instance I am about to reply no to the following question, and why.

Guards! Guards! – Would a Discworld skirmish game work? Or is the setting just for RPG?

No, mainly because I have the same skepticism of any IP based game. If you are not going to add anything to the setting what is the point? I am more skeptical of a RPG than a skirmish game though. It comes down to why should I buy a ruleset for something that there is perfectly good rulesets that would allow me to do the same thing. We will probably never get another West End Games Starwars where the RPG manufacturer was basically given cart blanch to expand the universe as needed to make the RPG work. I say this all while my hobby pledge is to go play an IP based skirmish game….so….