Well, to be fair and balanced, now I’ll vent some bile at some non-D&D games. I own literally thousands of RPG products and will play nearly anything, but there are three pretty major games/game systems that I’ve avoided like the plague. And the reason why boils down to the general player base for those games. Some games have better or worse mechanics etc. – FUDGE dice are the worst idea ever – but that doesn’t spur active avoidance in me. I’ll go as crunchy as GURPS or as light as a pure storytelling game. But here are the three big problems for me…
World of Darkness. I am happy there’s a game for out there for goths experimenting with their bisexuality but that’s not me. I don’t want to hear a cute little story about how your cat Crowley was trying to drink from the chalice while you were trying to get your pre-game blessing done (true story). I avoid life situations that would tend to get you in jail/in trouble and the average WoD group rings all kinds of alarm bells for me. (I’m sure many WoD players don’t fit this mold, but the crowd of black-and-hat-wearing teens choking the sidewalks outside every con I’ve ever been to do. And why always outside the con out on the street? Not enough allowance for actual admission? Clove cigarette smoking not allowed inside? What?)
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