tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post4387859515822797971..comments2023-06-15T11:59:39.572-04:00Comments on DYVERS: The Gospel of Gamer John: "We Can Do Better"Dyvershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-196368259553670632015-01-29T09:58:27.278-05:002015-01-29T09:58:27.278-05:00Hell yes!Hell yes!Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-579430223232354452015-01-28T22:29:22.334-05:002015-01-28T22:29:22.334-05:00At one point, there used to be just one card game ...At one point, there used to be just one card game then there was 5 card, 7 card, solitaire and so on. When I was a kid and long before I started gaming, my family house ruled Monopoly. I think house rules are just part of a natural instinct that some people have to tinker with things. I was 13 when I first started playing Moldvay B/E D&D. Later that year, T&T 5e and Runequest were the Mphs.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05823146612703544448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-37931339489877632522015-01-27T19:30:21.397-05:002015-01-27T19:30:21.397-05:00Could very well be. Could very well be. Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-56690951903876407742015-01-27T19:29:54.699-05:002015-01-27T19:29:54.699-05:00While it's entirely possible as the Anonymous ...While it's entirely possible as the Anonymous commenter below suggests, that it's because we're not playing the game we want, I think it far more likely that it's because we're stubborn. So many of us tend to play a certain game because we learned it first even when there are better options out there. For example, I have a friend who will only play the d6 Star Wars - not Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-64221469703958194032015-01-27T17:05:37.617-05:002015-01-27T17:05:37.617-05:00>>Why then do so many of us discuss, adjust,...>>Why then do so many of us discuss, adjust, add to, fix, modify, or otherwise change certain games, instead of just playing other ones?<br /><br />Because the other ones still aren't the game the fixer wants. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-31223479396997812382015-01-27T12:56:18.303-05:002015-01-27T12:56:18.303-05:00We can do better, and we do, but...
If you speak ...We can do better, and we do, but...<br /><br />If you speak the gospel my friend, and you do, may I play my favored role - that of devil's advocate?<br /><br />Why then do so many of us discuss, adjust, add to, fix, modify, or otherwise change certain games, instead of just playing other ones?<br /><br />Why are so many of the faithful OK with other religions, just so long as they are Adam Dicksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-90131071989763799852015-01-27T09:01:22.855-05:002015-01-27T09:01:22.855-05:00As it should be!As it should be!Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-86281590954694858222015-01-27T08:50:02.983-05:002015-01-27T08:50:02.983-05:00I never understood the designers who said "Yo...I never understood the designers who said "You cannot change my rules."<br /><br />Yes, I can.<br /><br />Look. I change them. Right here. On the table, for all to see. Chaaanged. <br /><br />By the normative power of the factual, I can!Heinz Kreienbaumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02093902661428984427noreply@blogger.com