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Matt Hein wrote:
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> Hello, I've recently completed one of my comprehensive
> lego rpgs for your enjoyment, so here goes.
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> http://www.lugnet.com/~1112/DraKen
One thing I'd like to point out is that at least from a quick glance at
the rules, I would not really call this an RPG. While any game
(including Monopoly) could be considered a "role playing game", in the
(non-computer) gaming industry, the term RPG has traditionally reffered
to a game style where players typically play a single character, and
typically there is a game master (referee) who creates a world for the
characters to interract with.
What your game appears to be is a miniatures wargame, and if finer
detail of classification is desired, it might be considered a "skirmish"
game (skirmish is a term typically used to refer to games where each
player controls a small number of units which represent individual men).
Like any area of interest in the world, it is hard to pin things down
exactly, but I hope most people understand that classification systems
which at least attempt to create categories which allow differentiation
of the different types of things. How useful would it be if the only
thing which had any common understanding of meaning was that most of the
things you get at Barnes and Noble are "books" but they don't even
bother to divide them among "non-fiction", "history", "crafts", "science
fiction", "horror", "romance" etc. What if the only category of things
purchased at Tower Records was "music", no "rock", "pop", "classical",
"heavy metal", "christian rock", "celtic", "jazz", etc.?
When we go looking for new things to try, we usually either want to find
something similar to what we have already experienced, or something
completely different, or maybe something which is similar, yet
completely different. By creating commonly understood categories, we
enable such searches.
I'm sorry for this digression but as a compartmentalized dork, I take my
categorization somewhat seriously. I really resent that the computer
gaming industry has diluted the meaning of RPG (I have yet to see any
computer game which I would put in the same category of game as Dungeons
and Dragons, or Vampire, or any of the other traditional RPGs). That is
not to say that these computer games are bad (many of them are darned
good games in their own right, but they are their own category [I can
somewhat accept the term "computer role playing game", I really like the
term, interractive fiction, many people have adopted for games which
trace their roots to Adventure (aka Colossal Cave) and Zork]).
FUT: lugnet.off-topic.fun
Frank
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| (...) I think you have gone on to do precisely what you decry: blurring definitions. RPG is not really diluted by computer versions inasmuch as they are usually referred to as CRPG (Computer RPG). CRPG carries a host of implied differences from (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | Re: Lego RPG DraK'en.
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| (...) And why not a party of characters? IIRC, one of the rules in the game states that you must control or deploy a "leader" character, in which this game revolves, although you can control party proponents as well, there are several rule (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | Re: Lego RPG DraK'en.
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| (...) <snippage> (...) I agree with you on this, Frank. I favor catagorization also. Your term, Interactive Fiction is a nice one, possibly a broad catagory that includes many other sub-types of games. Role Playing Games traditionally are those that (...) (22 years ago, 26-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | Re: Lego RPG DraK'en.
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| (...) Yes, that's a useful distinction to make. (...) I still think the continuing story line element is an important distinction. In fact, it's probably one of the most important distinctions. It's what keeps players coming back. If a game is just (...) (22 years ago, 27-Nov-02, to lugnet.gaming)
| | | Re: Lego RPG DraK'en.
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| Sorry, not to veer off-off-topic, but I had to de-lurk to say that I absolutely *loved* Amoeba Wars. I played a bunch of Avalon Hill games and that one was the best (although I think was one called "War in the Pacific" or something that I also (...) (22 years ago, 27-Nov-02, to lugnet.gaming)
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| Hello, I've recently completed one of my comprehensive lego rpgs for your enjoyment, so here goes. (URL) before you click on the aforementioned site link, I'll explain some of the features further. 1. Rules can be fixed to fit the interests of the (...) (22 years ago, 23-Nov-02, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce)
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