T w e n t y S i d e d
Talking about gaming systems is a lot like talking about operating systems. There is a certain fervor in the discussion that always seems incongruous to me.
I want to turn the GM advice thing around this time and see what everyone else is playing, and why. I talked about what I look for in a roleplaying game and solicited advice in a post way back at the beginning of this year. That made for fascinating reading, and I kind of wanted to return to the well for another drought of that.
It seems like a majority of gamers begin with one of the major systems (probably a version or variant of D&D) and then graduate to one of the more specialized systems once they learn about the game and discover what parts they enjoy most. Some people latch onto a system and play it until the rulebooks are a part of their DNA. Other people skip from one system to the next with reckless abandon. A lot of this depends on your group, your preferred setting or genre, and (unfortunately) your budget.
So, a few questions I’m curious about. Just answer the ones that are most interesting to you:
- What gaming system did you start with when you were learning the game?
- What’s your preferred gaming system when you’re running a game?
- What system do you prefer as a player? (For some people this is different from #2.)
- And because we live in an imperfect world: What system do you actually end up using?
This answer might get kind of long. I know trackbacks are about as reliable as the Holodeck, so if you answer on your own site please send me an email (shamus at shamusyoung dot com) and I’ll add a link at the bottom of this post.
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