Biggest thing that has always confused me about these games is why there is a constant need for some central authority to regularly distribute a rulebook. Did the rules of the previous game just not work? I think it's just marketing and wanting to sell stuff. The only "table games" I play would be poker and chess to a lesser degree. Yeah, there's variants to poker especially, but I don't have to have "Official Poker rules, 28th edition, 2024 revision" where they just up and decide that queens defeat kings now.
They're not games, more like peer pressure simulator. It's your turn, but DM says you tripped on a rock and miss your turn or something dumb and arbitrary like that, but he can only do that if the other players go along with it.
New ruleset is like Congress passing some new "workers rights" bill - now things are fair, peon's rights, my gripes are important - but really it's the same bullshit as before, you just feel like this time it'll be different.
That made me more interested into what you're on about. So I went and looked and came across several places with stories about dungeon masters. Uh, yeah, the insanity. My brain doesn't work in the way that would be required to play that game or participation event or whatever you want to call it.
It was recently implied that I lack intelligence for not being interested in TTRPGs. I submit this as exhibit A for the defense.
The verdict is in: based.
Biggest thing that has always confused me about these games is why there is a constant need for some central authority to regularly distribute a rulebook. Did the rules of the previous game just not work? I think it's just marketing and wanting to sell stuff. The only "table games" I play would be poker and chess to a lesser degree. Yeah, there's variants to poker especially, but I don't have to have "Official Poker rules, 28th edition, 2024 revision" where they just up and decide that queens defeat kings now.
They're not games, more like peer pressure simulator. It's your turn, but DM says you tripped on a rock and miss your turn or something dumb and arbitrary like that, but he can only do that if the other players go along with it.
New ruleset is like Congress passing some new "workers rights" bill - now things are fair, peon's rights, my gripes are important - but really it's the same bullshit as before, you just feel like this time it'll be different.
That made me more interested into what you're on about. So I went and looked and came across several places with stories about dungeon masters. Uh, yeah, the insanity. My brain doesn't work in the way that would be required to play that game or participation event or whatever you want to call it.