When searching for “the perfect game”, it is useful first to be able to tell others how one plays, or would like to play, and then ask for suitable games (or design one, better yet).

I’ve always said that rules can do very little to encourage roleplaying, and I still believe that.

Well, I don’t believe that, but it kinda depends on what roleplaying means in that particular sentence.

And, no. We don’t need no steenking splatbooks. Hear hear!

Change can be good, for a season. I also have no doubt that we’ll wind up back with D&D, although it may take quite a while!

@ Will – Thanks for your comment! I hope you enjoy Gen Con UK. Maybe you’ll find something you like, or rediscover some enthusiasm about 4E.

@ Donny – I’ve thought about that, as well. I’ve played nWoD before, so I’m plenty familiar with the differences. In fact, I’m counting on them

Like I said, D&D will still be on my radar. I’ll be just down the street, so to speak.

And, for the record, I’m not going anywhere, folks. In fact, I feel newly invigorated, and already have 2 weeks of posts scheduled and in the hopper!

WoD is a good game, but it is NOT D&D in the traditional sense at all.

4E isn’ the devil either. It is simply a different game. You’re “friend” needs to take a step back and breathe! I highly recommend the “try it” angle – it made a believer out of me. Despite it’s flaws it IS a fun game, though it probably isn’t for everyone.

Just don’t give up! We need you!

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But when I’m trying to get enthused about 4th… well I find myself looking at Pathfinder, Aces & Eights, Traveller, Call of Cthulu and others. With Gencon UK coming up (a much smaller, poorer imitation of Gencon Indy, I know, but an excuse for some random gaming), I’m treating myself to the opportunity to play lots of new games and new systems and see what I’m most excited about at the end of that.

I found the biggest problem with converting to 4e was the player resistance. 3e was designed to be player friendly, especially if you add in all the splatbooks. There’s classes and races by the bucket-load, tonnes of cool Feats (foots?) and enough crunch that it’s like letting a bunch of kids into a ball-pool.

Then there’s 4e. There’s no doubting it’s a MUCH more GM-friendly game, but it also seems to take away all of the players’ toys away too. It’s no surprise they’re resistant. I guess the solution to that is to keep pushing the cool and show them just how customizable 4e really is. They don’t need no steenking splatbooks

That said, it sounds like moving away from D&D (at least for a while, maybe) sounds like the Right Thing to do for your group. Change = rest and all that.

Keep on gaming

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