Post #1650852

2026-03-05 10:48 UTC

@Printdevil I think for absolute beginners, the hard part to understand is never 'roll the big dice and look at the numbers to see if you succeed at doing a thing' But then I did once run a game for someone who wasn't familiar with fantasy and thought that he was wandering around a town with a bag full of rabits killing homeless people. https://tasker.land/2024/08/22/origins-a-carrier-bag-full-of-rabbits/ @RogerBW @satsuma

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@Printdevil@dice.camp 2026-03-05 10:51

To be honest that sounds like my players after 40 years of gaming. @Taskerland @RogerBW @satsuma

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@RogerBW@discordian.social 2026-03-05 10:52

@Taskerland @Printdevil @satsuma I think fantasy RPG in particular assumes "you've read a lot of fantasy books, wouldn't it be great if we mashed them all together, so the Gray Mouser running from latest mark rounds the corner and bumps into Conan?" (IIRC this was pretty much the original pitch for the _Thieves' World_ anthologies.) The early games won't give you the feel because they assume you already know it. The recent fantasy games are just their own thing and I'm not sure how you're supposed to get to know it.

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@BigJackBrass@social.vivaldi.net 2026-03-05 10:59

@Taskerland @Printdevil @RogerBW @satsuma "…he had spent three hours wallowing in a horrific fever dream where Warwick Davis wandered around a council estate with a garden gnome and a carrier bag full of rabbits who were all eagerly encouraging him to murder a bunch of homeless people with a fire axe…" A perfectly normal concept for an indie game these days.

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@shimminbeg@masto.ai 2026-03-05 12:04

@Taskerland @Printdevil @RogerBW @satsuma loved this post, thanks! It reminds me of conversions I've had with folks who simply do not know (and may well not care) about fantastical things but are doing their best to socialise. I do still know some people in that bracket.

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