It all
started in 1974, when the first edition of Dungeons&Dragons, a fantasy
tabletop role-playing game (RPG) was designed and published by Gary Gygax. It
came from the so called wargames, a pastime of skill and wit, which trace their
origins back to ancient strategy games like chess. The premise of D&D was
simple: rather than having each player control a military formation, let them
have a single character that would embark with others, rather than fight them,
on imaginary adventures within a fantasy setting. The lack of direct opposition
between the players, and the general inability to wrap every possible scenario
within a set of rules has lead to the introduction of a “game master” into the
play. An omnipotent overseer, inspired storyteller and a fair referee, a person
fulfilling that role would push the story forward, guiding players through the
imaginary setting, describing their adventures and challenging them with
monsters to fight and puzzles to solve.
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Of course,
not everything would be left to the whim of the game master. All characters in
the game would be given various numeric values representing their multitude of
skills and then dice would be rolled and summed with those numbers to determine
whether a particular action of a particular character would succeed or fail.
Between the random nature of dice, the various paths a character could take,
and the captivating nature of storytelling made into a game, it’s not
surprising that D&D took America, and soon after the whole world, by storm.
Even despite the unlucky episode of “satanic panic” in the States, the game was
graced with widespread popularity and has inspired a great number of new
tabletop RPG publications.
Nowadays
the market of pen-and-paper RPG games is a vast melting pot of ideas and adventures,
ranging from the old and proven lands of fantasy, through superheroes fighting
villains, to the exploration of the space frontier. The amount of various
systems and settings is astounding, and everyone can find something to suit
their tastes, regardless of their age. The hobby has even entered the digital
era, with various ways to play over the Internet emerging, applications
designed to help run the games at the table, or even some of the game masters
using the 3d printers to create monster miniatures to challenge their players
with. And the D&D itself? It’s still on the forefront of the field, having
lived long enough to see its 5th edition bringing fun to people all
around the world.
- What do you think of tabletop RPGs? Is it a fun pastime, or just a hobby for nerds?
- Have you played any such game? Can you share a funny story that emerged at your table?
- Are there any tabletop RPG games that you’d like to try?
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Comments
I do not think that it's for nerds :P But on the other way it may not be the best idea to use it as a pick up line. But to be serious, no I think that you can enjoy those games and not be typical nerd.
>Have you played any such game? Can you share a funny story that emerged at your >table?
I have not but I would really like to try it. I've heard that it's great fun.
>Are there any tabletop RPG games that you’d like to try?
Those most popular ones ;)!
I played really long time ago, but there is always some drama that is because someone attacked someone when the other guy was better geared or something.
I can't think of any but I need to find one soone because christmas are coming so I will have some free time to play one.
I do not play games except one, PUBG.
As I mentioned I do not play on tablets and smartphones so I do not want to test anything on them. On the computer there is a lot of them, for example. Call of Duty Black Ops 4.
I've never played before until a friend in computer science suggested it. As he began to tell the rules of the game , immediately the desire was gone. But he then suggested that we 8 people played in pairs to make it easier and faster. In these games you need to think ahead of their steps. This helps to develop logical and non-standard thinking.
2.Have you played any such game? Can you share a funny story that emerged at your table?
I'm in the middle of the game already knew that our couple will win because we had a card reshuffle ( replacement card places with any character at any point) I very much laughed the whole game and nobody knew why. And everyone thought that I was drunk from the hopelessness of the game.
3.Are there any tabletop RPG games that you’d like to try?
I want to try all the additions to the game dungeon. Very similar to the game Dungeons & Dragons.
Yes, I played D&D. I haven't any funny story to tell.
I want to try munchkin in the future.
I've never really played a tabletop RPG, though I wish I had. Unfortunately, I've never found a good group to play with, and nowadays I simply do not have enough time to try playing.
There's plenty of tabletop RPGs I would like to try if I could, D&D being one of them, but as I've mentioned I don't really have the time do so.
I can share my impressions of the game Munchkin, since this is the last game I purchased and the last one I played in a very long time. I really like the game because the plot never repeats, all players always have a chance to be different heroes and there is no “end” in this game, the worst thing that can happen is the loss of all the things that give you points for protection.
Dungeons & Dragons, I liked the description of this game, if I had the opportunity I would play such a game.
From my perspective, this is something everyone can enjoy. Because we all enjoy telling stories and it's actually fun to be a hero of one. But as with movies, not every type of genre will be interesting for you. But you can really pick and choose between various genres. There are roleplaying games is fantasy worlds, science fiction, horror, comedy, high school drama, mystery and so on. And you have to meet people to enjoy it - which in my opinion is very important. We are all social animals, so we really enjoy social events.
You can even read about therapeutical use of role-playing. It's also a regular tool on various psychological workshops. So it's not only a nerd's favorite pastime, it can be used for teaching and therapies.
Also wow, that list of yours is huge. My first contact with tabletops was some older version of D&D (2 or 3 perhaps?). I’ve tried GM-ing several games in Wolsung and FATE, and participated in numerous games run mostly on D&D, Warhammer and a… homebrew system that my friend made by marrying the two. It was always a great fun, but we found out that it sometimes pays to have the rules actually written down, so nowadays we went back to D&D 5. Seeing your experience makes me a little envious, but at the same time hopeful for the future that still holds many great adventures for me and friends.
Nobody is playing the stuff any longer. People got older, with less time and more money. They buy an RPG, read it a little, and then put in into the cupboard.
so,I can say it's a fun pastime.
Not unfortunately I did not play such game in the past, but it seems like an interesting game.
But maybe I'll play this game in the future (as long as I can find it)
Yes! I had a chance to participate in such a game only two times in my life, but both times I have enjoyed it. Well, for the first time it was so weird for me to let my fantasy go wild, but after some time I got used to that, and it became fun for me. However, I didn't have much time to enjoy it because my friends and I were drunk and we started making fun of our game master so that he decided to stop the game after 20-30 minutes.
I don't know the exact games. I have friends who know the topic, so I rely on them with choosing a good title.
2. Yes, I did. Recently, me and my friends finished an adventure (which I was GMing) from the D&D Starter Set called "Lost Mines of Phandelver". This adventure took us 2 years to finish (the pacing was REALLY slow), but the ending was quite satisfying. The funniest story from this campaign would probably be when the party made a truce with an evil necromancer and later that day they robbed him of every valuable thing. It was really entertaining to see how the thief was trying to deal with a trapped chest and how the least talkative player at the table had to distract the necromancer by having a meaningful conversation with him.
3. I'd love to try Deadlands. It's a tabletop RPG in the setting called Weird West. It's a setting of alternative history of American West in which Indians that where losing the war against the settlers decided in their desperation to summon evil spirits from the Spirit Realm called Reckoners, thus creating an alternative timeline of history called The Weird West.
OOOHHH maaaaan, I love it! It's a fun pastime, not only for nerds! You just need to find someone with IQ above avarage. I know it's HARD! I still think it's better than sitting and watching football matches.
Have you played any such game? Can you share a funny story that emerged at your table?
Played a lot: starting from (hehe) Warhammer RPG, cyberpunk, D&D, fate and many more. Unfortunately I cannot share any stories, my team have a rule: everything stays in our group :p
Are there any tabletop RPG games that you’d like to try?
Not much, we ( I mean: me and my friends) have played all of the RPG systems that we wanted. But we're open to new things that may come out in 2019.
Ive played a short one some time ago and since one of our colleges had lost interest in the game and wanted out he decided to plot against our party which gave a great turn to our story, Game Master was actively trying to help us and our teammate became "the bad guy" without our knowledge. All ended up at us being slaughtered one night by our teammate.
I dont really look forward to any tabletop games but i would like to get hold of bigger 5+ DnD group and start a new RPG.
Is there any RPG game in which would like to play? Of course, the project on the Polish kickstarter "Wspieram.to" has ended recently for Call of Cthulhu 7ed which I supported and I am looking forward to playing it!
Okey, I don't like "nerd" word so I can say that RPGs are for specific people. I don't understand idea of this kind of entertainment. I don't want to say that RGPs are better/worse because every human is different, I know people who like it a lot but I'm sure that I don't want to play with them now. It's maybe something with my imagination because I can't see it (special roles and tasks).
As I said, I have never tried it but I can't say that I want to try. We don't know anything about our future so it's possible that in two months/years I will be RPG lover, why not?
- I think it is a great way to spend your free time if you have a bunch of friends who like nerdy stuff.
2. Have you played any such game? Can you share a funny story that emerged at your table?
- I tried it once and it was a quite a pleasant experience. It helped me a lot to find new friends in high school. Unfortunately, I do not have any funny story to share because we had to finish really quick.
3. Are there any tabletop RPG games that you’d like to try?
- Not right now, I would like to start my adventure with Magic the Gathering but unfortunately, I do not have enough money for it :)
I think that it is amazing way of spending free time. This type of hobby is just unleashing our imaginity, expending our oratorical skills.
"Have you played any such game? Can you share a funny story that emerged at your table?"
Hmm... I have a lot of examples. I remember small illusory duck, which won a fight with 2 lizardmens. Or when my character lost his lockpick in one of his pockets (and he have around 200 pockets in his robe), when some monsters were coming to his cage.
I think that tabletops is fine way to spend time, and depending from game can be a hobby as well as nerd game.
Have you played any such game? Can you share a funny story that emerged at your table?
Are there any tabletop RPG games that you’d like to try?
I've played munchkin, king domino and many others, and think that this is really cool time spending, because you understand how many time it take from authors to create so interesting mechanics, characters and plots. And actually I didn't play Dungeon and dragons before, but I should give it a try, after so interesting story.