Comments on: GameCraft Forum: Focused on Play

By: Martin

Martin — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 18:01:54 +0000

I think the out-of-game stuff is part of what makes gaming difficult to explain to non-gamers — there’s no easy analog with board or card games, for one thing.

Talking about it — alongside doing it, of course — is one of my favorite things about this hobby. Which I suppose is probably pretty obvious, given where we are.

By: John Arcadian

John Arcadian — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 03:28:55 +0000

In response to Telas saying “Wow, we gamers really like to make up the rules, don’t we?”

My friend Alec, wiseman that he is, says that “Gaming is the one hobby where no-one is satisfied with just doing it, we all want to make it happen as well.” Definitely true. Most of us move from GMing to making houserules, and a fair majority of people try to make their own supplements. Especially with the advent of pdf publishing and the internet tubes, producing content is easier than ever.

By: Telas

Telas — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 23:55:28 +0000

OK, just spent most of the day browsing… Wow, we gamers really like to make up the rules, don’t we? Process over outcome, that kind of thing… Whew! Whatever happend to “just roll the damned dice!”?

By: ScottM

ScottM — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 16:14:20 +0000

I’ve only peeked over there before– I got sucked into reading a very meta thread about what rights threads starters should have, and tuned out.

Glad to hear it’s another worthwhile forum, though I doubt I’ll pick it up seriously, I’ll keep an eye out for links to the best.

By: Martin

Martin — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 15:48:10 +0000

It’s a good focus — and I like that Levi has made it very easy to discern. If you poke around in the Front Porch section, you can tell right away that it’s not just another generalist RPG forum.

By: Telas

Telas — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 05:32:04 +0000

Bookmarks > Bookmark this page > Create in… D&D > OK.

Looks good. I’ve mentioned a few times that too many people talk about gaming more than they actually game.

Game on…