Re: [Re: [Re: (TFT) Preliminary thoughts:Adapting Runequest]]

[alan robles <alanrobles@usa.net>]

I have to own up that I played AD&D heavily for years before I got into TFT.
What sustained my interest in D&D was the group I was in played it for fun and
laughs, plus we had as much excitement arguing about the "finer" points of the
rules. One memorable debate we had with the DM was whether dogs could be
backstabbed (as players we were playing optimal strategies, so one guy was
trying to get the most out of his thief abilities). When I did get to try out
TFT it was a revelation: a quick-playing elegant system that worked.

alan



Michael Taylor <MichaelTaylor1@compuserve.com> wrote:
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> >I don't know if any of you out there encountered this but my problem when
> I
> was gamemastering TFT was I couldn't entice AD&D players to join because
> they
> thought TFT characters were too weak in the sense that one good blow could
> kill you -- unlike D&D where characters swagger around with scads of
> hitpoints. One quick fix we tried was to multiply the ST by 5, but this
> caused
> problems in terms of magic use. At the very least it complicated accounting
> in
> what was supposed to be an elegant game system. Thoughts?<
> 
> Well, this may surprise some of you, but I have a pretty harsh take on
> this. ;}
> 
> Basically, they are right. TFT character's ARE weaker and CAN be killed
> pretty easily.
> 
> There are two kinds of RPG'ers in the world, those who find being being as
> strong as you are in AD&D boring and uninvolving and those who dont. Those
> who don't play AD&D. 
> 
> The rest play all the other games - including TFT. I'm not knocking AD&D
> players, if that's the way they have fun, then they're hobby isn't any less
> weird than mine. But it's not something I find fun.
> 
> I've never seen AD&D players 'cross-over' to role-playing. That doesn't
> mean that it doesnt happen - its just that I've never personally seen it. 
> 
> You just might have to find different players. If being stronger in combat
> is that important to them, it's unlikely they will ever get past the "meet
> things-kill them-then take their money" phase..
> 
> Michael 
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