Re: (TFT) D&D Heroscape

[raito@raito.com]

Or it's a gateway because munchkins love to min-max the system in 
preference to roleplaying. That's only a problem if roleplayers try to 
play with the min-maxers. If you're fun is rolling lots of dice, that's 
one thing. If it's making a great story, that's another. 

Neil Gilmore
raito@raito.com

Quoting Jens Alfke <jens@mooseyard.com>:
> On Aug 17, 2009, at 9:05 AM, slid81554@mypacks.net wrote:
>
> > Remember, D&D is a gateway game, much  like a Daisy BB gun. 
> > It's popular and it gives you a taste of a whole hobby you might
> > never have been exposed to before. 
>
> The weird thing is how D&D can be a gateway game when its rules are so
> damn complicated! I hadn't played D&D since high school, when it was
> AD&D plus house rules, but I just skimmed the 4e "quick start" rules
> and was appalled. It's really rules-heavy, in part because everything
> has to be spelled out in detail like all the actions your character
> can possibly do, and the combat feels very slow and clunky with all
> those turn phases. Not to mention the sheer intimidating size and cost
> of the many books. 
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