> From: Jo Jaquinta [email removed]
> Subject: Re: Gaming Styles
> Date: Thu, 20 May 93 11:19:05 BST
> The "new wave" role-playing style I termed "Angst and Cathartic"
> role-playing. We have characters with deep personal dilemas living their
> sad lives in horrible worlds. The occasional ray of hope shines but is,
> by an large, overwhelmed by the gloom of being.
> The older style I have an easier time coming to terms with
> is what I would term "Action Orientated". Things are on the move,
> be they villans or heros, glorious loot lies out there for the brave,
> dark secrets to ponder and life to live. The age of Fafhard and the
> Grey Mouser, Indiana Jones, and Star Wars.
I see what you're saying. On the other hand, I'd always associated
too many dice with bland, cardboard role-playing, 40-foot dragons entombed
in 50' rooms, death-traps on the only door into the temple chamber, and
dungeons full of monsters and people who never moved unless a pc was within
20'.
Both of us are, of course, exaggerating and stereotyping. I do share with
you a great distaste for Shadowrun, Battletech and Cyberpunk, though
Vampire is very cool.
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