RPGaDay 2019: 31 Last

I was hoping to stick the landing, here, but this word just…well, again, there’s too much real estate to realistically cover and I am tired. So, in keeping with my brand-new, just-made-it-up tradition of re-writing the 11’s to better serve my needs, Here’s my answers the previous year’s questions for Day 31.

#RPGaDay 2018 31 Why did you take part in RPGaDay 2019

I caught wind of this at the end of last year, when it was far too late to participate, and I vowed to do it up for real next year. This year, in fact. I think I did!

#RPGaDay 2017 31 What do you anticipate for gaming in 2018 2020?

We will know that the industry is out of ideas when Toon gets reworked for “the world’s greatest fantasy role-playing game.” I think more and more people are going to bring their campaign worlds to life using the D&D OGL. That model is what will keep the interest high and also keep the money pool shallow. A perfect cottage industry.

#RPGaDay 2016 31 Best advice you were ever given for your game of choice?

If you don’t like the rule, don’t use it.  That freed me up to concentrate on the stuff that mattered to me.

#RPGaDay 2015 31 Favorite non-RPG thing to come out of RPGing

I love that game theory and game studies are now a real thing at colleges and people far smarter than myself are digging down into the underpinnings of this hobby. It’s fascinating stuff.

#RPGaDay 2014 31 Favorite RPG of all Time

My heart will always belong to Call of Cthulhu. The system is largely unchanged, the mechanics are simple and effective, and the rules reflect that world with just a couple of simple precepts. It’s the only game on the market, before or since, where character death is a fun, interesting and awesome thing because it’s built into the game world and stated up front. Despite its subject matter, it was a tonic during the Satanic Panic of the 1980s because no one ever flipped out when their investigator went mad or got slurped up by a monster. Everyone just laughed about it. Which is good, because it’s just a game.

But it’s a great game. My favorite.

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