Saturday, February 20, 2010

It May Be Five Years Old


and for 3.x but this ad speaks to the true power of tabletop in the video game age:





It's also why I haven't really gotten around to playing online. To me an RPG is sitting in a room with people I like playing a game and telling our story at the same time.

To me, that is the heart of the game and as old school as any dungeon crawl, home-made chart, or sandbox. The key thing is us in a room and our story.

2 comments:

  1. Amen, brother, amen.

    This topic seems to be on everyone's mind. I posted on it a while ago, and it keeps popping up every few months. Doesn't make it any less true.

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  2. There's another one in this series, that shows this guy alone in his apartment, and a floor below, you see a bunch of people around a gaming table, laughing.

    Also, the lights are on.

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