[Rq-rules] How did Tamoachan go? (spoilers possible)

Lance Dyas lancelot at inetnebr.com
Mon Dec 18 19:53:42 PST 2006


I introduced my son to purely diceless roleplay via bed time stories 
before he ever played crpg's his imagination and adaptability in game 
play ummm kicks my butt.

Andrew Larsen wrote:
> I’ve encountered this same problem. Recently I was teaching my 
> partner, who’s only ever done CRPGs to play a tabletop RPG, and in his 
> case he tended to either be unsure what to do next because he saw too 
> many options, or else he would do something wildly inappropriate 
> simply because he could. At one point, when he was dealing with 
> someone a lot more politically powerful than he was, he said, “So I 
> could try to kill this guy, right?” And I had to say, “You could, but 
> it might be a bad idea.” Eventually, however, he got the hang of it 
> and found that he really liked the open-ended quality of tabletop.
>
> Andrew



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