tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post3412749206570907743..comments2024-03-29T07:58:31.156-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: One Shots, ADD, and ConsumerismJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-70756534533156514752021-05-23T13:41:03.490-04:002021-05-23T13:41:03.490-04:00This post broke my heart, because I don't own ...This post broke my heart, because I don't own a single rulebook, and that maps exactly to the number of campaigns I expect to participate in.Lance of Countersonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17572628311538950632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-33609363298722192732021-02-03T12:14:20.457-05:002021-02-03T12:14:20.457-05:00Not wishing your passing, but, I do hope that you ...Not wishing your passing, but, I do hope that you have considered what is to be done afterwards. I can tell you that the Merril Collection does accept RPG donations and will give tax receipts. That said, space is at a premium there but as your wife can testify that there should be no better place than a library to hold the contents of your vast collection. I can testify that the RPG collection is one of the heaviest used collections.Borishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14858568156490903894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-37746745770996593362021-01-15T14:49:13.133-05:002021-01-15T14:49:13.133-05:00I totally agree with the non-consumism style. I th...I totally agree with the non-consumism style. I think, more than never, we should try to slow down our buying impulses in order to really live the experience of TRPGs, actually reading and playing them. However, it is hard to maintain longer campaigns because you might unfortunately lose your players during the game due to professional/family/real life issues or simply because our current entertainment culture favors the next week New thing, the latest release over paciência and long-term commitment. Take movies, digital games and tv shows for instante. The industry needs to be constantly feeding the market with "New" products and that changes even our little hobby niche. It requires a renewed mindset to resist this kind of approach.Thiago GPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14260080419788124584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-73498345118987554932021-01-10T08:32:15.516-05:002021-01-10T08:32:15.516-05:00If I only kept rpg books that I used in play, I...If I only kept rpg books that I used in play, I'd have no rpg books at all. I don't play any of them - not because I don't want to, but just because I have no group of friends who are interested and I have no desire to get into virtual TT gaming. I've loved rpgs since the late 70s when I first became aware of 1st edition AD&D but my actual play experience since then has been extremely limited. For me, the books are essentially an Encyclopedia of the imagination. I just enjoy taking them off the shelf and opening them up and reading whatever happens to present itself. However, my collection isn't enormous. I greatly regret having gotten rid of all my game stuff at some point in the 80s. I actually can't remember what I did with it all - I had tons of classic stuff and I assume I must have traded it in at a used book store or something. The only stuff I kept from that time is my Call of Cthulhu books. Sgt. Ear Achehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14637194374861657305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-22693708688783428982021-01-04T08:27:37.487-05:002021-01-04T08:27:37.487-05:00I made the mental switch (stop being an accumulato...I made the mental switch (stop being an accumulator) several years ago. I do the same as you: every year, I go over my gaming shelves, and with each item, I ask "Is there a reasonable chance we will play this the next 10 years or so, if at all?" If the answer is no, it goes.Phil Dutréhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13607941040736764291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-79992079944209379162021-01-04T02:40:27.212-05:002021-01-04T02:40:27.212-05:00Quantity is a quality all its own -- this goes for...Quantity is a quality all its own -- this goes for the temporal dimension as well! It just (as the kids say) *hits different* when the narrative calls back to something that occurred 6 months ago rather than 6 days ago.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05078173255668986590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-76246421461886685732021-01-03T18:45:45.765-05:002021-01-03T18:45:45.765-05:00I am determined that in 2021 I will buy more RPG b...I am determined that in 2021 I will buy more RPG books - but indie and interesting ones, like Mork Borg, and make the effort to play them too. I'll reign in my desire to play long campaigns and work on breaking them into seasons so we can rotate.Tom Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00512219290892896310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-60588444183790022502021-01-02T18:19:25.064-05:002021-01-02T18:19:25.064-05:00Absolutely spot on. Looking at the $/hr value I go...Absolutely spot on. Looking at the $/hr value I got out of my original AD&D PHB/DMG/Monster Manual - everything that came after pales in comparison. I probably got value out of my Planescape stuff and my 3.5e core books but the trends for hours of table play supported vs $ spent go in opposite directions.Xaosseedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16921003959109753612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-1947765341755045292021-01-01T19:24:50.241-05:002021-01-01T19:24:50.241-05:00I recall reading this exact same sentiment sometim...I recall reading this exact same sentiment sometime around 1980, but on that occasion it addressed the wealth of new wargames on the market and how the constant flitting between them prevented players from focusing on just one or a few and getting really good at them, as players had done when only a handful were available.<br /><br />The more things change, the more they stay the same.<br /><br />I actually agree with your point. I'm just not sure where it leaves us, any more than I was when I read that other essay in 1980. Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11677895164302972957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-5792844823930215672021-01-01T16:41:40.653-05:002021-01-01T16:41:40.653-05:00I am leaning toward the “less is more” gaming coll...I am leaning toward the “less is more” gaming collection. I also don’t have serious storage issues, so there’s not a lot of pressure to actually move anything out right now, but three games seems like a practical collection, and ten would allow almost anything that I might actually run.Rob Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01705547374834785174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-74712552817981139432021-01-01T05:52:32.684-05:002021-01-01T05:52:32.684-05:00Whoa, what a revelation. Give me people and time a...Whoa, what a revelation. Give me people and time and I'll play any game for all eternity. I don't ever get rid of anything on the odd chance that I _might_ get the bug to play Spelljammer or Millenium's End or something 30 years from now.Voljahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08826776454392269862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-55736429982607248772020-12-31T19:34:29.630-05:002020-12-31T19:34:29.630-05:00Yea, this issue is part of why I dumped a lot of m...Yea, this issue is part of why I dumped a lot of my game collection over the years. I had also started to think about what I would keep if I had to pack my games into a small volume. One option was a briefcase, another option is my great grandfather's tool chest that was my childhood toy box.<br /><br />All of this reflection has made me dramatically reduce the scope of my gaming.<br /><br />Yet, I still this past year added Bushido to my collection (digitally) and started running a play by post...<br /><br />One thing I have settled on is that for the most part I prefer early (1970s and early 1980s games).<br /><br />Even still, even for the games I run a lot, probably less than half the content has ever been gamed...<br /><br />There ARE books that I own not to play, but to use as reference for other games (like I use some Stars Without Number material in Traveller), or the other samurai games I bought to give me a wider perspective on the genre before starting my Bushido campaign.Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15855679156477779666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-13900164989157912492020-12-31T16:56:29.162-05:002020-12-31T16:56:29.162-05:00I could not do it. I miss my books too much. the o...I could not do it. I miss my books too much. the ones I have lost, haunt me. I would never voluntarily cull.<br /><br />I concede I would prefer to do a nice long campaign, but it does not seem to be possible for meRickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09872338936249305301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-29549812498405770872020-12-31T09:56:00.717-05:002020-12-31T09:56:00.717-05:00We grognards are aging and retirement looms! My re...We grognards are aging and retirement looms! My retirement goal is to play RPGs 8 to 5, every day. Screw living at the beach or playing golf. Imagine how many games & modules we can plow through when we're gaming full time!!NorwoldFanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08413735387812976133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-53294850436637032952020-12-31T07:42:53.130-05:002020-12-31T07:42:53.130-05:00That's certainly a campaign. In fact, in many ...That's certainly a campaign. In fact, in many ways, that's precisely the kind of campaign I generally prefer. I'm not a huge fan of campaigns that are too narrowly focused on a single overarching objective, preferring a rambling "just a bunch of stuff that happens" approach to a stronger "narrative" (for lack of a better word).James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-7052667409495541142020-12-31T07:24:34.433-05:002020-12-31T07:24:34.433-05:00Does an Eastern Marches campaign count as a one-of...Does an Eastern Marches campaign count as a one-off? It's a campaign but not of the same sort we normally speak of when we refer to campaigns. More of a one hundred one-offs bundled together type deal but I'd like to hear your opinion.Ruprechthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00139664977453444000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-49208989016459642782020-12-30T23:23:45.803-05:002020-12-30T23:23:45.803-05:00I have been running a D&D campaign that just h...I have been running a D&D campaign that just hit 99 sessions this week and the previous campaign set in the same world but using a different rule set went for over 50 sessions. But I still like to tinker with various homebrew systems so part of the collection is going through the games I have to get inspiration (aka steal) for projects i might run in the future. <br /><br />Can I take part of Gas Lands, mix in some Car Wars, and add some cyberpunk and travler and have a Mad Max game? I probably never will, but reading other rules helps me keep from burning out putting all my RPG juice in o e campaign and genre. sevenbastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11961009160456478009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-25899194612997425092020-12-30T16:54:49.376-05:002020-12-30T16:54:49.376-05:00I very much share your views on the subject.
Also...I very much share your views on the subject. <br />Also, coming, as I do, from a family of hoarders, I'm particularly sensitive to the subject.<br />artikidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17474295473142339717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-9717624726487583252020-12-30T16:47:38.887-05:002020-12-30T16:47:38.887-05:00Lots of good points and I share some of the views ...Lots of good points and I share some of the views too. I've undoubtedly spent much much more time reading about RPG in the last 3y than I have playing. I'm a bit shy about playing online and none of my old group from 30-35y ago wants to play now. Covid has put a massive damper on my ability to play face to face or dip a toe into local game cafes.<br /><br />My players have been my kids and nephew & niece, and as they're young and inexperienced it's even tough to get them to play consistently well without nudging along. They're full of ideas and imagination though and I end up writing good notes to use later.Jacob72https://www.blogger.com/profile/17268402292420473229noreply@blogger.com