01-23-2014, 10:23 AM
I've played tabletop rpgs, tabletop wargames and TCGs since I was like 12, I'm a huuuuge dork in that aspect.
I've played and mastered D&D (pathfinder now, becasue 4th ed sucked) for a long time, and I must say I don't know how my imagination would even work if not for them. I find roleplay games to be a huge source of creative "fuel" My skills might be far off my goal yet, but I've never ran out of ideas ever since I play tabletop stuff. Specially when I've been the GM.
Plus it's fun once you get rid of the "oh what a nerd" prejudice. Or when you find the right people, I've seen countless cases like Doolio's. It can be hard to find a table, but I really, really personally recomend everyone to at least try them.
Yeah! I'm a vorthos too! That's why my decks usually suck.
Anyway, great art + great game design = Epicness. I love magic the gathering, but I hate how trecherous they are when it comes to business. It's not only about the price of the cards as you mentioned and I get that they must keep the money flowing, but sometimes it is just ridiculous.
You can spend $200-$500 to build a top notch deck one year, and find that 6 months later, it SUCKS, because of the new mechanics that have been introduced recently that are waaay better than the ones your deck uses. Also, if your deck is fairly old, you can't use it for standard tournaments (or even modern sometimes) which are, as you might guess, the vast majority of them.
Yes! Exactly!
I've played and mastered D&D (pathfinder now, becasue 4th ed sucked) for a long time, and I must say I don't know how my imagination would even work if not for them. I find roleplay games to be a huge source of creative "fuel" My skills might be far off my goal yet, but I've never ran out of ideas ever since I play tabletop stuff. Specially when I've been the GM.
Plus it's fun once you get rid of the "oh what a nerd" prejudice. Or when you find the right people, I've seen countless cases like Doolio's. It can be hard to find a table, but I really, really personally recomend everyone to at least try them.
Quote:Last year I finally returned to Magic: The Gathering after phasing out (heh) for about 5 years. I'm very much a Vorthos, and my interest in the game is based on the block settings and flavor more than anything else. But I still try to keep up with the current lead designer's articles on game design and theory, and the more I've read and learned, I'm honestly convinced that as a game concept, Magic was perfectly designed, and that's really amazing when you realize that it was the first of it's kind.
Yeah! I'm a vorthos too! That's why my decks usually suck.
Anyway, great art + great game design = Epicness. I love magic the gathering, but I hate how trecherous they are when it comes to business. It's not only about the price of the cards as you mentioned and I get that they must keep the money flowing, but sometimes it is just ridiculous.
You can spend $200-$500 to build a top notch deck one year, and find that 6 months later, it SUCKS, because of the new mechanics that have been introduced recently that are waaay better than the ones your deck uses. Also, if your deck is fairly old, you can't use it for standard tournaments (or even modern sometimes) which are, as you might guess, the vast majority of them.
Quote: But for me the community where i use to play is brainwashed to buy more more more to gain chance to get promo card and win booster
Yes! Exactly!