Author Topic: What's the best thing about roleplaying? (Read 6486 times)

Colin-ICE · « **on:** May 14, 2015, 12:31:55 PM »

I've played with all different kinds of players over the years and wondered what people enjoyed most about playing tabletop roleplaying games and what kept them coming back to the hobby?

intothatdarkness · « **Reply #1 on:** May 14, 2015, 12:35:45 PM »

I think you need to allow more than one response per vote, since there are at least two reasons in there that keep me coming back to RPGs. I like the creative aspect, which is likely why I GM far more than I actually play (about 90% GM, 10% player). The problem-solving aspect is also great fun, but at the heart of it I'm more of an "immersion" player. Nothing gets me out of a game faster than a poorly-constructed setting or thin character system.

anvil · « **Reply #2 on:** May 15, 2015, 06:59:44 AM »

It's an excuse to get together with like minded friends and blow stuff up with out the trouble that comes with using actual explosives.

markc · « **Reply #3 on:** May 15, 2015, 07:51:19 AM »

I would have to say that I enjoy 5 out of the 7 options above.
MDC

Witchking20k · « **Reply #4 on:** May 15, 2015, 08:00:38 AM »

I voted with the people. A good gaming group can make all the system, setting, and mathematical foibles seem fun no matter what. In my experience a lot of folk have returned to tabletop gaming from video games for just this kind of environment.

Alten · « **Reply #5 on:** May 15, 2015, 11:48:56 AM »

Other: Unbridling my and my friends' imaginations. This is the game I dreamt of before I even knew it existed. Anything you can conceive you can act out.

RandalThor · « **Reply #6 on:** May 15, 2015, 11:02:07 PM »

I chose other because it is a bit of all of them, though also what Alten sayed; it is about imagination.

ubiquitousrat · « **Reply #7 on:** May 16, 2015, 02:12:33 AM »

Erm... Voted "Other" because...

I enjoy creating adventure stories with my friends through the medium of a game. That means I like creating characters and then doing stuff with them, using the rules as a vehicle for the action.

Voriig Kye · « **Reply #8 on:** May 16, 2015, 12:14:01 PM »

I voted other because some of the options are true for me, and some others were not there.
I GM because I love making up the stories, NPCs and then seeing them interact with the PCs. I enjoy the collaborative story telling that takes place when you describe a situation, and the characters react to it in the most unexpected way, then I have to somehow describe what happens next.
Also, it is a great excuse to spend time with friends.
On the rare occasions I get to play as a PC, I enjoy creating the character, watch it evolve, and also the puzzle solving.

Cory Magel · « **Reply #9 on:** May 16, 2015, 09:51:17 PM »

In all fairness people, he did ask what is the BEST thing.

Really, unless you can enjoy your RPG's just as much without a live group, I suspect the root of the answer really is the social aspect of the group...

chippermonks · « **Reply #10 on:** May 20, 2015, 11:41:52 PM »

I really love character creation and world building. So much as to often roll up the odd character that comes to mind. I love making whole words from scratch and find it to be an excellent creative outlet. Since I was little, running my first games with rmc, I always made homebrewed worlds with custom maps and unique plot lines...some better than others. Though I did recently -the last two years or so- play in the shades of darkness setting, it still ended up heavily altered. Some of my favorite games are the first session where we talk about character ideas!

Ecthelion · « **Reply #11 on:** May 21, 2015, 08:27:23 AM »

As a sidenote: For MMORPGs there is a character theory chart like explained in the Bartle Test article on Wikipedia. Some of it might also be applicable to normal RPGs, e.g. the general types of players and their typical goals.

OLF, i.e. Olf Le Fol · « **Reply #12 on:** May 21, 2015, 10:03:32 AM »

As far as I'm concerned, I enjoy world-building, creating characters and writing stories. As such, I don't like playing and almost only GM, enjoying having players ~~beta-testing~~providing other opinions about my world, and making it evolve in directions I didn't predict.

yammahoper · « **Reply #13 on:** May 21, 2015, 12:01:29 PM »

note that number crunching/math gets zero votes. We RM fans obviously do not mind it as much as some, yet we still would prefer not to.

Cory Magel · « **Reply #14 on:** May 21, 2015, 02:28:56 PM »

You know, I love creating the characters, world, story, etc... but I actually would rather play than be a GM (which is why if I win the lottery I'll become a full time RPG designer!).

Witchking20k · « **Reply #15 on:** May 22, 2015, 09:59:03 AM »

I am the opposite. I would rather GM than play most of the time.

yammahoper · « **Reply #16 on:** May 22, 2015, 04:01:51 PM »

Bad accents, talking like a damn fool and hanging out, all while being (hopefully) a bad muther...SHUT YOUR MOUTH!

...or instead of Hero (tm), a bumbling idiot with unlucky dice/negative karma. It's gonna be your turn sometime, but that one players turn ALL the time.

C.Tozer · « **Reply #17 on:** May 25, 2015, 01:23:40 PM »

Tale telling pure and simple.

I love GMing .... really can't remember the last time I played and the ability to set a scene/plot/setting/location that has come from my head and then watch my players deal with it ,,,, and collectively tell a story in the process .... Pure GOLD!

Sadly living in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as I do, doesn't really provide the best of options in terms of getting a group of gamers ....

Peter R · « **Reply #18 on:** May 25, 2015, 02:29:09 PM »

I'm a day dreamer. I love the gaps between gaming sessions just anticpating what will come next and how my character will react and cope.

arakish · « **Reply #19 on:** May 29, 2015, 05:09:14 AM »

You forgot one option:

Camaraderie and fun.

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Author Topic: What's the best thing about roleplaying? (Read 6486 times)