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I’ve never understood these 1-page RPGs that just involve rolling a die to determine an event from a list that modifies scores, over and over. Where’s the roleplaying? Where’s the agency? I love a good short RPG but this just feels like a number generator with no story attached.

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Donkter@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Seems like a fun tongue-in-cheek thing to give one of your players inside another campaign to determine how their time with lors Byron went.

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- snooggums@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Which is something different than a RPG…
  
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Worx@lemmynsfw.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I was thinking I must have missed something because I feel the same way. If a dice-rolling machine can play the game then what’s the point (I’m looking at you, snakes + ladders)

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pennomi@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Yeah this is the opposite of “player agency” which is the woke point of RPGs.

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- FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  
  Yeah this is the opposite of “player agency”
  
  And now you know what it was like to be one of Lord Byron’s ladyfriends.
  
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- snooggums@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Randomness is the opposite of player agency, yet is still a core part of most RPGs.
  
  This one pager has zero role playing though, and is barely a game.
  
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  - pennomi@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I’d disagree with that. Randomness is orthogonal to player agency. Both can exist at once.
    
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