Junior Adventurer's Guild - July: POLL OPEN

[J1M]

I assume there's a top-2 runoff vote in the event of a tie? Or is there one regardless? Would be cool to have one even if it's not a tie, runoff voting tends to produce more flexibility in what people are willing to choose (i.e. choosing true favorite vs. choosing favorite-most-likely-to-win).

Nobody wants to dungeon crawl?

I didn't realize what game this was before I voted. Definitely want to play that at some point, could vote for it next time.

I picked ToEE because it was more familiar and I hadn't played it before, seemed cool.

Could be handy for nominators to include a single screenshot + blurb (i.e. sales pitch) to be included in the top post in the vote thread, so voters could look it over before choosing. I realize I could go and Google each game myself but, lazy, and it didn't occur to me.

J1M decides

We are using the tie breaking method rusty suggested a couple of months ago: compare the total number of AG badges earned by the people who voted for the tied games.

[Tadeusz]

We are using the tie breaking method rusty suggested a couple of months ago: compare the total number of AG badges earned by the people who voted for the tied games.

It will be hard to compete with your or Tangerine's vote But I guess it's fair.

[Tinky Winky]

I have **** taste and hate real RPGs.

Well, that's sad.

This is just the opposite side of the same coin disco elysium fans are on, they believe it's more "prestigious" by calling DE an RPG when it's clearly not. ToEE is a tactical combat game for small-scale warfare, it's missing the actual "let's pretend" part.

Gygax repeatedly emphasized that the direct inspiration for RPGs was "let's pretend", not wargaming:

I can say that the origins of the RPG are in children's games of "Let's Pretend" and "Cowboys & Indians," so one needn't look to wargames for the direct inspiration for the game form.

It's bizarre that people get so upset over a game not being a specific genre when it's not, as if it's some sort of insult. ToEE is primarily a tactical game first, and RPG elements second.

So trangenderism is basically a heckin RPG game?

[Valter]

Well, that's sad.

This is just the opposite side of the same coin disco elysium fans are on, they believe it's more "prestigious" by calling DE an RPG when it's clearly not. ToEE is a tactical combat game for small-scale warfare, it's missing the actual "let's pretend" part.

Gygax repeatedly emphasized that the direct inspiration for RPGs was "let's pretend", not wargaming:

I can say that the origins of the RPG are in children's games of "Let's Pretend" and "Cowboys & Indians," so one needn't look to wargames for the direct inspiration for the game form.

It's bizarre that people get so upset over a game not being a specific genre when it's not, as if it's some sort of insult. ToEE is primarily a tactical game first, and RPG elements second.

So trangenderism is basically a heckin RPG game?

Not a game