Comments on: Are Pen & Paper Role-Playing Games A Dying Breed? http://www.michaelcmcgreevy.com/2009/05/05/are-pen-paper-role-playing-games-a-dying-breed/ This is my blog. There are many like it, but this one is mine. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:22:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris http://www.michaelcmcgreevy.com/2009/05/05/are-pen-paper-role-playing-games-a-dying-breed/comment-page-1/#comment-8410 Chris Thu, 28 May 2009 19:59:03 +0000 http://michaelcmcgreevy.com/?p=3110#comment-8410 If you would like to play a Green Ronin game, let me know. I am particularly a fan of Mutants and Masterminds, although my tastes have slipped from its level of crunch...it is still a fun game. If you would like to play a Green Ronin game, let me know. I am particularly a fan of Mutants and Masterminds, although my tastes have slipped from its level of crunch…it is still a fun game.

]]> By: Michael C. McGreevy http://www.michaelcmcgreevy.com/2009/05/05/are-pen-paper-role-playing-games-a-dying-breed/comment-page-1/#comment-8409 Michael C. McGreevy Thu, 07 May 2009 13:49:04 +0000 http://michaelcmcgreevy.com/?p=3110#comment-8409 You can't - yet. That's the point. I think virtual games are evolving to a level that one day you'll pretty much be able to simulate that tabletop feel in an online setting. It started with Neverwinter Nights, and Mission Architect is a big step in the right direction in an MMO environment. You can’t – yet. That’s the point. I think virtual games are evolving to a level that one day you’ll pretty much be able to simulate that tabletop feel in an online setting. It started with Neverwinter Nights, and Mission Architect is a big step in the right direction in an MMO environment.

]]> By: Mark http://www.michaelcmcgreevy.com/2009/05/05/are-pen-paper-role-playing-games-a-dying-breed/comment-page-1/#comment-8408 Mark Wed, 06 May 2009 22:56:54 +0000 http://michaelcmcgreevy.com/?p=3110#comment-8408 But nothing will beat what happened with our game this past Sunday... Someone attacked the darkness with Magic Missile. You cannot get this with a computer game. Only in a table-top, pencil-and-paper game will someone actually do it. And here it was my bright idea to tell the DM "do whatever is funniest" when he couldn't make up his mind on how to handle something. But nothing will beat what happened with our game this past Sunday…

Someone attacked the darkness with Magic Missile.

You cannot get this with a computer game. Only in a table-top, pencil-and-paper game will someone actually do it. And here it was my bright idea to tell the DM “do whatever is funniest” when he couldn’t make up his mind on how to handle something.

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