I lean toward Resource Management Combat and Genre First with a healthy dash of Best Rules are the Least Rules.

When I buy a game and in play the rules have to be referrenced all the fucking time, that's a game that goes on eBay.

I like tactical maneuver games most (though I do enjoy other styles), but my group as a whole falls into the balanced approach in order to reconcile different priorities amongst the players. Those priorities change over time and from player to player, but they're generally directed at some happy balance between the rules of the game itself and the varying conceptions of plausibility the various players have.

I had to go for Unlisted because I always end up customizing my games for my players. I can give my personal preferences, but in actual play we come to more of a happy medium between those and what my players like.

Quote from: jeff37923;251098I had to go for Unlisted because I always end up customizing my games for my players. I can give my personal preferences, but in actual play we come to more of a happy medium between those and what my players like.

I would have liked your personal preference reflected in the poll.

I chose "roleplaying first," but in my case, this often tends to mean a reduction in rules, as well. [Paul's mantra: "Well, if it makes sense for the character, don't worry about the rules."]

I could honestly care less about combat; for me it's just a means to an end, and the game need not be more about combat than it is about, say, information-gathering or wall-climbing or land-exploring or whatever.

Story should come organically out of the pursuit of character, with hidden massaging by players and GM to make it work out okay.

Genre is immaterial: we simply take the setting and pretend it's all real, and don't worry about, "Would this fit in Tolkein's context?" or whatever. And Gaming - tokens, cards, whatever - isn't really what I'm at the table for, although I suppose I'm not really against them, provided they don't get in the way of characterization.

Quote from: Engine;251229I chose "roleplaying first," but in my case, this often tends to mean a reduction in rules, as well. [Paul's mantra: "Well, if it makes sense for the character, don't worry about the rules."]

I could honestly care less about combat; for me it's just a means to an end, and the game need not be more about combat than it is about, say, information-gathering or wall-climbing or land-exploring or whatever.

Story should come organically out of the pursuit of character, with hidden massaging by players and GM to make it work out okay.

Genre is immaterial: we simply take the setting and pretend it's all real, and don't worry about, "Would this fit in Tolkein's context?" or whatever. And Gaming - tokens, cards, whatever - isn't really what I'm at the table for, although I suppose I'm not really against them, provided they don't get in the way of characterization.

Alla same, Pogo! Alla same.

-clash

I'm between "Story First", "Role-Playing First" and "The Best Rules...", but I picked "Story First" because, in the end, I'm there to entertain my players AND myself.