Open or focused games?

Itachi · October 21, 2017, 09:53:10 AM

Overall, do you prefer open games and premises (eg: Pathfinder with your favorite full blown setting) or focused ones (eg: Pendragon) ?

But here is the catch (

): if you play D&D focused on tomb raiding (with a little evil butt kicking on the side) vote focused. If you play it aiming to explore a vast setting out there besides the tombs, vote open.

Voros · October 21, 2017, 11:25:10 AM

I went with focused because games like CoC and Pendragon are my favourites.

Gronan of Simmerya · October 21, 2017, 01:41:51 PM

Other. Different genres support different game styles.

Also, "focused" is a misleading term. Pendragon may be focused on playing an Arthurian knight, but can be a fairly broad sandbox. Star Trek would be focused in the sense of "Where does Starfleet Command send you now?"

Steven Mitchell · October 21, 2017, 05:40:33 PM

Open. I may sometimes do something focused with it (or several focused somethings), but I want to pick them.

Dumarest · October 21, 2017, 05:56:38 PM

I find the distinction meaningless akin to what Gronan wrote up above.

The Exploited. · October 21, 2017, 06:21:45 PM

It depends on the game...

RPGPundit · October 26, 2017, 01:48:35 AM

Open.

Open or focused games?

Itachi

Voros

Gronan of Simmerya

Steven Mitchell

Dumarest

The Exploited.

RPGPundit