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Gamer ADD

Started by Galeros, September 27, 2009, 09:53:58 PM

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Galeros

September 27, 2009, 09:53:58 PM
Anyone else have it? I keep getting interested in different systems and wanting ro run/play with them but I usually do not get to.

The Shaman

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September 27, 2009, 09:56:43 PM
Quote from: Galeros;334528Anyone else have it?
Not me.
On weird fantasy: "The Otus/Elmore rule: When adding something new to the campaign, try and imagine how Erol Otus would depict it. If you can, that\'s far enough...it\'s a good idea. If you can picture a Larry Elmore version...it\'s far too mundane and boring, excise immediately." - Kellri, K&K Alehouse

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Galeros

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September 27, 2009, 09:58:22 PM
Quote from: The Shaman;334529Not me.

Well, you are no fun.:p

The Shaman

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September 27, 2009, 10:06:09 PM
Quote from: Galeros;334531Well, you are no fun.:p
I'm a lot of fun.

I also tend to choose games that allow me the room to try lots of things in terms of characters and adventures, so I don't need to jump from system to system or setting to setting to get what I want out of roleplaying games.
On weird fantasy: "The Otus/Elmore rule: When adding something new to the campaign, try and imagine how Erol Otus would depict it. If you can, that\'s far enough...it\'s a good idea. If you can picture a Larry Elmore version...it\'s far too mundane and boring, excise immediately." - Kellri, K&K Alehouse

I have a campaign wiki! Check it out!

ACS / LAF

Christian

#4
September 27, 2009, 10:22:19 PM
I think I do. I believe it's borne of frustration. I can't get what I'm looking for out of a game  group or system, so I look elsewhere. I'm hoping to get back into the sweet spot with the Labyrinth Lord campaign I am planning. I just want to have simple fun.
destination unknown is about laser bears and ghost crocodiles.

Galeros

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September 27, 2009, 10:54:53 PM
Quote from: The Shaman;334533I'm a lot of fun.

I also tend to choose games that allow me the room to try lots of things in terms of characters and adventures, so I don't need to jump from system to system or setting to setting to get what I want out of roleplaying games.

I was just joking.:)

I like systems that can handle a lot of different things too. I just find myself wanting to switch between all of the systems I like.

The Shaman

#6
September 27, 2009, 11:13:59 PM
Quote from: Galeros;334549I just find myself wanting to switch between all of the systems I like.
And I'm good with just a few systems, which is why I don't suffer from gamer ADD.
On weird fantasy: "The Otus/Elmore rule: When adding something new to the campaign, try and imagine how Erol Otus would depict it. If you can, that\'s far enough...it\'s a good idea. If you can picture a Larry Elmore version...it\'s far too mundane and boring, excise immediately." - Kellri, K&K Alehouse

I have a campaign wiki! Check it out!

ACS / LAF

aramis

#7
September 28, 2009, 02:15:45 AM
Quote from: Galeros;334528Anyone else have it? I keep getting interested in different systems and wanting ro run/play with them but I usually do not get to.

Me! Me! Me!... ooh... shiny!

Simlasa

#8
September 28, 2009, 02:35:41 AM
My gamer ADD isn't over systems... it's over settings/genres.
I've got a few systems I like that can do just about anything I want... but my brain keeps flitting between a wide variety of types of games I'd like to play/run.

Enlightened

#9
September 28, 2009, 03:31:12 PM
I have it.

But it's not that I get bored of a particular system.  It's that I get in the mood for a different play experience and different systems give different play experiences.

A dungeon crawl in GURPS feels different and plays out differently from a dungeon crawl in D&D 4E which is different from a dungeon crawl in RISUS which is different from one in BD&D.  System affects play.
 

Seanchai

#10
September 28, 2009, 04:15:30 PM
Sure, but, for me, that's part of the fun of being a gamer.

Seanchai
"Thus tens of children were left holding the bag. And it was a bag bereft of both Hellscream and allowance money."

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