Re: [NetEpic ML] Digest Number 441

From: Sam Dale <epic_at_...>
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 01:14:49 +0100

Yup. Phase 2 it is. Pity the vast majority of the armies are GW. At least
I'm not as far gone as my GM, who has over 100 seperate RPG systems...

> I actually have a theory of "gamer evolution" :P The life of a gamer
> consists of three different phases:
> 1. Player. Buy a game and play it for some time. Repeat until you find
> yourself in phase 2.
> 2. Collector. You have more games than you can ever hope to play within a
> realistic time frame, yet you keep buying more because you LIKE to see
what
> different rules systems are like.
> 3. Designer. You have ingested so many game systems you know most of the
> common game mechanics in existence and quite a few of the uncommon ones.
> When you hear about a new game your first thought is: "I wonder if it uses
> mechanic X or Y or perhaps Z?". You start to get your own ideas on how
thigs
> should be done and your drawes start to fill of pages of house rules.

Cheers,

Sammy Chaos. Barprop of Slaanesh and Bane of the Organised.
Received on Tue Apr 10 2001 - 00:14:49 UTC