tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post7109857466781941681..comments2024-03-28T15:32:19.036-04:00Comments on Dungeon Fantastic: Nobody plays the game I play, say the internetPeter Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-16996400334356916922019-09-12T17:52:40.641-04:002019-09-12T17:52:40.641-04:00That, too. You'd find that GURPS has been wild...That, too. You'd find that GURPS has been wildly popular in my immediate area if you asked around my gaming group, but you'd think that D&D 5th edition was this neat, fringe game that some guys run or play sometimes. It'd be a skewed sample, of course, but that's kind of the point. "I didn't try to find anyone and I couldn't find anyone" isn't a really good way to determine if those people are out there. :)Peter Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-32441499835806077042019-09-12T17:50:35.646-04:002019-09-12T17:50:35.646-04:00I don't hear anybody talking about a lot of ga...I don't hear anybody talking about a lot of games, yet they're played. And armed with the internet, it should be trivial to find people who run a game, discuss a game, play a game, and/or right for a game if they're out there.<br /><br />And if you're having trouble finding them, it's probably easier to just ask for pointers to people who do than to opine that they don't exist!<br /><br />Peter Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-39735103851734837972019-09-12T07:10:55.820-04:002019-09-12T07:10:55.820-04:00Also, having gone over the thread, a lot of that s...Also, having gone over the thread, a lot of that sounds like "I own this game and wish someone would run it for me" (or "This thing I don't know seemed popular, but since I don't know anyone in that community, I guess it isn't popular). My experience has always been "If you run it, they will come," and it only takes one or two GMs in an area running a game to take it from "Weird, niche game nobody has heard of" to "wildly popular in my area."Mailankahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13354118846382303768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-54054180847761621512019-09-12T06:56:56.377-04:002019-09-12T06:56:56.377-04:00My experience is that a lot of RPGers who play one...My experience is that a lot of RPGers who play one of the "big games" are very insulated and a little entitled. They sort of expect to be able to walk into an FLGS or their RPG association and just play their game of choice. If they don't see anyone around them playing it, they think nobody is playing it. These are the same guys who clutter up "general" RPG groups with their highly D&D-specific jokes or memes and think that "general" RPG really means "D&D."<br /><br />I say this as a guy who plays a lot of really, really niche and indie RPGs. The number of people who know what I'm talking about when I say "Legends of the Wulin" or "Nobilis" or "Dark Pages RPG" are vanishingly rare compared to GURPS. I think I'd call GURPS solid mid-tier. If you walk into an RPG association, you might not see someone playing it at that moment, but if you call out "Anyone here play GURPS?" you'll be surprised by how many people answer, or so is my experienec.<br /><br />(This increases a lot of at least one person is running GURPS, or has run GURPS at some point. It's one of the more infectious systems, in my experience)Mailankahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13354118846382303768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-63522947239496210592019-09-12T01:01:49.311-04:002019-09-12T01:01:49.311-04:00Well... I mean if you aren't flashing the secr...Well... I mean if you aren't flashing the secret sign or wearing the proper [FNORD], we GURPS GMs and Players won't speak our secret games in front of you.evileeyorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08296632217198088455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-42757511750281613472019-09-11T23:01:12.970-04:002019-09-11T23:01:12.970-04:00I just don't hear anybody talking about GURPS....I just don't hear anybody talking about GURPS.Venger Satanishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04447932700800930510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-79395779956714967862019-09-11T21:55:10.005-04:002019-09-11T21:55:10.005-04:00I am the only person running ongoing public games ...I am the only person running ongoing public games of GURPS/DFRPG in Sydney and probably NSW if not Australia.<br /><br />There was one other GURPS GM at a con and I know of one who runs an online game.<br /><br />That's despite dozens of books beong backed on kickstarterUnachimbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04873952842828774048noreply@blogger.com