pres man |
Let's say you are running the Pathfinder adventure path, would you say you were playing D&D or would you say that you are playing Pathfinder or RotR or what?
It just seems kind of strange to me to say it is D&D, when it is not made by the official producer of D&D, doesn't say D&D anywhere, but instead just uses the mechanics of D&D instead.
When you are running a homebrew campaign, do you say you are playing D&D or do you say you are playing (insert name for your campaign setting)? If you are playing a game in Eberron, is that still "D&D", or is it a game of Eberron?
EileenProphetofIstus |
I play Greyhawk, using the 3.5 rules, so we call it D&D or Dungeons and Dragons. If we are in the middle of a module (like right now we are in Ravenloft) and the adventure has progressed far enough where the PCs have a pretty good idea what is going on, we might say something like:
"Let's go kick some undead butt" or vampire butt". Insert the most appropriate word that fits what we are doing. When we went though The Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, it was "Tharizdun butt".
When we play Top Secret/S.I., it's "WEB butt".
Kinda a phrase one of the players started. Kinda just happened unconsciously I think.
Steven T. Helt RPG Superstar 2013 |
my games generally have somemore specific reference, like 'the epic game' or 'the millenium game'. likely that's born out of the golden days when i could have a job, a girlfriend, sports, and still 2 games a week. now i'm waiting for someone to design a roeplaying game with a football component and steamy, dirty roleplaying scenes, that i can get paid to play. twice a week.
anyhoo, i find the comment strange regarding it not being DnD if it's an AP. After all, if we play my homebrewed world, it's still dnd isn't it?
Molech |
We call our games by the title of the campaign. Tonight is the final showdown in my SCAP w/ AoW (modified homebrew) campaign. Vhalantru, the Cagewrights, Hookface, Lashona, all the BBEGs still alive for this "Strike on the Shatterhorn" rewrite, vs The Order of the Cockatrice.
But I guess the "game" we play is "Dungeons and Dragons Anti WotC Style."
-W. E. Ray
Tequila Sunrise |
D&D, because a lot more people recognize those words than the name of a specific campaign. And because the rules you use basically are the game; the campaign is a lot flesh that can be grown over any ol' set of bones.
When you eat a jiggly gelatin dessert product not produced by Kraft, do you say you're eating Jello...or something else?
When you use a stack of re-adherable yellow squares of paper not produced by 3M, do you say you're using Pots-Its...or something else?
magdalena thiriet |
When mentioning the system it's DeeDee (no sense in mentioning that "et" there). 2nd edition was AhDeeDee. Even when it is homebrew or full of houserules and third-party-content.
Campaigns get names, usually based on locations, sometimes defined by other characteristics...so there are "Sharn thing", "Vampires in London", "Ravnovesje"...
Guy Humual |
That really depends on who I'm talking to.
If it's my gaming group I'll say "are we playing AoWs this week or is it STAP?" (because D&D is understood)
If I'm taking to an old gaming buddy (that I don't currently play with) I might say "oh I haven't played Rifts in years, we manly play D&D these days." (because they might not know the specific campaigns)
If I were talking to someone who had no idea what D&D or RPGs were then I might say "Oh, I enjoy role playing games. They're like computer games or board games, only far less constraining," (because they're noobs :))
varianor |
My gaming group usually uses the title of the campaign to be played, so we don't get confused between each of the different ones going on at one time. So, for my Savage Tide campaign, I'll be like, "We'll be playing Savage Tide tonight."
Same here. There's an implicit assumption that it's D&D unless otherwise stated. (Though to folks who don't play, we might offer an explanation that includes "this is a Dungeons and Dragons session. It's like World of Warcraft on the tabletop."
Grimcleaver |
We usually call it our "Pathfinder Campaign" even though it has neatly folded into the Rise of the Runelords Adventure Path, despite my every imagination. Ironic, huh? They're in Sandpoint with the Iconics protecting it from stone giants. One of the PCs and Valeros teamed up to take down one of the Northgate attackers AT-AT style with chains and harpoons. Wow.
To be honest, when we talk about our campaign it's more like "DUDE! Pathfinder!!! Woo-hoo!"
cwslyclgh |
If I am playing a game based upon the pathfinder modules (or using any of the various D&D rule sets for that matter, 3.x, holmes basic, 1e, 2e, BECMI what ever)if somebody asks what I am doing I'll just say "playing D&D."
if I am playing a different roleplaying game and somebody asks what I am doing I'll general say "playing x" and give the name of the game in question (Call of Cthulhu, Runequest, Marvel Superheroes, etc.) with out elaborating any further (giving edition number for instance, unless asked specifically).
for example:
Paul: Hey Wes, what are you doing?
Me: Playing Call of Cthulhu with some friends.
Paul: Hey realy? is that the d20 version by Wizards of the Coast?
Me: Hell no, the d20 version sucked, I am playing 6th edition by chaosium.
Dale McCoy Jr Jon Brazer Enterprises |
Zohar |
My group usually calls things in general if asked from someone outside. Between eachother we use the modules names.
At the moment we're playing Age of Worms and Pathfinder: Rise of the Rune Lords.
If someone random asked us what we were doing while playing. We'd normally say playing the Age of Worms adventure for D&D.
Fatespinner RPG Superstar 2013 Top 32 |