The entire munchkin problem can be solved if you have control of the character sheets...and they never ever see them...they give you concepts you flesh out the character, the stats, everything...they never get to see the magic items, hit points or feats...Yeah, in the same way that the problem of toys being broken can be solved with not letting your little kids play with them. They tell you what toys they want, and what the toys should do, and you play with them for the kids, who sit behind a window and call directions.
Might as well just go back to playing pretend on the school yard.
Never played in a D&D game like that KaeYoss?
I said "try it" not attack it...
One of the major problems with my players not "role-playing" when there's a bunch of minis in front of them, and character sheets there, is it devolves into a tactical wargame, not a role-playing game...
YMMV
Truth be told its a roleplaying game and a tacital wargame combined. It actually started off as a wargame, and RP elements were introduced later.
ninja'd By Kolo
The entire munchkin problem can be solved if you have control of the character sheets...and they never ever see them...they give you concepts you flesh out the character, the stats, everything...they never get to see the magic items, hit points or feats...Yeah, in the same way that the problem of toys being broken can be solved with not letting your little kids play with them. They tell you what toys they want, and what the toys should do, and you play with them for the kids, who sit behind a window and call directions.
Might as well just go back to playing pretend on the school yard.
Never played in a D&D game like that KaeYoss?
I said "try it" not attack it...
One of the major problems with my players not "role-playing" when there's a bunch of minis in front of them, and character sheets there, is it devolves into a tactical wargame, not a role-playing game...
YMMV
Truth be told its a roleplaying game and a tacital wargame combined. It actually started off as a wargame, and RP elements were introduced later.
ninja'd By Kolo
Sorry, sorry; I guess I should have been more explicit, it devolves into a purely tactical wargame devoid of any role-playing...
(If I wanted to play a purely tactical wargame, I wouldn't be playing D&D)
The entire munchkin problem can be solved if you have control of the character sheets...and they never ever see them...they give you concepts you flesh out the character, the stats, everything...they never get to see the magic items, hit points or feats...Yeah, in the same way that the problem of toys being broken can be solved with not letting your little kids play with them. They tell you what toys they want, and what the toys should do, and you play with them for the kids, who sit behind a window and call directions.
Might as well just go back to playing pretend on the school yard.
Never played in a D&D game like that KaeYoss?
I said "try it" not attack it...
One of the major problems with my players not "role-playing" when there's a bunch of minis in front of them, and character sheets there, is it devolves into a tactical wargame, not a role-playing game...
YMMV
Truth be told its a roleplaying game and a tacital wargame combined. It actually started off as a wargame, and RP elements were introduced later.
ninja'd By Kolo
Sorry, sorry; I guess I should have been more explicit, it devolves into a purely tactical wargame devoid of any role-playing...
(If I wanted to play a purely tactical wargame, I wouldn't be playing D&D)
Maybe your players are not into the RP aspect yet. Most of the people I know started off just wanting to kill things, and the RP came later.
Now if your players are not ready for that yet, no need to rush it. Some people come along later than others. Having another RP-minded player invited into the group as an influence might help also. This is assuming you are in an area where it is possible to find another player.
Hm.
The OP's problem seems to be that he wasn't killing all of the players to begin with.