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Originally Posted by badcat
More like, the world of real rpgs is fading fast, the last glimmers are disappearing fast...
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Whats a real rpg? I dont know. But I think this term depends on the personal preference of the players. Many of us are not even able to agree on what makes a rpg worth playing or not despite beeing the hardcore fanbase of BRP. So everone has his own "real rpg" style. And his rpg style is most probably not the same like those of most others. This was 1990 not very different than today and I can preserve my way to play in just keeping playing and...playing and...playing (/bunny clap with hands...)
For me the only thing which has changed is myself. So I would not like to play the same games today I played back in 1990. Of course I like talking with my friends about the games in the past, but the more I look at them the more I see that we remember this good old stuff as idealized and somewhat distorted.
For me the different styles to play a mmorpg or play a board game "Junta" with a Fidel-Castro cap on their head are not more alien than those of roleplaying groups which employ a tactical D&D or "player-empowered" WoD style. (actually I prefer a fun game of "junta" or cutting my toe nails instead of playing WoD anyday)
So for me there has not been much change in my personal roleplaying world except that I am not the same as 20 years ago. But for my style of roleplaying till 2050 I just need the BRP basic book and a set of dice. Additional material is fine but not really a-must-have.