New Posts For Thread: Killing ROLE playinghttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/19582238/Killing_ROLE_playingSomebody can explain this?http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/4ask/20080201aDo they want to kill the ROLE play?That's entirely understandable. That said, I encourage players (and DMs) to embrace the metagame. It isn't always appropriate, but many times it can make a game better. Metagame is not a dirty word. Just wanted to do a little public service annouhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/19582238/Killing_ROLE_playing?post_id=332879814#332879814That's entirely understandable. That said, I encourage players (and DMs) to embrace the metagame. It isn't always appropriate, but many times it can make a game better. Metagame is not a dirty word. Just wanted to do a little public service annouTue, 26 Feb 2008 16:12:07 -0600True, I would just hate a social system that forced metagame knowledge on players. Well of course he cares. The question is more if he believes them or not. He may have heard a lot of doomsayers in his time, or there could be other motivations towardhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/19582238/Killing_ROLE_playing?post_id=332879758#332879758True, I would just hate a social system that forced metagame knowledge on players. Well of course he cares. The question is more if he believes them or not. He may have heard a lot of doomsayers in his time, or there could be other motivations towardTue, 26 Feb 2008 08:21:54 -0600It all depends on what your game is about. If it's about a mystery that happens to have PCs investigating it, then you'd want to couch things in a way that doesn't give away OOC information. If it's about characters that happen to be investigatinghttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/19582238/Killing_ROLE_playing?post_id=332879710#332879710It all depends on what your game is about. If it's about a mystery that happens to have PCs investigating it, then you'd want to couch things in a way that doesn't give away OOC information. If it's about characters that happen to be investigatingMon, 25 Feb 2008 18:41:36 -0600Well some of the people I play with would use metagame information. They're just not good enough roleplayers to adequately separate the two. And even if you can, I feel it kinda screws you over, because then it takes away your ability to get a legitihttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/19582238/Killing_ROLE_playing?post_id=332879682#332879682Well some of the people I play with would use metagame information. They're just not good enough roleplayers to adequately separate the two. And even if you can, I feel it kinda screws you over, because then it takes away your ability to get a legitiMon, 25 Feb 2008 16:57:49 -0600Hey, I resent that. As someone who works with people of varying degrees of mental capability in a pile of different areas, I know people who can roleplay and can't play board games.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/19582238/Killing_ROLE_playing?post_id=332879674#332879674Hey, I resent that. As someone who works with people of varying degrees of mental capability in a pile of different areas, I know people who can roleplay and can't play board games.Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:00:18 -0600