I think the indie pen-n-paper is in large part a reaction to the mechanically-minded "fuck story gimme loot" category of player that exists in some of the larger tabletop spaces (I have relatively little experience with them personally because even my most mechanically-brilliant friends care A Lot about the story when they run and play games), but yeah, they do tend to have a kind of prescriptivism in engaging with the world in some of them.
The most incredible board gaming experience I have ever had: it was a very old-school Dune board game. You play as one of the main factions (Atreides, Harkonnen, Bene Gesserit, etc.) and at the beginning of the game you get two cards with, basically, super-actions that you can use at any point. I am abysmal at strategy; I had only half an idea what was going on; I kept losing battles. OK.
In Dune, there is a Shield Wall that protects units from the sandstorm which otherwise would wipe them out.
We're getting to the end of the game. The other four players decide to hash it out in a battle royale on the shield wall.
My two cards? "blow up the shield wall" and "Move the storm up to 12 spaces."
Wiped out four armies in one turn and was the de facto winner.
I will never play that board game again because I can never top that experience, lmao. Total accident.
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Date: 2023-08-28 05:31 pm (UTC)The most incredible board gaming experience I have ever had: it was a very old-school Dune board game. You play as one of the main factions (Atreides, Harkonnen, Bene Gesserit, etc.) and at the beginning of the game you get two cards with, basically, super-actions that you can use at any point. I am abysmal at strategy; I had only half an idea what was going on; I kept losing battles. OK.
In Dune, there is a Shield Wall that protects units from the sandstorm which otherwise would wipe them out.
We're getting to the end of the game. The other four players decide to hash it out in a battle royale on the shield wall.
My two cards? "blow up the shield wall" and "Move the storm up to 12 spaces."
Wiped out four armies in one turn and was the de facto winner.
I will never play that board game again because I can never top that experience, lmao. Total accident.