Ok I'll give you the fact that streamlined is a better term for 4e, but there is a trend of systems becoming overly simplified. Perhaps a better way to phrase it would be that players are coming to prefer non-crunchy systems. The simpler, faster and easier the better.
While I have to concede the merit of games that are less time consuming and I am guilty of picking up more than a few myself, I do miss the deeper systems that required more time. Like you however, time is a precious commodity and in truth I don't have the time I did when I was a kid to devote to building and tweaking characters and villains. So I guess it is just me showing my age and trying to hang on to a bit of the past.
It is amazing that some people who pride themselves on keeping up with and adapting to advances in technology, for the most part, are so resistant to change when it comes to something as anti-tech as their RPGs.
Tue, 04/15/2008 - 7:14pm
Ok I'll give you the fact that streamlined is a better term for 4e, but there is a trend of systems becoming overly simplified. Perhaps a better way to phrase it would be that players are coming to prefer non-crunchy systems. The simpler, faster and easier the better.
While I have to concede the merit of games that are less time consuming and I am guilty of picking up more than a few myself, I do miss the deeper systems that required more time. Like you however, time is a precious commodity and in truth I don't have the time I did when I was a kid to devote to building and tweaking characters and villains. So I guess it is just me showing my age and trying to hang on to a bit of the past.
It is amazing that some people who pride themselves on keeping up with and adapting to advances in technology, for the most part, are so resistant to change when it comes to something as anti-tech as their RPGs.
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