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Was strictly a eurogamer until a friend forced me into a D&D campaign
I used to think anything with a story or roleplaying was just people messing around with no real strategy. Then I sat down for a one-shot at a local shop last Saturday and ended up bartering with a goblin merchant for 20 minutes over a rusty sword. Has anyone else had their whole board game taste flip like that?
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stellachen3d ago
I read somewhere that D&D actually started as a wargame variant before players decided talking to monsters was more fun than killing them. That bartering goblin hooked me way harder than any +1 sword ever could.
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jordan_webb3d ago
The thing people miss about D&D is that it's basically improv comedy with dice. You're not playing to win, you're playing to see what happens when a goblin and a player haggle over something worthless. That rusty sword had zero mechanical value but the bartering told you more about the world than any rulebook could. Eurogames are clean little puzzles, sure, but they don't give you memories like arguing over copper pieces with a fictional creature who might stab you if you lowball too hard. Sometimes the best strategy is just leaning into the nonsense.
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blair5973d ago
Our group spent three sessions haggling with a kobold over a dented helmet once. The DM had this little guy who was convinced the thing was worth a fortune because it had "scratches from a real dragon." The helmet was worthless, but the kobold's story got more detailed every time we tried to leave. Eventually we traded him a healing potion for it and he ran off screaming about being invincible. That helmet ended up becoming a town legend. The next group of adventurers heard the story from a completely different angle and it turned into this whole thing. So yeah, the nonsense is the whole point.
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