Comments on: If RPGs Were Religions

By: MadBrew

MadBrew — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:39:18 +0000

@Apotheon & Ambrose: Nice additions, though it would be difficult to choose which I like better, Homebrew as Occultism or Neo-Paganism…

By: Ambrose

Ambrose — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:23:00 +0000

Homebrew Systems --- Occultism Followers of the occult faith of homebrew roleplaying believe that, regardless of the existence of a game designer or pantheon thereof, they could have designed it better. More poseur to this faith exist than any other, commonly among GM's with excessive house rules for a particular system. Ambrose’s last blog post..Superpowers: Secret Versus Public Vigilantes

By: apotheon

apotheon — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:14:22 +0000

Harnmaster -- Atheism Even more laden with simulationist restrictions than Zoroastrianism, the actual mechanics of the game are simpler in concept and presentation than those of Rolemaster, though many are yet to be inferred from the interactions of the system's rules. Designed more to set characters in the roles of dirt-farmer peasants than heroic adventurers, Realism is its only "god". After years of playing it, in fact, many Harnmaster players have been known to succumb under the soul-crushing weight of such relentless, bleak realism with a cry of "There is no God!" . . . or was that "There is no game!"? apotheon’s last blog post..RPGs and Intellectual Protectionism

By: rainswept

rainswept — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:15:34 +0000

While it obvious that people play RPGs very fervently, RPG Atheists reject the idea of a so-called "game designer". Some point to the existence of 4E as proof that a benevolent designer does not exist. Others ask, if games are designed, who designed the designer? Some point out that RPGs are equally fun whether you believe in designers or not, so why multiply entities? rainswept’s last blog post..buried alive

By: MadBrew

MadBrew — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:14:36 +0000

@Scott: I can live with HERO = Confucianism, and yes, I think I may have nailed Nobilis. Thanks for stopping by!

@Gamefiend: I burned, shredded, and exercised my copy and yet it keeps coming back.

By: gamefiend

gamefiend — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:22:36 +0000

DL 5th Age --Satanism Man I got a good laugh out of this one, but not too loud, lest someone learn that I own that book and the companion. Or I could announce it like I just did. gamefiend’s last blog post..Inside the Insider: Character Builder full version released!

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:27:21 +0000

HERO would be Confucianism: more a philosophy than a religion, it nevertheless prescribes a set of rules for “right” roleplaying, which its adherents adapt to the genre and setting of their choice.

I’d have to say Nobilis is right on, though.

By: MadBrew

MadBrew — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:39:02 +0000

@Tom: I know, too bad I couldn’t figure out a way to work in politics and race all in the same topic…

By: Zachary Houghton

Zachary Houghton — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:36:12 +0000

@Tom: Might as well get it all out of the way at once! Zachary Houghton’s last blog post..Whitehall ParaIndustries

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:13:22 +0000

Whew, that was really close. We almost made it the whole day without any 4th edition bashing in the rpg blogs.

This one is really good to, now fanboys can fight about editions AND religion.