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Yeah, tabletop stuff is tough by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/11/2019, 11:56am PDT
Mischief Maker wrote:

To be fair, the big thing going around Gen Con in the years I went was "diceless" RPGs and greater emphasis on group storytelling.

But once I got to college all I found were psychotic min-maxers who basically played like it like a wargame, or people who were so damn casual about the experience that they ran roughshod over the story and setting to give stage to their "wacky" humor.

Maybe I just had bad luck with the groups I tried out, but this was nothing like getting gothed up and LARPing Vampire: the Masquerade at the rich kid's house in high school.


I was on a Brian Michael Bendis kick many years ago and there was a comic shop where I used to live. My brother and I, fresh off hunting 18" extra cheese pies, popped into one because I wanted to get issues of New Avengers, or whatever the one Bendis was working on was called. My brother would fit into the jock category except my influences have given him enough of a background where he knows enough to be cruel.

There were, sure enough, a group of kids playing Warhammer. I had some question about where something was in the store and since I had not seen anyone at the register or anyone that was obviously in charge, I just sort of asked the table. Sure enough, the one kid that had the braces (legs not teeth) got up and took me to where the thing was. We're pretty sure he was not an employee but that is still the best customer service I've ever had in a dork store.

My brother has never stopped chortling about that part. Well, all of those parts. Shoot, I typed this out and now I realize the Warhammer guys were not gatekeeping. Abort! Abooort!
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