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01-10-2003, 10:58 AM
Post originally by adam at 2003-01-10 09:58:22
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My own experience with rpgs matches the first couple of rows on your chart but I have to disagree with the assements you make of teenage gamers. When I was thirteen, I picked up Vampire 1st ed. and was both repulsed and compelled by the contents therein. I ran a campaign for about two years with my buddies that went pretty much how you'd expect. I played one nasty, vain, and megalomaniac villian after another and my players gleefully killed every one from Prince to Justicar to Archbishop to the Devil itself. After that, I ran Mage for the rest of high school and reached even greater hights of power gaming and pretention. One of my characters ended up becoming a god.
Forget the "personal identity" or "peer relationship" crap, we were fulfilling our power fantisies on a scale that most adults would find repugnant. I don't think I could stand to be a storyteller or a player in a game like that today. Adults can certainly run great games for kids but teenagers tend to want to do their own thing and I think it's best to allow them to do so.
-Adam
Converted from Phorums BB System
My own experience with rpgs matches the first couple of rows on your chart but I have to disagree with the assements you make of teenage gamers. When I was thirteen, I picked up Vampire 1st ed. and was both repulsed and compelled by the contents therein. I ran a campaign for about two years with my buddies that went pretty much how you'd expect. I played one nasty, vain, and megalomaniac villian after another and my players gleefully killed every one from Prince to Justicar to Archbishop to the Devil itself. After that, I ran Mage for the rest of high school and reached even greater hights of power gaming and pretention. One of my characters ended up becoming a god.
Forget the "personal identity" or "peer relationship" crap, we were fulfilling our power fantisies on a scale that most adults would find repugnant. I don't think I could stand to be a storyteller or a player in a game like that today. Adults can certainly run great games for kids but teenagers tend to want to do their own thing and I think it's best to allow them to do so.
-Adam