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Old 06-21-2009, 06:15 PM
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Re: [RPG]: Mouse Guard Roleplaying Game, reviewed by C.W.Richeson (5/5)

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Originally Posted by Chris Tavares View Post
I am apparently one of those who the game just doesn't fit. I played in a one-shot last Wednesday night (one of the scenarios out of the book). It just... didn't feel right. It took me a while, then I think I figured it out. It was a deck of obstacle cards and a board away from being a boardgame.

The "immersive roleplaying" just didn't come through; I felt like I was spending all my time figuring out what skill to roll next in a highly tactical way.

The other members of the group loved it though. So I guess it really is a question of taste.
I agree thatits a matter of taste as I disagree with you on your following points:

Tactical = board game
Tactical =/= immersive roleplaying

You can have tactical thinking in RPGs, in fact many do be the very nature of using rules to govern actions and PC capabilities. Where the tolerance lies is a matter of taste.
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