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Originally Posted by Graham W
The salute felt odd to me: a touch of ritual in a game that, otherwise, has little ritual.
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One thing I've never been comfortable with, ever since reading the suggestions in 'the Everlasting', is any form of ritualisation in a role-playing game. I guess some people might like it, and in this case a simple handshake would not pose a problem, but for some reason any unneccessary additions, or to be more precise unneccessary abstracted actions beyond the simple act of roleplaying itself, make me feel uncomfortable. Fortunately this is naturally something that could easily be left out.
Regarding the review (nice review, by the way) I was surprised that I was actually intrigued more by the example play session than your description of the rules, which felt rather unwelcoming and unneccessarily esoteric. I don't think I'd enjoy this game - I've never been a fan of confrontational GM-free role-playing - but it's nice that people are trying something different. For me, it doesn't work, but for others it may strike a chord that regular RPGs do not, so I think it's important that we have these occasional, dare I say, oddball products exploring the frontiers of the hobby.
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