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Old 12-19-2008, 09:49 PM
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Re: [RPG]: Trail of Cthulhu, reviewed by 2097 (3/3)

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I'm reading 3:16—Carnage among the Stars now. Like Trail of Cthulhu or Feng Shui, it's also got very "gamelike" rules. I find that if I approach these "game"-like games ... (Don't get me wrong, board games are 90% rules, while "game-like" RPG:s might be about 30% rules, but from someone who's used to like 1%, that's still a lot.)
Any reason you keeping putting "gamelike" into quotes when referring to RPGs, also known to some Role-Playing *Games*? It's like saying you're reading a "book-like" History Text, or watching Star Wars and saying it's very "Movie-like". You even said in the above quote "'game'-like games". I guess maybe you're like a vegetarian reviewing a burger joint and talking about the "meaty" hamburgers.
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