Your favorite game

Traveller is one of my favourites as well and everyone I've talked to about it is always quite chill.

Had a two hour chat with a random 50 year old dude at a game cafe about his old campaigns once, back when computers needed their own rooms.

>all time favorite: Mordheim
Yup, alright people for the most part. Some girls too.

>recent favorite: VtES
It's like even split between normies having this particular guilty pleasure and manchildren made of all the bad WoD stereotypes.

Online communities? Definitely, my favourite games are the ones where I do like the fandom, because I like getting involved in the things I like, and when the fanbase is cancer I don't like associating with the game either (coughundertalecough)
I like 40k's fanbase and I like Dark Souls fanbase, they both have fun in-jokes and creative sides. They have their autists as well, but it's still fun to get involved.

Offline, human communities though, are a different kettle of fish. Just one or two neckbeards in a gaming circle can fuck with the community sense. My college's 40k community has two or three guys that will always bring the most WAAC lists they can, made of 90% proxies and the rest are all grey, and then beg you to play games with them when you start saying no because you want to fight the khorne bloodbound guy.
The magic community is 99% of those type of people, that get genuinely confused by why you're annoyed after they ended a 45 minute game of commander with a 1-turn insta-win.
This is why I hate humans.

>I like 40k's fanbase

>your favourite game
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 2nd Ed.

>do you like other fans of this game
With very few exceptions, yes, pretty much everyone I have played with has been fairly solid. I've met a few End Times/Age of Smegmar autists, but they weed themselves out fairly quickly because the game simply isn't what they want to play, anyway, and they don't actually like the setting, for obvious reasons.

> X-wing: Amazing community, horribly unbalanced game
> Warmachine (MkII): WAAC community, favorite game

I'm caught between Iraq and a hard place

In my experience, TF2 has had the coolest and most fun community.

Hard to accurately gauge Veeky Forums communities considering the only thing that usually matters is whatever microcosm of it you're playing in. With the right group, anything can be fun.

GURPS is best

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>Lord of the Rings sbg
fanbase is surprising chill and good dudes.

I hear you completely. I just want a game of horrific whimsy, and everybody comes in with their sparkedog OCs.

I don't like so-called "fans" of anything. Being a "fan" indicates an ability to assess something rationally on its own merits, basically an admission you're an idiot.

This guy has it right

>your favorite X
>do you like other fans of this X?
As a group? Pretty much never. Sometimes, I will have a friend who also happens to like X--possibly through coincidence, through me introducing it to them, or through them introducing it to me--but I have never really had success when I've met people through X.

>My point is that you shouldn't assume you're going to like someone or a group is going to get along just because they share an interest
That isn't what fandom really means though. Fandom is explicitly about the shared interest. People usually check out a fandom because they want to read theories, fanfic, memes, discussion and other created content about the actual thing - the fight in the OPs comic is about how that can often be a shitshow because of people's different preferences or interpretations, holding up both your points.

The idea of fandom isn't "I will like and be friends will all these people because of shared interest" it's "I wonder what other people who like this are doing"

> X-wing: Amazing community
Can I move to where you live?

>implying fandoms are defensible
>getting this buttflustered over the implication that they arent

tell me user who's your trollsona

>"I wonder what other people who like this are doing"
I am not in the habit of wondering what people are doing unless they're my friends.

DO NOT MENTION IT EVEN IN PASSING, YOU'LL ATTRACT THEM

>sparkedog OCs
Jesus Christ, is that shit still a thing?

My favorite game is FATE Core or Shadowrun

For FATE, the fanbase is RABID about how not all games are focused on narrative like FATE. Like realize not everyone wants to do super RP, some people like crunch.

For Shadowrun, I like people who understand that it's about exploring a cool fucking grim universe

Montreal. The FLGS I play in has one of the best players in our region (Quebec) and is well known on the vassal community (his name is Remi). In a tournament he is terrifying, but on X-wing night, he brings new lists, tries shit out, jokes a lot and is unbelievably friendly.

>BESM
I don't even know if a fandom for the game exists. Most of the time, no one but me even remembers it exists.

>MtG
The online communities are terrible. MtG Salvation, here, Reddit are all just awful. At least any given lgs in my area range from okay to pretty good.

Right so when you read or watch or play or do something you find interesting, you never look around for what other people are talking about or doing in relation to that. I sure do believe you.

Why the in the FUCK are you even here?

>5e
I really can't complain. The playerbase for 5e is pretty normie saturated... which makes them the most tolerable. The bad ones are just bad players regardless of the system, or again, normies, and are thus the most likely to learn better habits as they gain experience instead of being set in their ways.

>mfw have no idea about Changling and doing session zero in about 4 hours
>mfw these two posts concern me

No clue about the lore, the setting, or anything. I just got invited by the GM to play and he agreed I could play a fae knight with a kickass weapon. Is there a lot of furry shit or something?

The one problem with Changeling is that the possibilities are limitless. Which means that if some shithead brings his shitty OC in the game, it's hard to decline them.

Chin up and relax. They aren't all awful.

>like 40k
>fandom is either sperg in person or poinson online

>like shadowrun
>community is fine but too build-focused because the core system encourages autism

>like kill six billion demons
>everyone takes themselves way too seriously and has never heard of the rpg

>like warbirds
>what's that, user?

Guillaume?

Fuck yeah. I've always like 2nd ed.

Any chance of them being able to make a new rpg set in AoS (Age of Shit) or do you think too much is fucked up?

You either misspelled something or have brain damage.

>like shadowrun
>community is fine but too build-focused because the core system encourages autism

I've noticed this too, which is a shame, since the group I'm in is fucking all about the RP aspect and we only have one autistically good at builds.

Basiclly, the set up is that you were a plain old person who was snatched by the fae, taken to an otherworldly realm, replaced by a doppelganger made of trash and magic, and transformed into something no longer human. You've escaped back to the human world somehow, and although you might be some thing like a satyr or cyclones now, plain humans see you as a normal joe, and you can't go back to your old life. So... the other worldly realm has quite the potential to turn things into a magical realm, especially with the whole transformation thing.

Good game, good setting, and most players tend to not get too weird, but, sadly my history with the fame is filled with kitsune traps and the like.

I JUST WANT TO PLAY A GRUMPY GREMLIN MECHANIC, IS THAT DO BAD?!

I don't use the system when I run it. It helps.

Meant cylopes, but I have played a storm chaser turned into a thunder elemental before.

Huh. That's an interesting setting and gimmick, at the very least, guess I'll just hope nobody makes a futa half-cow hybrid or some shit.

Some games I like

40k
but dear gods the amount of autism

Warhammer Fantasy
But no good rpg support except the long dead 2nd Edition

Traveller
But dear god the fiddly math

World of Darkness/Exalted
But dear god the amount of bullshit, SJW, ham fisted fuckwad designers, shitty snowflake edgy autistic players, & shitty community

D&D
No complaints

Shadowrun
No complaints

>dear god the amount of bullshit, SJW, ham fisted fuckwad designers, shitty snowflake edgy autistic players, & shitty community
Have you tried not playing Chronicles of Darkness?

The edgy autists and shit community will still be there, but there's less bullshit and SlackJaWs before GMC.

Nope, I'm one of the Abyss guys, though my semester has been keeping me busy recently. Guillaume goes to Face à face, no?

>D&D: no complaints

How?

The only people I know who play it who aren't SJWs are edge lord autist deep deep deep into thier own magical realm/power trip fantasies. This covers both Chronicles & old WoD

>The only people I know who play it who aren't SJWs are edge lord autist deep deep deep into thier own magical realm/power trip fantasies

Hunter The Vigil count for that? Because it seems like that's the most chill subsection of
Chronicles

Have you tried nWoD? You know, the one in-between Old and Chronicles of Shit?

5e is decent? Sure it needs some source books for more options but they are doing it slow so as to make sure things aren't too bad.

There are three kinds of people who like D&D

Newbs who just want to have fun or try something nerdy.
People who don't know about the problems and just want to game with their friends
People (like me) who understand all the system issues and either don't care, or actively try to fix it.
Overall, not bad people, except the occasional asshole, but that's any group of people.

There is one kind of person who hates D&D: the screaming autist who can't understand that people can enjoy something bad or popular and will yell and bitch like a baby.

That was actually my introduction to nWoD/Chronicles

ST had Mary Sue npcs do all the fighting, & constantly tried to use monsters/npcs to rape PCS, including a demon that visited in a dream in which the player had no control. Then got upset when we wanted to skip/fast forward/fade to black

Ahh

Young people spoiled by the lack of an edition war over 5e

How I envy you

okay, sorry for , but in 40k autists are 80% of the base, on different spectrum parts

That sounds nice. We got top players here (Mynock Squadron), but they're nowhere near that friendly.

You misunderstand me sir. I was introduced to D&D with 3.0 & went to 3.5 years later, then dipped a toe in 4e, toe fell off, then bounced to Pathfinder.

Im a goddamn veteran of the edition wars, except 2nd/AD&D

Dunno, I'm just his roommate. I know he hasn't been keeping up with X-wing since destiny came out.

That's really fucking lame, dude, condolences. I'm part of a Hunter group and it's a lot of fun, since my character is an old-world vampire focused occultist from Germany that butts heads with a new school FBI investigator that deals with Slashers, and our banter back and forth makes up half the enjoyment of the game, trying to solve puzzles and figure out banes of individual creatures in the story is grand, thanks to his high investigation and my high occult.

Neither have I honestly, so I'm not sure if the community migrated (doubt it, but if it did, I'd almost consider switching)

>nechronica

>as long as they're patricians like myself and not ironic faggots or "I like this game but the focus on lolis is so problematic", yeah.

It'seems alright, I'm sorta waiting for 2nd edition Hunter to drop & maybe run my own game (if the setting/mechanics aren't terrible)

That pic is why it is so hard to justify participating in traditional games.
>go into a game shop to meet new people and play games I love
>it is filled with relatively unpleasant-looking people
>play with them anyway thinking maybe they have better personality than looks
>they only want to play a narrow selection of games
>they get butthurt when losing or when their rolls aren't perfect
This is why I just stick with video games now.

The concept of 'fandom' has nothing to do with that, that's just a logical conclusion people draw from it

>ctrl+f Dread
>0 results
what fans...

Delta Green I guess? I haven't seen anyone who plays it.

Its easy to avoid autists with D&D because, no matter what year it is, the worst ones are never playing the latest edition.

When did it stop being "fanbase" and start being "fandom"

If the creators have the power it's a fanbase, if the rabid fans seize control (of the means of meme production) then it turns into a Fandom, hence the use dom (domination)

Ah yes, and wisdom means wis-domination, and freedom is free-domination

>Implying freedom isn't liberating the shit out of others with overwhelming force

Get on my level friend

I usually have the opposite problem.

>Hey user, hey user!
>Let's play...

>Warhammer!
>It's only $500 to start!
>MtG!
>It's only $300 to start!
>Warmahordes!
>It's only $200 to start!
>Netrunner / Game of Thrones /Downtown!
>It's really cheap to play!
>Game dies.

I just can't say no to my friends. Their pitiful little faces have costed me thousands for their flavor of the month gimmik games. It wouldn't be so bad if they at least played games they owned rather than switching to the next shiny game that comes around.

>sadly my history with the fame is filled with kitsune traps
>SADLY

what are you gay

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Warhammer Fantasy RP 3e

As soon as I find another fan I'll let you know

Doomtown*

Shame it died, but kind of looking forward to the remake.

While I meant it as a joke...
Kingdom- Domain of the king
Freedom- Domain of the free

As long as no one is a Pooka, you should be fine. An even then, most people who play Pooka usually go the cat/dog/fox route because "reasons".

>5e
>Not really
I have noticed over time that people who really get into the game treat all the Unearthed Arcana .pdfs as rulebooks. I despise this attitude as it's the same one that allows the sort of power creep present in 3.5e and Pathfinder, since a lot of that content is unbalanced and having a more powerful subclass is very appealing to most players, turning the (probably) more balanced options in book-published material into "trap options"

The only UE material I allow in my games are the Revised Ranger and Favoured Soul.

I'm not a huge fan of the GURPS rules, but I could definitely find a way to enjoy them if it wasn't for the absolutely toxic fanbase. And they're toxic on Veeky Forums as well as SJG. Just the worst fanbase in all of traditional gaming.

I dislike the idea of treating UA as rulebooks but Wizard's releases soooo few supplements.

Hello, only other DG fan on the planet.

>your favorite game
ORE
>do you like other fans of this game?
Never met any that weren't good people

I disagree. From what I've seen from the fandom, theres alot of people throwing their loli porn around. I'd rather not associate with most of the fandom.

Yah also a fan of Nech for the cute weaponized body horror and super intense battle system.

So far, the people I've met who are also into the game have been super cool.

Trying to get others into it does tend to run into a lot of the "problematic" concerns...especially ironic coming from Pathfinder weebs.

CUTEST COUPLE

I wish more nechronica stuff would get translated

this is how human brains works, we are inherantly hypersocial

Perhaps I should be grateful for having any urge to socialize beaten out of me before I finished high school.

Loli porn is lifeblood of the internet. But it just doesn't work for personal interaction. I mean, you can't even share a link in verbal communication. How would you get around that? Carry around folder with printed images of smug anime girls in compromising situations for quick reference?

not really in some cases their military grade autism actually ruins things for me

>Savage Worlds

They seem like a chill bunch, all three of them.

kek

>>Yet here you are on a social site, being social...

I don't mind Savage Worlds. I even like Savage Rifts more than Kevin's

I saw this thread and the first thing that crossed my mind was "I wonder how /pol/ edited this particular comic"
Anyway, thank you user.

>Like MTG
>One FLGS has nothing but maxed out top-tier Modern players
>The other hates any deck that could possibly be netdecked and any "named" deck

>Like YGO
>Local judge actively gives incorrect rulings to favor his friends

>Like Cardfight
>Nobody else plays; YGO players think it's a knockoff, and MTG players don't like it because "muh mana"

>Like Force of Will
>Literally nobody plays

>Pokemon TCG has a chill community, but Shaymin EX is way too steep of an entry fee

Honestly what the fans refer to themselves as is a pretty good litmus test for how toxic and awful they are:

Any group that refers to itself as a "fandom" has a 100% chance of being awful. Steer clear.

Any group that gives itself a stupid pun name (like 'whovians' or 'trekkies') has a 90% chance of being awful.

Any group that refers to itself as a "fanbase" has a 50% chance of awfulness and stupidity. It's a coin flip depending on their sense of self importance.

If the group doesn't do any of the above, just saying they're 'fans of thing' then there's a decent chance they're ok.