What makes a good roleplaying experience?
written by Alex Woitalla, 28.11.08
or many years I have played roleplaying games. Sitting on both sides of the table, as game master and as player I did most genres. Fantasy, science-fiction, superheroes, cyberpunk, comedy, cthulhoid... With my current Cthulhu campaign racing towards its climax and Dark Heresy hitting the shelves at last, I really wonder what makes a good roleplaying experience. Is it the game system? May it be the plot? The cunning of the gamers? The ruthlessness of the game master? To be perfectly honest, after all those years in the games I still do not know. But there are promising leads that point out, that it is not a single factor to have a great game, but a combination of many. - [ Read on, Marine! ]