Rolpunk (one L, no E) is about pure, stripped down, no BS tabletop gaming. It’s about taking your game back to its bare bones roots: play a character, chuck some dice, period. It’s about not letting other people tell you how to play your games. It’s not about telling other people how to play their games, either; don’t be that fascist. Don’t drink the Kool-Aid, man, not other peoples’ and especially not your own. It’s about having fun, because if you’re not having fun you’ve discovered the only way possible to do it wrong. It’s about embracing the do-it-yourself ethic of the hobby and sharing your stuff, even if it’s just with your own game group. But it’s not about rejecting stuff, dismissing stuff out of hand because of whatever pretentious filters other people have set up to dictate what’s cool and what’s not cool. Screw them. Reject attitudes, not games. It’s about accepting the potential of everything, salvaging what works for you and ignoring the rest. It’s about shaping your own identity as a gamer, about letting your group and your campaign and the rules at your table take their own form based on your creative needs. Don’t be a game sheep.
Download the NOT SAFE FOR WORK ROLPUNK Manifesto PDF
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All I can say is Hoo Hah!
It’s a good idea, and how I generally try to approach everything, not just gaming. The version in the blog post is much more effective than the pdf; the vulgarity really distracts from your point.
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Whenever I get that nostalgic itch for RPG’s, Berin always delivers. Thanks, bro.
No matter how many times I read it I always love it. This needs to be a real movement in gaming. Seriously.
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