tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663321286319002443.post1182446707931232381..comments2024-03-28T08:02:30.057-04:00Comments on Word-Whores: Why I'm Weird and Don't Like GamesK.A. Krantzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06674754426001151828noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663321286319002443.post-60753058888624822392014-01-14T06:51:27.646-05:002014-01-14T06:51:27.646-05:00If I ever do visit you, I might have to let you tr...If I ever do visit you, I might have to let you try 'The Call of Cthulhu' rpg if you're up to trying again. No long trips through the forest, or dungeon crawling, but suspenseful horror. My favorite! And added bonus: I'm too friendly to let people die unless they really do stupid things ;-)<br />Sullivan McPighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15133432350331782496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663321286319002443.post-42896057477772507232014-01-13T20:33:05.371-05:002014-01-13T20:33:05.371-05:00Um... I think the last time I "tried it"...Um... I think the last time I "tried it" was the episode Kev refers to below. It was sad. Jeffe Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04779020656676094853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663321286319002443.post-3193823846312252582014-01-13T13:27:21.367-05:002014-01-13T13:27:21.367-05:00that sounds like a great brain exercise, B.E.!that sounds like a great brain exercise, B.E.!Jeffe Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04779020656676094853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663321286319002443.post-15069886515651594002014-01-13T09:38:05.928-05:002014-01-13T09:38:05.928-05:00I used to enjoy a bit of Scrabble with my daughter...I used to enjoy a bit of Scrabble with my daughter, but since she left... meh. I did the D&D thing in college but that's meh for me now, too. The only game I play with any regularity is WordForge online (like once a week, maybe), but I do that when I need a break from thinking or I'm between tasks without the urge to start something else. It makes my brain work without having to make my brain work - if that makes any sense. Each round gives two minutes to make as many words as you can from a given bunch of letters and earn enough points to make it to the next round. I usually blow about 10 minutes doing that before it's game over and I muster the energy to do something necessary.B.E. Sandersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04336115135400388268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663321286319002443.post-19289758503165777732014-01-13T05:04:24.624-05:002014-01-13T05:04:24.624-05:00As I said: you need the right people, the right se...As I said: you need the right people, the right setting, and in my case I'm better at being the one leading the game than being one of the participants. I can easily see how you don't like rpgs if one of those things wasn't right for you when you tried it.Sullivan McPighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15133432350331782496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663321286319002443.post-24825446492926103872014-01-12T16:43:58.430-05:002014-01-12T16:43:58.430-05:00I was totally thinking about that, Kev, but it fel...I was totally thinking about that, Kev, but it felt like it would take too long to explain. But yes - I tried and I died!Jeffe Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04779020656676094853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663321286319002443.post-54214763816092758632014-01-12T16:43:11.336-05:002014-01-12T16:43:11.336-05:00I know so many cool people who like rpgs, like you...I know so many cool people who like rpgs, like you! And yet... blerf.Jeffe Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04779020656676094853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663321286319002443.post-31929586610087653272014-01-12T14:17:08.928-05:002014-01-12T14:17:08.928-05:00A pit! Jennifer dies!A pit! Jennifer dies!Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12840386653128026934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663321286319002443.post-17767083046601783842014-01-12T14:07:47.247-05:002014-01-12T14:07:47.247-05:00I will confess being addicted to games almost as m...I will confess being addicted to games almost as much as to books. Especially the tabletop rpgs (when played with the right people) and computer games like Mass Effect come really close to the feeling I get when reading a really good book.<br />I can understand people not liking games though. I will confess I hate things like Scrabble or CanastaSullivan McPighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15133432350331782496noreply@blogger.com