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Role-playing Rants: Why I dislike the "sandbox approach"

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A few days ago I've posted a rather controversial tweet about sandbox games, and why I think they're infinitely less appealing than those "on the rails". I also made a terrible mistake of forgetting about how much people get offended these days. My meme-based tweet twisted a lot of panties, fortunately most of the people interacting with it were reasonable and understood its tongue-in-cheek nature. To those people I say: thank you. Now back to topic. I dislike sandbox games a lot. They're boring, sluggish and only offer the guise of freedom. Shit, I almost forgot - this is of course only mine opinion, even if I present it as a revealed truth. Introducing the meme that started it all! Anyway, sandbox games - they're boring. Every single sandbox that I was playing or running was suffering from that problem. Even the ones that I watched on YouTube were horribly boring. The main problem here is that sandbox only works if the players have a clear goal for both thei...

Using the hobby for your political agenda, or how I've discovered that Twitter is full of assholes

I'm triggered. I've been triggered for almost a week now, and there's no visible end in sight. Fucking hell, I don't even want to write this post, but without some venting, I'll probably get only pissed off even more. I've created my hobby-only Twitter account more than a year ago. Since then I've been quite active, tweeting about my ongoing RPG campaigns, posting Horus Heresy-event photos, and sometimes, and generally enjoying the content that the other people provide their on a daily basis. One thing that irked me a bit was all the DnD stuff flying around. There are a lot of folks there who play Dungeons and Dragons, and are really into it. Like, REALLY into it. Which is not a bad thing! Hey, I've started my RPG experience with Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition, back in the early 90's. I still have fond memories of those times. The thing is, DnD right now is kind of a trend on the West. It's a cool thing to be a DnD player, posting...

Dancing on the edge of a new life

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A small upadte from me, as I'm getting ready for my flight to Armenia. In a few days from now I'll be starting a new chapter of my life. In less than a week I'm getting married. Not gonna lie, I am stressed a bit, but also insanely happy. This will be a whole new experience, and I'm very, very glad to share it with the woman of my life. Life's good sometimes! Given the importance of this event I wanted to also take stock of my hobby endeavors, and to thank a couple of people, without whom I would not be where I am today. Artwork by Baron Von Klatz, whom I also wanted to thank for being a fantastic sport! First of all I want to thank my beloved fiancee, Lia. You're the best that ever happened to me baby, never forget about that. I love you forever and a day. I wanted to thank Marcin and Krzysiek for sticking with me for the last decade. Without you guys I would probably not remained in this fantastic hobby, and it's great to have you as my ...