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Originally Posted by Tymathee
I never quite get why there's such a distaste for the dungeon fantasy genre... it's either because - They've played it for years (maybe decades!) and lost interest or grew to despise it
- For the sake of being a contrarian
- Were never interested in the first place... although this may be the prior reason in disguise
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I started out playing D&D in the 1970s, before the first edition of AD&D was a gleam in Gary Gygax's eyes. Now it's "been there, done that" for me. I've done "dungeon crawl" episodes in a few campaigns (in fact I'm about to do one in my current RuneQuest II campaign this weekend), but it's just not my default mode. I'm aware that it's the most popular genre and campaign form for roleplayers by and large, but it doesn't entertain me enough for me to seek it out; I like campaigns that are intensive in dialogue and characterization, and if I'm going to play in one that emphasizes physical action, what appeals to me is superheroes rather than dungeon crawlers. But more power to those whose tastes differ!