Real Men Don't Play GURPS

[johndallman]

Originally Posted by jfowler

And is this where the name 'Munchkin' came from for the SJG card game?

"Munchkin" for that style of playing RPGs goes back to 1980 or earlier, and there were alternative terms, such as "Irvings". I believe the immediate inspiration for the card game was The Munchkin's Guide to Powergaming, which was published as humour.

[Agemegos]

Originally Posted by PseudoFenton

Yeah, unfortunately though when dealing with subjective opinions like this, it can be hard to distinguish sincere views from satirical ones.

I keep forgetting how old I am, and that people too young to remember the fad for jokes about "real men" already have kids in school.

[Peter V. Dell'Orto]

Originally Posted by Brett

I keep forgetting how old I am, and that people too young to remember the fad for jokes about "real men" already have kids in school.

The problem is mostly is that it's not really relevant or funny satire. It's kind of boring and repetitive.

This thread isn't, though, which is a real plus.

[vicky_molokh]

Dunno, the thread was pretty much won by the third post. Anything after that is good, but not good enough to rival the one in the lead.

[Tomsdad]

Originally Posted by Gold & Appel Inc

D&D abstractifies hit points to an extent that they're supposed to include dodged blows. In GURPS, I can break kneecaps. 'Nuff said.

Quality,

How about real men like their polearms differentiated more by game effect than nomeculture. (Although to be fair that's edition dependent)

[Mateus]

Real Men want to be able to destroy all life in the universe with only 50 points!

[whswhs]

Originally Posted by jfowler

Maybe I'm stating the obvious here - Bill Stoddard, at least, seems to be referencing it, earlier in the thread. Anyway, I appreciate this thread for dredging up some fun memories. The list is still pretty darn funny -

Yes, I took it for granted that everyone knew that set of categories. It turns up, for example, in the Laundry Files rpg, in a scrawled note by Bob Howard where he's trying to decide which of his co-workers fills which slot when he's assigned to evaluate how dangerous the Laundry Files rpg is to the Laundry!

In fact, I think of that as the new fourfold classification. The older one was "powergamer, wargamer, roleplayer, storyteller."

Bill Stoddard

[zorg]

I wonder what RPG Chuck Norris is playing.

[Anders]

Originally Posted by zorg

I wonder what RPG Chuck Norris is playing.

Bunnies & Burrows.

If Shakespeare had played RPGs:

"If we are mark'd to die, we are enough
To do our party loss; and if to live,
The fewer men, the greater share of XP."

[scc]

Originally Posted by Mateus

Real Men want to be able to destroy all life in the universe with only 50 points!

Somebody already figured out how to do that, just about, it's in a/the 50 point powers (or something) thread

Originally Posted by whswhs

Yes, I took it for granted that everyone knew that set of categories. It turns up, for example, in the Laundry Files rpg, in a scrawled note by Bob Howard where he's trying to decide which of his co-workers fills which slot when he's assigned to evaluate how dangerous the Laundry Files rpg is to the Laundry!

In fact, I think of that as the new fourfold classification. The older one was "powergamer, wargamer, roleplayer, storyteller."

Bill Stoddard

I don't think Loony fits in that list, so now there are 5