Quote Originally Posted by Ramah View Post
I don't understand these games at all but the best of luck with selling an absolute shedload of these.
Not that you need a real answer, as yours is more a rhetorical question and comment, however, just to be thorough, consider this...

You're an author, correct? Consider "these kind of games" as a novel being played live, where the game master is the author or story teller and the characters within the story are being played out by those participating players. Since the storyteller can't force the characters in doing things, he/she is merely guiding them through the plotline, where as the characters make their own decisions based on their available skills at overcoming obstacles, people, monsters, situations provided in the story.

There are all kinds of complex rule mechanics, use of dice to determine random outcomes which is the physical guide that sets limitations or permits allowances based on an individual characters skillsets.

To an author's point of view, an RPG game is your book being played live and the possible outcomes may differ based on what the characters do to best follow the plotline and achieve success. RPGs are story-telling games.

This might not interest your participation in one, but may help you understand what all us gamers pursue in playing them.

Does that help?

GP