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iamthepulta · 2 years ago

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I really don't get it. I love rules when writing. It's my favorite challenge. "Nobody likes X and Y. What happens when you smash X and Y together and how can you make it work?" So why when you put a list of rules in front of me and ask me to play a game, does my brain just fucking dissolve?

#literally dissolve #looked at the genesys character sheet today and read the word skullduggery and could feel my body recoiling #had to smack it back into my skull #like- no brain you're fucking fine I /know/ it's not /that/ difficult.#this is not the mysterious 5e this is just a lot of new words #It happens with board games too. You start reading the rules and I try my hardest to pay attention and then halfway through the game when #-I finally start getting the rounds right and into the swing of things #I'm too far behind to strategize and just kinda vibe my way through the last bit.#then I lose.#It's really hard to stamp out all the negative self talk.#It's not true but it feels true when something that's supposed to be fun and IS fun for the last half is just... idek.#The only visible solution I can see is forcibly fixate on the New Braemar and Genesys ruleset three weeks before the campaign starts #Just do a fucking blood sacrifice to the fishpeople and play half a dozen sessions by myself before it starts.#it'll be miserable but I might not make a fool out of myself and I can focus on whatever roleplay I'll get to enjoy #... I could also read up on whaling #that would be a lot more fun

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