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Vindicast · Monday · 19 min

The TTRPG Tribe Problem

We love putting labels on how people play TTRPGs: OSR, Trad, Neo-Trad, Story Games, tactical, narrative.The problem starts when those labels stop describing styles of play and start being used to explain the people playing them.In this episode, I look at RPG culture, social identity, psychological essentialism, and why online discourse gets worse when “what you enjoy” becomes “who you are.”The article: https://retiredadventurer.blogspot.com/2021/04/six-cultures-of-play.html#ttrpg #rpg #OSR #RPGCulture #TabletopRPG #RoleplayingGames #RPGPhilosophy #RPGDesign #GameMaster #TTRPGCommunity #OldSchoolRPG #StoryGames #Vindicast

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We love putting labels on how people play TTRPGs: OSR, Trad, Neo-Trad, Story Games, tactical, narrative.The problem starts when those labels stop describing styles of play and start being used to explain the people playing them.In this episode, I look at RPG culture, social identity, psychological essentialism, and why online discourse gets worse when “what you enjoy” becomes “who you are.”The article: https://retiredadventurer.blogspot.com/2021/04/six-cultures-of-play.html#ttrpg #rpg #OSR #RPGCulture #TabletopRPG #RoleplayingGames #RPGPhilosophy #RPGDesign #GameMaster #TTRPGCommunity #OldSchoolRPG #StoryGames #Vindicast

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