Life’s a bitch, and finding happiness when you’re down isn’t easy. And through enduring these hardships, I sincerely hope that you, the individual reading this, will go on to lead a fulfilling life. May all that brings you sadness be alleviated, moments of grief be diminished, and may you continue to find reasons to smile and to laugh.So, I’m curious: which game brings you the greatest joy? Which system, setting, mechanic, or design/designer provides you with pure, unfiltered happiness? I’m not strictly asking for the “best” game. The rules could be a mess, design jumbled, or an outright failure. I’m asking which gives you the most joy.Keep in line with /tg/ ~ No video games are allowed
>>97948527omg hampter <3
It seems less genuine when it's copypasta.
>>97948558I’m the same OP from last time. I copied it from before it disappeared so I could remember the formatting of my question, but it’s still genuine. I made the original post shortly after my grandfather’s passing and I was wanting to shed some joy to others since I see it so often shunned in the online sphere.No matter who reads this or comes across this thread, I do hope they feel better after reading it. Whether they respond or not. I just wanted to provide a sense of welcome or warmth in a world so… shit. And I genuinely found it interesting to see how many responded, especially all the talk regarding Exalted. The same applies with this repost of the original, I’m curious which games bring you the greatest joy.
>>97948527Cheers anon, it's nice to occasionaly hear from someone who is positive.>which game brings you the greatest joy?The games of my childhood and teens mostly. AD&D, Traveller, Call of Cuthuhlu, Rogue Trader 40k, Squad Leader, and Paranioa. It's remembering the good times, the adventures, the times when the games went well, reading about ideas, advice, guides and modules in magazines (White Dwarf, Dragon, Imagine and countless fan made zines). Even today, dispite not playing for years, i still dig out my old books and magazines to flick through them, even occasionally roll up a character, design a new ship for traveller, fill out a dungeon for AD&D or play a solitair wargame, just to remind myself of the rules. If you like doing something, keep doing it. If you lose interest, put it aside until the joy returns again (it will).
>>97949110>If you like doing something, keep doing it. If you lose interest, put it aside until the joy returns again (it will).That's great advice, ngl.Thank you for sharing. You said you haven't played in years, is it due to life or a lack of players/DMs?Do you ever use a GME or oracle system to solo play? What's your thoughts on solo RPGs? Or do you prefer being with other people?
>>97948527Thanks OP.
>>97948527>Which ... thing... provides you with pure, unfiltered happiness?Unfortunately none. I do them to keep my mind busy excersized and distracted.As a civilization, we're already past the ability to recover and my elders and peers don't want to /can't talk about difficult topics.For example:>Lets buy a house togetherOk, where are you looking?>CaliforniaOk, I work and live on the east coast, a starter home is about a million, how much do you want me to pay.>1/3rdOk, I'll have to continue to work across the country, and feel more comfortable having work untill the mortgage is payed>No you have to quit and live hereI'm ok working till it's payed off. Getting you a home is more important than me being there now.>No you have to live in the house Immediately Uh... can you tell me some local business in my trade, So I can move and don't go unemployed?>NoUh... can I have the info of the account to transfer money to, as a prerequisite to get the loan approved.>YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO CONTROL ME, I'M NEVER TALKING TO YOU AGAIN (hangs up and blocks me)This conversation took 4 conversations over 2 years. He told me I was the one with money problems.I've had a boomer Unironicaly say "Fuck you I got mine"People make offers they don't actualy intend or think very much about the immediate next step. This made me realize I really can't talk to anyone about important shit. Americans are effectivly mentaly ill retards. So I keep them as acquaintances, and don't talk to them about thier choices.I play boardgames and wargames and chess etc, and wonder if the other players understand how much of a padded structure we are playing in. Because when we go out into the real world all thier economic wisdom in-game seems to melt out of thier ears.I don't even have to buy any boardgames/etc, I just let whales buy every new game and I just show up at my LGS to play. Oddly I aslo seem to understand games better than the whales too.
>>97949432Life and human civilization can feel bleak or overwhelming, often making games the only escape or distraction. Still, it’s important not to fully disconnect from engaging with life itself. I hold onto the hope that our world and civilization have the potential for positive change. This belief isn’t based in blind optimism, but rather on the many pieces of evidence that suggest possibility and progress. Constant headlines promote an apocalyptic narrative, fueling a rising cynicism that allows mass-dread to persist.You're right in that some can't handle difficult or realistic discussions, but not everyone is like that. Human nature is irrational and inconsistent; that's our shared experience. It seems to me that you're more focused on broad generalizations rather than cultivating a meaningful and sincere community of friends, rather than just acquaintances. Gotta shift your perspective from a detached cynic and instead embrace the good that life has to offer, including connection with other people.Withdrawing socially isn't the answer; it could lead to further emotional and mental isolation. You mention playing strategic games and being an intellectual, but your actions haven't been empirical. I understand that you've written only this one post, and I recognize the irony in making my own generalizations. Nonetheless, through this singular observation, it seems that you've grown defensive and have stopped trying to engage deeply before anything truly profound can develop; keeping a distance that prevents real insights from emerging. Whether this is intentional or not, I can't say. Perhaps you might be uncertain yourself. However, your reactions seem to be widening this disconnect rather than helping to mend it.Try to live in spite of any disillusionment and consider lowering your expectations of the high pedestal you've placed things on. You don't have to be an optimist, but writing everyone off guarantees you never find the exceptions.
>>97949432What wargames and board games do you play?
>>97950149I have no expectations.It's not on a pedestal.I literaly expect nothing from people and they still disappoint.I have no plans, and consciously checked out 2 decades ago.I've been isolated my entire life. Ex: I never got grounded, because I had nothing to take and was efectivly already in solitary confinement. The one time you could even count it as a grounding, I was thrown out of the car, for my big legs touching my sister, left in a city I was unfamiliar with for 12 hours as a 14yo. The cops said to my mother after she realized how bad she fucked up "he'll be fine, he's big".I can't connect to anyone because it's never practical, I always see what is going to cost me, and I know they will never lift a goddamn finger.I can't even take a hypothetical scenario where someone is activly trying to be nice to me seriously. There's always stings attached.The only thing I am is empirical.I often simply know what will happen in a situation, without any focus, without trying. Last time I got this impression I felt like a moron because it was absurd, yet it still happened. Sometimes I know how entire conversations will go hours in the future, conversations I'm not even a part of.I've stopped hoping. There's no point. 1/2
>>97950149>>97950439People seem to be completely oblivious to thier own experience. I don't expect them to actually embody theory of mind.People like you always seem to ignore stuff right in front of you. You won't even admit that anyone could be justified in this stance toward life.I may not be tortured right now, but I have been physically irritated my entire life, and activly spited.Cripples with positive attitudes piss me the fuck off. Oh yeah I'd be happy-go lucky-too if literaly every person in my life where blowing smoke up my ass 24/7, and I effectivly never had to work. Of cource a civilization that invests in, promotes and bends over for people who cannot ever return the favor is falling apart. It's catabolic. The punchline is if I became a physical cripple no one would give a shit. They already don't give a shit because my current crippling isn't visible.You might think I'm misanthropic, but my life got better when I stopped hoping: they can't betray me anymore. Every thought I have about those I interact with now is horrid but useful and true. My life got much better when I stopped giving and now do nothing but lie cheat and steal.I don't like it. It's the way it is. 2/2>>97950158I play whatever they want tabled.
>>97948527oh my onions some hecking human decency on 4chan, you sir win te internets for the day!!!!
>>97950447You claim to be empirical but you've fallen into a lifetime of confirmation bias. You expect betrayal, so you act in a way that guarantees a "betrayal" loop. Your life, thus far, has been awful and there's no question that you have been wronged. Treated harshly and even abandoned at 14 is one hell of a way to being taught that you and your needs are invisible to people who are supposed to give a shit. I understand your rationale of why you think 'checking out' is the only good solution, but I don't agree with it.Now, today, in your current life that you actively have control over, this isn't you "observing" that people are worthless; you're actively contaminating your own data. If you go into every interaction with a wall constructed to block anything genuine, then what would you expect the outcome to be? If you predicted it correctly, it's not because you're an oracle savant; you're just rigging the game because you're too afraid to play it for real and accept that there are good, genuine, heartfelt individuals out there who are well-meaning and looking for other good individuals, an individual that could quite literally be you. You can claim people like me ignore the truth, but I'm looking right at it: You've been treated like an object of utility since childhood, so now you treat the world like it's been treating you. You've built your own padded structure, a fortress out of your own spite to make sure no one can ever hurt you again, but all you've done is build your own solitary confinement. You're not the smartest guy in the room if the only move you have left is to burn the room down while you're still inside it.You don't owe anyone a positive attitude, but don't pretend that being a misanthrope is a superior intellectual achievement. It's just the easiest way to ensure you never have to be disappointed again. It's a surrender. How good are you at wargames?
>>97950686You? Have spent too much time telling a chatbot about your problems.
>>97950686>You expect betrayal, so you act in a way that guarantees a "betrayal">You're rigging its failureSuch a convenient excuse that completely betrays your walltexts.I don't stop them from "being good", I'm barely involved, they just aren't.
>>97948527This is a good thread, you have a pure heart, I hope you find a neat item at a time when it's useful to you. >Question Many of the games that brought me the most joy are ones that I wouldn't play (or that don't work). Fuzion, SpookEngine, Neverwhere, Criminal Element... Weird indie games of the 00s that offered horizons I had never considered. >>97950439Glad none of this ever happened.
>>97948527>systemWargames?None really I can say because I've been stuck with the Warhammer games so I can't really make a comment unless I get to play other systems.But so far I've had more fun because the players are most fun to play with.I've been looking at the Rampant system games from Osprey as mini agnostic games for different settings and tech levels. TTRPGs?I'd probably say Cyberpunk 2020 was the most fun. Though I have been looking for a system that can cover as many settings and tech levels as possible in one book.BRP looks closest to it so far.>setting40k. I just like it. I like the Star Wars setting too in bits and pieces from canon and EU.>design/designer provides you with pure, unfiltered happinessI like the way old school sculpts look and modern STLs look when they aren't overly cluttered with details crammed everywhere. Less is more especially when it comes to minis 32mm and below.
>>97948527More than any specific game, it's my group that brings me join. While systems matter, with a good group even a bad system can be fun, while no system's good enough to make up for a bad group. My group's got good chemistry, everyone's engaged when we play, we've got multiple people who take turns running games, and all in all, I'm really happy about my group. As for games, though, thinking about Exalted is my hapoy place. Actually playing or running Exalted is more of a mixed bag - I've enjoyed it, but mechanics often make it a chore - but the setting and overall tone are pretty great.>>97950439>>97950447That sounds genuinely shitty, and I feel bad for you. I can, however, say with certainty born of my own experiences that yours, as real and tragic as they may be, don't represent all there is to the world or humans.
D&D 4e, or at least, D&D 4e with a significant amount of community fixes from restless homebrewers such as erachima and absolitude, has been my favored grid-based tactical RPG for a while.13th Age 2e has been fulfilling for me as well, although it has several pain points that I find irksome, such as how random- and luck-based its combat feels.
