this post was submitted on 27 Apr 2024
25 points (87.9% liked)

rpg

3157 readers
26 users here now

This community is for meaningful discussions of tabletop/pen & paper RPGs

Rules (wip):

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

I am a bit old, and never got why so many people watch "actual play". I've done it once or twice to get the mechanic of a game, but found the experience more technical/boring than fun.

I get having a guest or candidate player watching an in person to see how rpg work, or whether they click with the group, but somehow watching video of strangers playing RPG doesn't sounds fun to me. But I might miss something considering how popular these actual plays are

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Elevator7009@kbin.run 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

gets dull

Now I am starting to wonder about the idea of "so boring it puts me to sleep," if that's actually true, and thus if you could use an actual play video/podcast to fall asleep.

[–] Scio@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I used to do that as well—playing them in bed with a timer when I couldn't sleep. All familiar and cozy :]

Only stopped once I realized I couldn't remember must beyond the first few minutes which was still enough to trigger "FOMO"!