So any time I see a rant/comic like this (which is functionally a rant), all I can think is “a lot of your problems would be solved if you just communicated with your friends.“ I see this a lot with D&D and TTRPG’s in general.
If they are your friends, then they will understand that things feel hostile and playing board games is not fun with them as a result. If they don’t, then maybe you need to consider your taste in friends because most people can handle “hey I can’t keep up can we slow down,” and it would be pretty wild for someone to get upset at that request. I imagine that is not how it happens for most folks but I could be wrong and just have exceptional friends and unrealistic expectations of social interaction lol
Also: you don’t need to have a full grasp of the game to start playing. Most games you can understand like half of it then just jump in and play a round or two to get your sea legs where people are just talking through the best moves and options because that is a great way to learn how the game plays, and then once everyone is comfortable then you go for “a real one.”
More genuinely, I appreciate your response. We need more of that type of reasonableness. Drama makes for good TV (I guess) but not for a good life or friendships
What if they are not your friends and you were just dragged along with another friend? That’s usually how I go to game night, just randomly asked to join.
I would say, most of the time, if the game-have is not a jerk, they will be fine with you saying, “Can you slow down?” or asking a question. But like the main comment on this thread said, maybe I just have great game-having friends and acquaintances.
Coincidentally, I saw a similar comment where the the new player was the antagonist, saying things like, “That’s too complicated!” to a simple rule. I tried to find it, but I had no luck.
So any time I see a rant/comic like this (which is functionally a rant), all I can think is “a lot of your problems would be solved if you just communicated with your friends.“ I see this a lot with D&D and TTRPG’s in general.
If they are your friends, then they will understand that things feel hostile and playing board games is not fun with them as a result. If they don’t, then maybe you need to consider your taste in friends because most people can handle “hey I can’t keep up can we slow down,” and it would be pretty wild for someone to get upset at that request. I imagine that is not how it happens for most folks but I could be wrong and just have exceptional friends and unrealistic expectations of social interaction lol
Also: you don’t need to have a full grasp of the game to start playing. Most games you can understand like half of it then just jump in and play a round or two to get your sea legs where people are just talking through the best moves and options because that is a great way to learn how the game plays, and then once everyone is comfortable then you go for “a real one.”
But that doesn’t make for good drama
More genuinely, I appreciate your response. We need more of that type of reasonableness. Drama makes for good TV (I guess) but not for a good life or friendships
What if they are not your friends and you were just dragged along with another friend? That’s usually how I go to game night, just randomly asked to join.
I would say, most of the time, if the game-have is not a jerk, they will be fine with you saying, “Can you slow down?” or asking a question. But like the main comment on this thread said, maybe I just have great game-having friends and acquaintances.
Coincidentally, I saw a similar comment where the the new player was the antagonist, saying things like, “That’s too complicated!” to a simple rule. I tried to find it, but I had no luck.