Quit putting your game in a box.
You don’t need races. You don’t need classes. You don’t need miniatures.
If you think that you do need these things then no doubt you are playing a gaming system that requires these mechanics in order for it to work properly. I’m going to tell you though. The system’s wrong.
Think with me for a moment - What is role playing?
It’s pretend.
You: Come on man! I need my miniatures! And how the heck am I going to play my elven rogue without a race or a class?
The RPG Guy: Settle down, friend. Settle down. Grab a cup of coffee and let’s look at this whole role playing game thing in more detail.
Have you ever asked yourself, what is it that I absolutely need to play a role playing game?
If you have or you haven’t, I’m sure you realize now that role playing without its pants on isn’t as glorious as you may have thought it was. Yup – it’s kind of a game.
First let’s ask this: Why is it important to know the necessities of an RPG?
Let me quote musician Alvin Lee.
I think a lot of modern day guitarists start off playing like Eddie van Halen, and they don’t take the time to learn the basics.
If you don’t know the basics, you don’t have a basis to which you can build on.
Now that that’s out of the way, what are the bare-bones absolutely necessary components to play a role playing game (RPG)?
Well, you sure as heck won’t want to miss this next video…