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From: JAB <noway@nochance.com>
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Subject: Re: Games you prefer to watch others play
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2025 09:24:29 +0000
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On 06/02/2025 15:10, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
> On 2/6/2025 4:50 AM, JAB wrote:
>> On 05/02/2025 21:55, Justisaur wrote:
>>> Do you have any games you'd rather watch than play, and if so what 
>>> are they?
>>
>> Not the most useful answer I have but I don't see the attraction of it 
>> at all, each to their own of course.
>>
>> Probably the nearest I can get to it is I've watched the occasional 
>> session of tabletop RPG's but that's only when you're talking about 
>> the professional end of the scale.
> 
> Just reading you mention "the professional end of the scale of TTRPGs" 
> is making me look for the way back to the real world.  :P
> 

The big hitter in that space is Critical Role which has been hugely 
successful. I haven't watched any of their D&D output but did enjoy two 
sessions they had for Paranoia and Call of Cthulhu. Chaosium have 
recently also got in on the act but that was purely for promoting CoC 
and in particular a newly released sourcebook of theirs.

The biggest downside I see is that is although they can be entertaining 
they just aren't TT RPG's as most people know them. That's why you have 
the Matt Mercer effect!