Why I still play C&C

slimykuotoan · Post by **slimykuotoan** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 4:14 pm

I know, I know: what an original thread.

Seriously though, I've played many, many rpgs -and continue to do so- but I always find myself returning to C&C.

For me, the simplicity just plain works well for me.

But that said, C&C can't be said to be just an rpg that gives you less than other games in terms of content, it rather reorganizes the material necessary for a good role playing game.

How so?

It provides a system that's worked extremely well in my games and one which handles practically every role playing eventuality:

While other rpgs provide a 'glut of rules' to support the realization of ambitious storylines, C&C provides the SIEGE engine to accomplish the same thing with one-eighth the paper space and hassle.
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Eisenmann · Post by **Eisenmann** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 5:16 pm

I still play Castles & Crusades for a few reasons. A big reason is because it feels familiar. By that I mean on some level it feels like the game I discovered as a kid. The elegance found in the simplicity allows me to run MY game. Beyond that I'm able to tap the massive and readily available resource that is collectively known as D&D. And to top off the subject, TLG is a good company.

DangerDwarf · Post by **DangerDwarf** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 5:20 pm

Because chicks dig a CK.

serleran · Post by **serleran** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 5:56 pm

I play C&C because it gives me just enough, and exactly what I want -- a simple core system that can be added to and modified and a player base. Of course, it doesn't hurt that I also write for the game (at times.)
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Omote · Post by **Omote** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 6:09 pm

serleran wrote:
I play C&C because it gives me just enough, and exactly what I want -- a simple core system that can be added to and modified...

Dittos for me on this one too.

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Lord Dynel · Post by **Lord Dynel** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 7:28 pm

I still (I say "still" even though I haven't been around too terribly long) play C&C for pretty much the same reasons you all do (the first three posters took all the good reasons ).

I love C&C because it's adaptable. As serleran said, it has just enough, a basic framework in which to add whatever you want...though it's still spectacular enough to play RAW. It also gives me a familiar, nostalgic, feeling of my early days of gaming with Basic/1st/2nd Editions. I had that feeling just the other night, and it gave me goosebumps!

As a CK, it's very easy for me to run a game. Simple set up, simple adjuducation. It gives me a massive (TSR) library in which I can pull adventures from (if I'm too lazy to make something up, or want to run something I never got to run back then) and run with virtually no conversion necessary.
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slimykuotoan · Post by **slimykuotoan** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 7:31 pm

Oh right, that reminds me: character creation takes 15 minutes tops, so one can jump right in on a quickly set up game.
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csperkins1970 · Post by **csperkins1970** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 11:18 pm

Top 5 Reasons I Play C&C:

1] I have more fun playing it than any other version of D&D

2] The rules are easy to houserule and make a great foundation for any rule tweaks you throw at them

3] The folks at TLG seem like decent people who seem to love what they do

4] The rules have old-school charm despite their many innovations

5] I can incorporate ANY D&D material into a C&C with minimal fuss or headaches, yet I don't need endless splatbooks to make the game feel complete

cinderblock · Post by **cinderblock** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 11:52 pm

Hello, my name is cinderblock and I too am a SIEGE-aholic.

Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 12:11 am

Yeah, me too. Its a nice simple system that allows me to consistently adjudicate practically anything. Plus allow me to easily use pretty much any idea from any game system I am motivated to steal.
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Hrolfgar · Post by **Hrolfgar** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 12:54 am

DangerDwarf wrote:
Because chicks dig a CK.

Especially hawt chicks.

Omote · Post by **Omote** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 2:35 am

Do these same chicks dig a big CK? Just wondering becuz that would be rad.

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Aladar · Post by **Aladar** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 10:23 pm

C&C, for those who are looking for the best of the best of the best, sir!
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Lord Dynel · Post by **Lord Dynel** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 10:58 pm

Aladar wrote:
C&C, for those who are looking for the best of the best of the best, sir!

Well, said, sir!

Omote wrote:
Do these same chicks dig a big CK? Just wondering becuz that would be rad.

-O

Some CK's are bigger than others, lad.
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MacLeod · Post by **MacLeod** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 11:27 pm

Yeah, some CKs can ball with the best of them... or whatever.
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serleran · Post by **serleran** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 11:30 pm

Some just bawl.
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MacLeod · Post by **MacLeod** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 11:34 pm

Yeah, I've seen that, too... One time we had the DMs change mid-campaign. The DM had an 18th Level Air Elemental infused Sorcerer. We were sick of the campaign and voted to end it. He became a sad panda and no one cared, hehe.
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Lord Dynel · Post by **Lord Dynel** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 12:26 am

MacLeod wrote:
Yeah, some CKs can ball with the best of them... or whatever.

Umm...yeah.
Take a nice, innocent, conversation right to the gutter...kids today.

ps. I thought it was funny seeing you reply to this thread, MacLeod, considering it's thread topic.
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slimykuotoan · Post by **slimykuotoan** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 6:09 pm

Yet another reason:

It's rules lite enough to allow me to play even when I'm tired - In some games I've played, things can get rather complex during combat, and I hear myself thinking things like: "Damn, I just want to kick the nastie over the table with my foot, so why is this bloody action so time consuming and difficult?"

I C&C, I can concentrate upon the game and not upon the mechanics.
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Lord Dynel · Post by **Lord Dynel** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 9:01 pm

slimykuotoan wrote:
In C&C, I can concentrate upon the game and not upon the mechanics.

Well said, sir. Direct and to-the-point! And so very true.
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MacLeod · Post by **MacLeod** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 6:38 am

Lord Dynel wrote:
ps. I thought it was funny seeing you reply to this thread, MacLeod, considering it's thread topic.

Don't worry about it, I'm a hard ass.
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Omote · Post by **Omote** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 8:04 am

Why I still play C&C: Another thing to add, C&C is flexible fantasy. #1) Fantasy RPGing is just THE BOMB. #2) C&C gives you EVERYTHING you need to run and a game and doesn't restict you from trying out new rules ideas. I love that!

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Lord Dynel · Post by **Lord Dynel** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 1:45 pm

MacLeod wrote:
Don't worry about it, I'm a hard ass.

No worries here, mate!
We're all here because we love playing C&C, wethere it's old fogies like Omote and Treebore, kinda new folks like me, or complete newbies like youself, MacLeod - it's all good that we're here in support of C&C!
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DangerDwarf · Post by **DangerDwarf** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 1:48 pm

Lord Dynel wrote:
it's all good that we're here in support of C&C!

I was led to believe that there was going to be punch and pie.

Lord Dynel · Post by **Lord Dynel** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 3:45 pm

DangerDwarf wrote:
I was led to believe that there was going to be punch and pie.

Hmm...I hadn't heard that, but cake and grief counseling will be available at the conclusion of the gaming session.
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Julian Grimm · Post by **Julian Grimm** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 4:50 pm

I keep coming back for the same reasons. Even with me tinkering with a 'Lite-20' build of 3e I come back to C&C cause it does things so much better.
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Omote · Post by **Omote** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 7:25 pm

I like to think that at the core of C&C is "Lite-20." But C&C goes so much farther beyond just a clone of d20. It's its own entity which builds from the solid foundation and then takes the game to new heights with solid, robust and extremely flexible game mechanics.

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Wulfgarn · Post by **Wulfgarn** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 7:48 am

I Play it because I am forced to by demand----

slimykuotoan · Post by **slimykuotoan** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 2:38 pm

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Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 2:53 pm

I could have sworn he said just the other night how C&C was winning him over. I had no idea we had him in shackles with a gun to his head to make it so.

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