Category:Tabletop Games: Difference between revisions

 

Another subset of the tabletop games category is the [[Turn-Based Strategy|tabletop wargame]], of which the most common format is an area set up as a battlefield (which may have a background map or miniatures to represent terrain) on which counters or miniatures are placed representing combat units. Players take the role of generals and attempt to defeat their opponents. The game may have a [[Game Master]], or may rely solely on clearly defined rules. Historical and fantasy settings are most popular, the best known fantasy games probably being [[Games Workshop]]'s internationally successful ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'' and its sci-fi counterpart ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]''. [[Chess]] could be defined as a simple form of wargame.

 

Yet another subset is the live-action role-playing game (or LARP). [[LARP]]s are similar to Tabletop RPGs in how they play, but instead of sitting around the table, players actually act out the story physically. Since these situations don't lend themselves very well to long stat sheets or rolling dice, most LARPs use greatly simplified game mechanics, ranging from the "paper-rock-scissors" system used under White Wolf's first-edition ''Mind's Eye Theatre'' rules to semi-contact boffer-weapon systems clearly influenced by the Society for Creative Anachronism and other recreationist groups. These games vary greatly in size, from intimate affairs similar to traditional RPGs, to massive events such as those run by the [http://www.ifgs.org/ International Fantasy Gaming Society] or [http://www.live-adventure.de/ConQuest_english/start.php Mythodea].