Old dnd was about making your friends solve elaborate hypothetical physics puzzle deathtraps and stealing everything that could be removed with a pry-bar while living out a weird capitalist fantasy in an anachronistic western dressed as a medieval setting.
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nostr:npub1y2d3rg7l3czueyyj9c56ttge3g9nlz00mp4y97xfq3prtgapcnrs4w7klk I kinda miss when it was more about acting, having a big stock of slaves and a bunch ten foot poles.
nostr:npub1y2d3rg7l3czueyyj9c56ttge3g9nlz00mp4y97xfq3prtgapcnrs4w7klk the forgotten part where modern people basically live like old noblemen does have some amusing echoes on fiction.
gurps steampunk had a whole chapter on how in actuality the poors and the nobles had no idea how the other lived and were fully insulated from how bad or luxurious it was.
nostr:npub1y2d3rg7l3czueyyj9c56ttge3g9nlz00mp4y97xfq3prtgapcnrs4w7klk And it was better that way!