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What is a hobby you enjoy, but seems too quirky or obscure to bring up in most conversations? (lemmy.sdf.org)
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Mine would be creating pen and paper ciphers for my made up secret communication needs.

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[–] 31 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Dungeons & Dragons and Pathfinder. Usually gets an, "oh" and a sideways look

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  • [–] 22 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I actually came here to say it USED to be D&D, but now it seems like every time I bring it up it's followed by a full conversation about either them playing as well, them wanting to play, or questions they've always had about the game. It's a stark difference from what it was just 5 or so years ago.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    It's also hilarious every now and then you'll get somebody that drank the whole pitcher of 70s anti-D&D koolaide and thinks it's for devil worshiping or some shit like that...while their favorite movies are Lord of the Rings like that isn't the same subject matter through a different medium.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Oh, that's safe. Try being into a more obscure ttrpgs like Mage The Ascension or worse, niche Powered by the Apocalypse games like Legacy.

    I can't even talk about them to people already into ttrpgs.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Please talk to me about Mage. I've only gotten to play it once and really enjoyed it.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I met my wife playing Mage: the Ascension. Truly one in million. I know. Never got to try out M20 though. That should put a rough date on when this happened...

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Pathfinder usually goes alright, but any mention of D&D 5e and all I get is "Ugh D&D 5e is so basic, have you tried ". I'm not judging your TTRPG system taste, don't judge mine.

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