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TTRPGs only or any paper-and-pen RPGs played on a table?

A topic by anridiredubh created Jul 17, 2023 Views: 359 Replies: 1
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In the FAQ, the host has clearly stated this is soley a jam for TTRPGs, yet many of last year's submissions were not speech driven, GM guided games, and the title of the jam is 'One-page RPG', not One-page TTRPG'. I'm just trying to get some clarity as I'm personally a bit confused about what exactly a TTRPG is. Wikipedia says it's exclusively those which are guided by a GM and have speech to drive actions. D&D would be a prime example. However, the words 'tabletop', and 'role play' alone seem to suggest any RPG played on a table, such as Gloomhaven or Hero Quest, would fit the bill.

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This jam is certainly only for table-top role-playing games (TTRPGs). I don't want to be too prescriptive with what I think a TTRPG as the category includes everything from strategic, combat-oriented games, to collaborative and GM-less story games, and the purpose of this jam is for people to experiment with different designs. 

In my opinion, Gloomhaven, Hero Quest, and Monopoly are not TTRPGS, they are board games. However even if you disagree with that interpretation (which is totally fine) they are certainly all beyond the scope of this jam as they have a board, cards with extra information on, etc. and aren't able to be run with a single page of rules.