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RE: [ROLEPLAYING GAMES] Character Generation Challenge: Granny Thermeister
Interesting - so far I only heard about Wushu, never saw more of it. That's a character I'd like to play for a one shot. Though as a "well aged" female that likes to knit while playing, I have to be careful with the stereotypes. They can be fun for playing with them, but playing a granny while knitting a sock is... strange ;)
Whereas I would say that playing a granny while knitting a sock is – perfectly reasonable immersion for everyone at the table and should be aggressively encouraged. If you brought cookies to the game, extra points.
Wushu is one of the best games ever created, and I say that as someone who literally lives in an RPG library with a collection of a couple of thousand books, not to mention the ones in storage. As a system that you can pick up, show to anyone, get the basic idea across to them, create a character, and get playing in mere moments – it is literally unrivaled. Because the core mechanic ("you get dice for every cool detail you describe, you roll those dice, you allocate them based on whether they are over or under a number, and then we move on") is so simple, and because character generation focuses almost purely on "what is going to make a difference at the table?", it's hard to beat.
Literally, my biggest objection is that if I want to play I'm going to have to be the GM and not "a player."