Satyrn
First Post
Oh, there's my problem, why I'm so weak. I don't like Pringles. Doritos bags just don't cut it, I guess.
Is RPGing a *literary* endeavour?
Oh, there's my problem, why I'm so weak. I don't like Pringles. Doritos bags just don't cut it, I guess.
Lanefan
Victoria Rules
Try it without one sometime...if you can.
Someone has to take the initiative and get the game together one way or another; and though in different games/systems this can involve different duties and responsibilities as [MENTION=6785785]hawkeyefan[/MENTION] says, the end result is the same: without this person there is no game.
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lowkey13
Guest
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Maxperson
Morkus from Orkus
I would add "at least 2 people."
Aldarc
Legend
Done. Next quest?
I don't think that it's necessary for us to build up the importance of this "someone" for RPGs as if it were something unique and particular to them.
Hussar
Legend
Yeah, I have to agree with this. Without "that person organizing things", pretty much any group activity never gets off the ground. And, really, while it's often the DM/GM who does this, it isn't always. I've played in groups where we played at someone's house, but, that someone wasn't running the game.
Aldarc
Legend
Yeah, since that person is often the DM in TTRPGs, I suspect that the desire to include this as integral stems from a desire to find another way to privilege and aggrandize the DM.
Maxperson
Morkus from Orkus
How'd you pull it off?
Ovinomancer
No flips for you!
I did it by playing Fiasco. There's a number of other ways.
Maxperson
Morkus from Orkus
It doesn't have to be a dedicated DM, though. You could create a game where you only have players, but each player in turn steps into the role of "DM" when something needs to be adjudicated or decided from the other side of things. What does need to happen is for there to be someone who does that organization, even if that role is shared by all of the players.
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