Recent content by AlViking

Those characters were not killed because they exist in novels. I don't want to play a novel. Sometimes capture has been a campaign end state, other times the captives figured out a way to get free that made sense in the fiction. I may put my thumb on the scale to provide opportunities to...

When I first started software development, I was not handed assignments to handle the biggest gnarliest project out there. I was not pointed at mission critical code that nobody understood and told "figure it out". I was given easier assignments until I got experience and showed aptitude...

Are you sure about there being no RPG that work like the real world? ;)

It's a D&D thread that wasn't discussing a specific technical detail like how to build the best underwater basket weaver but just general D&D philosophy. It was pretty inevitable that the arguments about how narrative games are the new hot thing would start up. Again, to be clear, if you like...

Sometimes failing to light the candle means that you get eaten by the grue. But that's because the grue is afraid of light and was stalking you, not because you couldn't light the candle.

How did I "disrespect" other games? It seems like once again the response is "You don't use exactly the correct terms so you're wrong and why all the hate?" I have my preferences, you have yours. I have stated until I'm blue in the face that we just want different things and that's okay. The...

Plenty of people have talked about "the players do a [hard or soft] move so as GM I respond with a [hard or soft based on what the players did] move". That's different from how I run my game. If a character fails to open a lock, nothing happens because they failed to open the lock, although...

:sigh: Yes you are pedantically correct. I still enjoy the stories that emerge from play. Better?

So you deny that there are games that if a player does X the GM responds with Y?

Complain? I'm not so sure. More like making a joke at the expense of people that don't change for the sake of change.

Like I said, we want different things out of games. I'm still enjoying "doing that" and narrative games just don't ring my bell.

Meanwhile knowing that there is something beyond the door has unique character is one of the things I enjoy. :)

Do you disagree that there are some games that have the concept of a move triggering a counter move of similar level? Hard move on player's side triggers a hard move on the GM side of things or similar? Because that's all I was talking about. There are other aspects that I don't care for -...

First, I didn't say my impression applied to all games. Second, I would find MH restrictive because the game has told you what you're going to be and what your goals are. I also don't want something like character development forced on me as a goal. There is nothing wrong with that (and not...