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Autumnal replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".Some folks in this thread should read Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative by Jane Allison. It’s all about ways of... -
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While I may agree with not getting that outcome naturally, I don't think that is only definition of story, and that you can have stories... -
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If a player comes to me, and says, "Look, I've got this nemesis, and I think it would be really cool if we have a confrontation and...
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Autumnal reacted to gorice's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
To expand on this: someone (I think it was Ron Edwards) once said that an RPG needs to have some things that are fixed, and some things...
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Autumnal reacted to Umbran's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Great questions! I think we spin waaaaay to much over the distinctions here, like between, "...is a story," and, "...is a story...
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Autumnal reacted to zakael19's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I’d say there’s a couple different aspects here (and this is a yes, and). Presenting an invading army that will overwhelm the defenses...
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Autumnal reacted to Breaking Star Games's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I definitely agree that RPGs shine on those open-ended challenges where players can find solutions that surprise me. I won't get into...
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Autumnal reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Something I want to add: long stories are both granular and fractal. Just like a chapter in a novel might be a story in and of itself...
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Autumnal reacted to bedir than's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I agree with all of this, except the idea that "stories have a structure...RPGs are messy" Stories are quite messy. Two people can read...
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Autumnal replied to the thread Help Me Pick A Convention Game To Run.I’d put some things together for the vibe from Shi’ar Imperial Guard to Legion of Super-Heroes: officially sanctioned supers...
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I just finished S. Petersen's Field Guide to Lovecraftian Horrors. My son got me the hardcover for Christmas. 128 pages of monster and...
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Read Nicola Upson's "The Christmas Clue", a fictional take on the real creators of the board game Cluedo / Clue and its creation. It...
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I borrowed that from the King County library system in... 1991, 1992? I remember is being good but mixed.
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I finished PKD's The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch. A trippy exploration of reality and religion that still maintains some classic...
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Really interesting! I first stumbled unto this term when I watched and read "Attack on Titan" - while it has definitely a lot of...