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CreamCloud0 reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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But we DO think this. (At least, I do.) I might arrive at a decision I didn't expect when play started over a particular scenario... -
CreamCloud0 reacted to soviet's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
To my mind there is also a question of how reasonable it is to come to a game with a predefined model of everything the character will...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
But it can’t be out-of-character if we’re using play to determine who the character is.
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CreamCloud0 reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Well, my post upthread located social mechanics within the broader context of mechanics in general; and located mechanics within the...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
No one said they are. No one (but you, misquoting) said that no one would ever choose such things. But no one would have chosen them...
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CreamCloud0 replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.personally, i don't think the 'unexpected stuff' that we're talking about is all that really out there, the barbarian gets negotiated to...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
@Bill Zebub My examples include social/mental/emotional mechanics and social/emotional consequences: * A player submitting his PC to...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Here's an example, from Rolemaster play, that I just posted in another thread: Left to our own devices, no one at the table would have...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to soviet's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Not pemerton so I can't speak for him, but one difference between 'choosing stuff [that happens]' and 'choosing to do stuff' might...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I referred to unexpected stuff that no one would just choose here and now, if left to their own devices. I think it's definitional that...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
RPGs are games of shared imagining. The agency of those who participate in the game, therefore, is about how they can shape that shared...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Yeah, agency needs to he looked at based on the specific game in question. Sure, a game like Spire may have more consequences that take...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
The funny part is that I’ve always wanted social interaction mechanics that were as satisfying as combat (or, as satisfying as the...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
As I've noted, I've played in a context where the latter was true (superheroes rather than fantasy, but the principal wouldn't be...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
"Think" I don't necessarily agree with, but almost any game with psychological limitations as part of character construction can control...