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Crimson Longinus reacted to Hriston's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with
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Right, and, while I don't have any data on this besides my own experience, I think that's probably true for a lot of people who play... -
Crimson Longinus reacted to Hriston's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I thought the same thing, especially when the situation the GM is describing, the setting backstory, and the actions the players decide...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Hriston's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I would consider playing in an RPG session the equivalent of watching a movie or reading a book. It's how I "consume" the story...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Whether it be an hour within any of the movies or the middle movie as a stand alone...it's a story. They way I see RPGS bring played out...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Umbran's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Sure. But then we are picking and choosing how small is still valid, and we are all going to pick differently. Which is fine, in one...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Artamo's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I see the distinction, but I would say part of what draws me to TTRPGs is the story aspect - the fact that my play at the table is...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Umbran's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I think you'll get a whole lot of pushback on "If it isn't complete yet, it isn't a story." Like, is Star Wars Episode IV: A New...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Artamo's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Wow, I had the exact same feeling playing Scum and Villany. I chalked it up more to our GM’s style of play. I don’t think he was...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Breaking Star Games's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I could see how Blades in the Dark (and most Forged in the Dark like Scum & Villainy) could feel like a Writer's Room especially around...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
it is in the results part of play that it gets writer's room-y. Deciding what that die result means in the fiction, since everyone has...
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.Under your definition most of the time playing roleplaying games is not actually playing roleplaying games. To me that is blatantly...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to soviet's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
If I'm playing football and then the ball goes off the pitch, have I stopped playing football? If I'm playing football, but I don't...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I found FitD (via Scum and Villainy) to feel a little too much like a "writer's room" -- that is, when playing we (as a group) were...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Blue's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I see what you're saying. But I think it comes back to the fact that the players are not the characters. Yes, it's an experience...
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.I think that definition of "game" which excludes a large swathes of things people actually call games is probably not a very good...