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DDerrick Kapchinsky reacted to VLessa's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with
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Yeah, I can't agree with that. Like at all. I can't fathom someone approaching a new game, whatever it's type (TTRPG, videogame... -
DDerrick Kapchinsky reacted to VLessa's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Isn't it though? If I want to get to the same result, theme and intentionality-wise, making a simpler, faster and intuitive calculation...
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DDerrick Kapchinsky reacted to Umbran's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
We can approach this with a more extreme example: Would you use the same mechanics to run a game that's supposed to make players feel...
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DDerrick Kapchinsky reacted to Umbran's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
By this logic, you can intermingle chess, Monopoly, and Settlers of Catan and say, "just use the rules for the game you want," and have...
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DDerrick Kapchinsky reacted to pemerton's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
In the abstract, I might respond maybe it's no different. But to me it seems that whenever this topic come up, a lot of people who...
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DDerrick Kapchinsky reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
I don’t think that the approach being advocated for is one where PCs cannot change their motivations or adopt new ones based on what...
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DDerrick Kapchinsky reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
So there’s hope for the future! Sure, but if they’re not considered when creating “hooks” or other content, then as has been pointed...
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DDerrick Kapchinsky reacted to Campbell's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
One of the things we at our table to coordinate more player driven play is establishing one personal milestone/goal per player character...
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DDerrick Kapchinsky reacted to Campbell's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
At some tables. At others we work together to establish these things. Like if you refuse to coordinate your efforts to orchestrate in a...
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DDerrick Kapchinsky reacted to pemerton's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
I think this might be related to your problem in the OP. What I mean by that is that, if the GM does their setting and situation work...
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DDerrick Kapchinsky reacted to pemerton's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
Here are some examples - actual play reports - of player-driven RPGing: * Burning Wheel, where I'm the player; you can see how the GM...
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DDerrick Kapchinsky reacted to pemerton's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
I'd go so far as to say that that is probably bad advice.
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DDerrick Kapchinsky reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
In my experience, they are certainly connected. I don't think that makes it a necessity. One can have a player-driven game that is an...
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DDerrick Kapchinsky reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
If one player is a problem it's probably that player. If the majority of players or the group is the problem then the DM should look in...
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DDerrick Kapchinsky reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
And this is one of the reasons I consider Simulationist/exploration game design to basically never lead to great results. If instead of...