hawkeyefan's latest activity
-
hawkeyefan replied to the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out.Just FYI, I ran a game of BitD that went longer than 50 sessions. The game does have elements in there that support it. You generally... -
hawkeyefan reacted to zakael19's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with
Like.
FITD games tend to be compact and focused yeah. My Stonetop game is at 62 sessions of player-driven play, and it’s a PBTA (although... -
hawkeyefan reacted to Starfox's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
I've been playing Blades in the Dark lately, and a D&D-esque hack of it I wrote myself. It is very open to player initiatives, and very...
-
hawkeyefan reacted to zakael19's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
There's definitely different idk, "levels" of "player driven" (in scare quotes because they may have different definitions to different...
-
hawkeyefan reacted to payn's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
The GM piece is usually overlooked. Player driven doesn't mean the GM sits back and waits, but a lot of GMs seem to think so.
-
hawkeyefan reacted to Truename's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
I leaned hard into a player-driven approach for my last campaign. (5e 2014.) It worked okay, but not nearly as well as I hoped, and my...
-
hawkeyefan 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...
-
hawkeyefan reacted to Tonguez's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
Inspiration, Advantage, Bonus XP As to Why - It incentivises players to proactively pursue goals
-
hawkeyefan reacted to zakael19's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
This tends to work best in my experience when there's something pressing back that focuses the players; or they have some sort of active...
-
hawkeyefan reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
Because that isn't the type of game the OP is talking about. I'm not assuming, I'm basing my response on the contents of the opening post.
-
hawkeyefan reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
Even in a player-driven game, it's still the GM's role to determine complications and to frame opposition to the player's goals. The...
-
hawkeyefan reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
I always find that the key things to get proactive players are empowered players and pressured characters. Empowered players helped...
-
hawkeyefan reacted to zakael19's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
What I do think is fairly modern is a clear set of statements of how to best be a player and a GM such that the game is successful in...
-
hawkeyefan reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
It's not a mechanic, but here's a thing that strikes me as modern when it is found in a RPG: a clear statement of GMing principles. A...
-
Honey Heist.