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hawkeyefan reacted to MichaelSomething's post in the thread How Do you have an adult conversation? with
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Say you have a problem player (or DM) in your group. You want to have an adult conversion with them to curb their bad behavior. How do... -
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Burning Empires: the session zero process is extensive and puts player plots up front for the GM to fill in. The GM can front if needed...
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hawkeyefan reacted to thefutilist's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
Do you have an example of a game that does it? I ask because I play a lot of Narrative games and discussion about what happens next is...
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hawkeyefan reacted to MichaelSomething's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
What if "cooler" was replaced with "more realistic" or "more appropriate for the setting" or "fit in more with how everyone viewed the...
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hawkeyefan reacted to pemerton's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Haha.
I guess they'd tell you that it's a "writers' room"?
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread What mechanics or subsystems do you use regardless of the game you are running/playing?.In the case of Blades in the Dark, it is more integrated into play in a few ways. However, when I use it in many other games, it’s just...
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hawkeyefan reacted to Gradine's post in the thread What mechanics or subsystems do you use regardless of the game you are running/playing? with Like.
The foundational way to use Clocks is as a representation of either (a) "You Complete X" or (b) "This Thing Happens". As I learned of...
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hawkeyefan reacted to JiffyPopTart's post in the thread What mechanics or subsystems do you use regardless of the game you are running/playing? with Like.
I've seen the term Clocks used a bunch but never have played a game that used them for me to quite understand them. Could you give me a...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out.I think the important thing here is how the presence or lack of a sole “guiding force” affects play. I feel like in some campaigns I...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread Let's Talk About Character Resources To Power Abilities.Okay… I meant more like in the sense of game mechanics. Like gameplay. In several recent threads you‘Ve kind of argued that player...
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Not sure I totally agree with this, though. I agree that the thespian/acting/portayal portion of the game shouldn't be elevated in...
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hawkeyefan reacted to Gradine's post in the thread What mechanics or subsystems do you use regardless of the game you are running/playing? with Like.
I came here to post about this. Clocks are such a great mechanic; they're practical, functional, transparent; they allow for a push and...
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Yeah this is a great idea because you can usually tell pretty fast who actually played the system and who just skimmed a PDF, I would...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread Let's Talk About Character Resources To Power Abilities.That’s interesting to read. I would have thought your preference would be on the roleplaying based on recent discussions.