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Ppemerton replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".No. I'm talking about playing with my friends. (Which the person I replied to, @Scott Christian, also was as best I can tell.) The...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".I agree with Neonchameleon. Although I'm not sure what @Reynard has in mind by "purely trad games". I also don't know what "organic" is...
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Ppemerton reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with
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No one is saying they don't produce stories. But they produce them far more slowly. Given the amount of GM force involved in trad RPGs... -
Ppemerton replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".I've also taught, for over 30 years, although in a higher education rather than school context. I don't find the comparison between a...
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Ppemerton reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with
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The thing here is that there are mechanics that can encourage story and mechanics that can harm story, and this is independent of... -
Ppemerton replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".Yes, absolutely, I've been making this point in multiple posts throughout this thread. The idea that (say) Moldvay Basic and Apocalypse...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".Yeah, I do find the argument that we can't have player-driven play, because it excludes player B when the focus is on player A's...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".Yes, I also write a lot of those sorts of actual play reports. If you look at my Torchbearer 2e reports, you'll see that they have the...
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Ppemerton reacted to Hriston's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
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...
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Ppemerton reacted to Hriston's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with
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I thought the same thing, especially when the situation the GM is describing, the setting backstory, and the actions the players decide... -
PA little while ago @thefutilist posted this: I agree that the term "fail forward" isn't really the best here, because not all fail...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.Part of the reason for doing things in accordance with instructions or structured processes is to produce results that aren't directly...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.Sure. They're probably not (as) constitutive of the activity. But I don't think being constituted by rules is necessary for an activity...
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Ppemerton reacted to zakael19's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Actually good (interesting) Devil's Bargains are often outside the scope of the score, ideally wrapping in factions or Rivals/Allies and...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.Upthread, @Pedantic mentioned Suits's account of what is a game: To play a game is to attempt to achieve a specific state of affairs...