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soviet reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with
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Real people make stupid decisions with easily avoidable consequences all the time. Characters who always make the appropriate... -
soviet reacted to Kannik's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Just a quick aside for those reading this thread and unfamiliar with what might be termed more "narrative" games so that a wrong...
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soviet replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".Also, it's so structured. You're telling me that I have to wait for the other guy to do all their stuff, and I just sit around watching...
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soviet replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".So every decision made by a player in an RPG is somewhat meta by definition? IRL I don't know my to-hit bonus, damage dice, hit points...
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soviet reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Ok, well I think we've firmly established where we are at. You think that nothing about AW was new or novel. You are welcome to that...
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soviet reacted to pemerton's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I find D&D combat too limiting of my agency. The GM keeps telling me, "the Orc deftly stabs in under your shield and . . " and I'm all...
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soviet reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Micah, I am 100% sure you are aware that you would hate playing a game like Blades.
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soviet reacted to zakael19's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
If your player characters have strong innate goals and objectives, you place situations around them with no expectation of how they play...
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soviet reacted to RenleyRenfield's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I think the general ideas being mushed here is design language vs just describing roleplay. They are not the same, but the words are :P...
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soviet reacted to RenleyRenfield's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Is the quite working? seems the site lost the quote.... I will add back in "Zakel19 said The core of the ideas is that you don't have...
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soviet reacted to pemerton's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
The first RPG I know of to use the phrase "play to find out" is Apocalypse World. It appears on pp 108-9 of the rulebook: AGENDA • Make...
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soviet reacted to zakael19's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
The core of the ideas is that you don't have like, a chain of plot and events set out. You don't have "the PCs must do A, and then at...
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soviet replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".The emphasis is on 'play to find out' and who is doing the finding out - it should also include the GM. If you are a player in...
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soviet reacted to RenleyRenfield's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Except again, you are not actually saying anything correct. The above statement fundamentally does not understand what Play to Find...
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soviet reacted to RenleyRenfield's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
No. This is not correct at all. Play to find out is at its very core about "limiting GM fiat and preparation". Its about NOT doing...