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Zzakael19 replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.When I’ve done “side jaunts” in the past with the most success, I worked out the themes and rough concept with the players - and then we...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with
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A game that might bring some interesting discussion here is His Majesty the Worm. It's very specifically a mythic underworld dungeon... -
Zzakael19 reacted to Cergorach's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I've read them, I've absorbed them, maybe I just have a different perspective on what you wrote then you do? "Invalidates"... No, you...
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Zzakael19 reacted to mamba's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
so they think it is railroading because you ‘closed the borders’? No, I do not consider that railroading. To me railroading is either...
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Zzakael19 reacted to aramis erak's post in the thread Distinct Game Modes: Combat vs Social vs Exploration etc... with Like.
I don't mind firm transitions, such as in Alien or other YZE games, nor more flexible, such as in Sentinel Comics or Daggerheart.
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Zzakael19 reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Distinct Game Modes: Combat vs Social vs Exploration etc... with Like.
That is interesting. I see them as very different. Sure, they use the same resolution system, but combat has a ridiculous amount of...
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread Distinct Game Modes: Combat vs Social vs Exploration etc....I think any time you have a robust scaffold for exploding an overarching intent/conflict/goal into a multi-part set of checks you have...
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Zzakael19 reacted to pemerton's post in the thread Distinct Game Modes: Combat vs Social vs Exploration etc... with Like.
You probably won't be shocked that I'm going to put in a good word for Burning Wheel here: generally it uses binary success/failure on...
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Zzakael19 reacted to aramis erak's post in the thread Distinct Game Modes: Combat vs Social vs Exploration etc... with Like.
I'm kind of fond of the social hit points models of BW/BE/MG, 2d20 STA/Dune, and TOR. Three different approaches to it, all of which...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread Distinct Game Modes: Combat vs Social vs Exploration etc... with Like.
Gripping scenes are something I think that partial success mechanics scaffold really well. Watch any TV show and you'll see how much...
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".e So most of the intent here is to not "trap" a player if they misunderstand teh fictional situation or have a different understanding...
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Zzakael19 reacted to darkbard's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I want to counter this spurious Alexandrian claim about dissociated mechanics using two recent examples from the 4E D&D game I'm playing...
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Zzakael19 reacted to soviet's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with
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Please name the RPG that aligns the decision process of player and character, does not abstact the game world, and allows one to make... -
Zzakael19 reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I don't think is quite accurate. 5E players min-max all the time by trying to shade play in the direction of their best skills and then...
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Zzakael19 reacted to pemerton's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Or do you . . . .? For me, one of the more striking things about some talk of immersion is that people are not talking about a...