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zarionofarabel replied to the thread Which are you, The plan everything out GM, or the Ad lib?.Don't take this the wrong way, but if your example notes are a decent reflection of your consistency in error while writing, you could... -
zarionofarabel replied to the thread Would you purchase an expansion, from a different system than you use, to adapt for your preferred system? If yes why?.Only if the "different" system is compatible with one of my preferred systems as I am not one for adapting things mechanically. So, for...
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zarionofarabel reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread Would you purchase an expansion, from a different system than you use, to adapt for your preferred system? If yes why? with
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zarionofarabel replied to the thread Which are you, The plan everything out GM, or the Ad lib?.Oh, yeah, I see what you mean. Bad example on my part. I mean, you could use the system that I used in my example, then introduce...
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zarionofarabel reacted to John Dallman's post in the thread Which are you, The plan everything out GM, or the Ad lib? with Like.
Oh, you can steer players into trouble even when you're letting them dictate what the adventure is about. I improvised an adventure in...
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zarionofarabel replied to the thread Which are you, The plan everything out GM, or the Ad lib?.Oh yeah, do that all the time. I run all knowledge skills in a manner similar to how Burning Wheel's Wises work, no matter the system...
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zarionofarabel reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread Which are you, The plan everything out GM, or the Ad lib? with Like.
Now to me this is a good illustration of why neither extreme is good. The "pure prepper" would have prepared these tests entirely in...
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zarionofarabel reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread Which are you, The plan everything out GM, or the Ad lib? with
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I would point out here that both Scotland Yard and Fury of Dracula are boardgames. And part of the game is that the Hunters and Mr X... -
zarionofarabel replied to the thread Which are you, The plan everything out GM, or the Ad lib?.So, just for the heck of it I did the Google thing on first edition WEG Star Wars, and it found a website where you can read a digital...
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zarionofarabel replied to the thread Which are you, The plan everything out GM, or the Ad lib?.I think perhaps we have very different ideas about what player agency is and how it applies to the narrative. I will have to think on it...
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zarionofarabel reacted to ART!'s post in the thread Which are you, The plan everything out GM, or the Ad lib? with
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I'm the "plan everything I can think of and then during the game realize the really important things I forgot to prep and then have a... -
zarionofarabel replied to the thread Which are you, The plan everything out GM, or the Ad lib?.Yeah, no. Hard disagree. Then again I don't personally think the few "professional" GMs I know of are all that amazing so...yeah.
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zarionofarabel reacted to Gorgon Zee's post in the thread Which are you, The plan everything out GM, or the Ad lib? with
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The reason I prep and strongly prefer games run by people who prep is that when you invent something at the table, you have very limited... -
zarionofarabel replied to the thread Which are you, The plan everything out GM, or the Ad lib?.So I looked it up on BGG and it reminds me of a game I played a couple of times where one player is Dracula and the others are Hunters...
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zarionofarabel replied to the thread Which are you, The plan everything out GM, or the Ad lib?.Nope, sorry, don't know that one. Anyone who understands how mechanics in a TTRPG can be used to decide the outcome of things... Well...