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<blockquote data-quote="coyote6" data-source="post: 4857479" data-attributes="member: 1225">It doesn't sound like it was much of a psychology experiment, though, unless you were purposefully altering results to see how players reacted. They took you at your word (as to what game was being played), and believed the results you reported; at most, it was a test of their ability to figure out what you were up to.We used to play games like that -- no rules, you'd roll, and if you rolled well (in this case, we used d%, so the goal was rolling low), the GM said you did good. There were no hard-and-fast rules, no real character sheets (just name, facts, and &quot;my guy's a good shot&quot; &amp; the like), and lots of GM decisions. It was a blast, too. Thing is, though, is that we all knew that's what we were playing. I suspect I would be annoyed if I found out a GM was lying about what game we were playing.Edit: apologies if the above sounds snarky or obnoxious, I wrote it in a hurry. But it doesn't sound like a psychological experiment to me; just kind of, I dunno, a bit rude, by way of not trusting the players to go along.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="coyote6, post: 4857479, member: 1225"] It doesn't sound like it was much of a psychology experiment, though, unless you were purposefully altering results to see how players reacted. They took you at your word (as to what game was being played), and believed the results you reported; at most, it was a test of their ability to figure out what you were up to. We used to play games like that -- no rules, you'd roll, and if you rolled well (in this case, we used d%, so the goal was rolling low), the GM said you did good. There were no hard-and-fast rules, no real character sheets (just name, facts, and "my guy's a good shot" & the like), and lots of GM decisions. It was a blast, too. Thing is, though, is that we all knew that's what we were playing. I suspect I would be annoyed if I found out a GM was lying about what game we were playing. Edit: apologies if the above sounds snarky or obnoxious, I wrote it in a hurry. But it doesn't sound like a psychological experiment to me; just kind of, I dunno, a bit rude, by way of not trusting the players to go along. [/QUOTE]

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