Is your game silly or serious?

[Wild Gazebo]

Silly with serious relief. Hmmm, that sounds bad.

 

[S'mon]

98% serious, I'd say.

 

[Keeper of Secrets]

Pretty serious but from time to time there are some sarcastic or weird NPCs or some inept villains who manage to creep in. Occassionally it helps lighten the mood.

 

[shilsen]

Serious with a fair bit of humor thrown in. As one player put it, considering what the characters' occupations and lifestyle is like, if they didn't have a sense of humor then they'd all be in a mental ward by now.

 

[IronWolf]

We play a serious game. There is always some room for humor to come into play though, after all we are all there to have fun!

 

[fusangite]

I selected option 3 instead of option 4 accidentally. Generally the way my games work, though, most of the humour derives from the players while the characters remains serious. In the game I'm currently running, though, there is one comical character who is working out well.

 

[Gez]

The game is serious. The gamers aren't.

 

[Flyspeck23]

You missed an option: Serious with occassional bits of comedy. It describes my groups to a T.

And mine.

The game is serious. The gamers aren't.

That, too.

 

[Wombat]

Much like Star Trek, I run 3-4 serious adventures, then a comical one. My players sometimes develop funny schticks in the middle of a serious adventure or go with a serious subplot in a silly adventure.

Why? Why not.

I don't just want a grim game, nor do I want a full-on silly one. This is pretty much the style I run with all systems -- RuneQuest, Ars Magica, etc. Of course I have yet to run a serious Paranoia adventure, but...

 

[Silver Moon]

My weekly group is full of comic relief which is evident by the various joke comments and character insults that make their way into the Story Hour. We've also all been friends for a quarter-century now so enjoy joking around.

My PBP group on the other hand is very serious. We know each other primiarly through the game and gaming sites, having only gotten together in person on two weekends.


Depends on the players and the game.