Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="gorice" data-source="post: 9314140" data-attributes="member: 7032863">Yeah, this.As described in this thread, what I'm seeing as the salient features of OC/blorby play are:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Strongly character-driven play, with player authoring of both the past and parts of the future. (question for [USER=7043860]@GobHag[/USER] : do players work together when making their characters, or is it OK to show up with a weird blorb that doesn't ft the group or setting?)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A strong sense of character ownership, up to and including authority over their death.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">An element of collaboration among the group in working towards certain types of outcomes, with those desires being flagged (probably including the old 'passing notes the DM').</li> </ul>Is this accurate?I don't think this is a thing that exists on the same axis as what we used to call story now/gamist play (with all the provisos you can imagine about categories being imperfect and internet geek culture wars having ruined everything).My advice for the OP, if you're interested: if you want a game where the player-led 'railroading' is subtle or limited, look toward games like the ones [USER=5142]@Aldarc[/USER] listed above. Basically, character-driven games with implicit or explicit ways of flagging dramatic issues. I've seen people play Apocalypse World in a way that matches what I think your preferences are, and it can work, though the game won't provide all the 'flags' for you. I think playing games like this will help you to develop a clearer idea of what you like and don't like, and what you want to change in order to achieve that style.OTOH, if you're talking about a higher degree of player railroading (like, full dramatic arcs), I think that's just 'trad', or maybe online OC chat play. I've never played Chuubo's, so I can't comment on how that fits in here.</blockquote>

Verification