Totally self-aggrandising first post in this thread. I've been doing some more exploration recently, and the results can be seen on my LJ:
Coalbed Methane, Ltd - a pretty wrecked old industrial site.
Lathallan House - a gutted and dilapidated Baronial stately home.
Cheers
Malcolm
Stakes that rock @ Story Games
Submitted by Andrew Kenrick on Mon, 11/06/2007 - 07:07.
In light of our own stakes discussions, I thought this post by Levi about Stakes That Rock was good.
The Story-Gamers fumble with
Submitted by JoE PrincE on Tue, 12/06/2007 - 19:27.
The Story-Gamers fumble with my bollocks!
Conflict Resolution on story-games
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JoE
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Prince of Darkness Games
Rock N' Role-Play....
Role-playing History 101
Submitted by Gregor Hutton on Thu, 14/06/2007 - 07:25.
Ron Edwards gives a detailed history of game play styles. Essential reading.
[Note that this is in the Adept Press area rather than any general forum.]
Evil Gaz vs Left-field Hippy Indie Games
Submitted by Newt Newport on Thu, 14/06/2007 - 14:06.
Over at the Tavern, one of the regulars expresses his concern over the current crop of indie games, prompting much discussion.
http://tavern.zunder.org.uk/tav/viewtopic.php?t=1607
Regards
;O)Newt
Aah, this is my regular
Submitted by Andrew Kenrick on Thu, 14/06/2007 - 18:01.
Aah, this is my regular weekly conversation with Gaz, as he's in my gaming group :-)
Initially sounds like fairly
Submitted by Rich Stokes on Fri, 15/06/2007 - 09:33.
Initially sounds like fairly typical axe grinding to me, but actually I think there's some value in that thread.
Like:
"GM isn't acting like a twat" vs "system does not permit the GM to act like a twat"
"GM reveals the secrets and the story to the players" vs "Everyone at the table creates the story together and there aren't necessarily any secrets"
"These people think their games are better than mine, therefore they think they are better than me" vs "Some people aren't happy with traditional games and like theses weird games more"
"Hippy games don't support ongoing campaigns for more than a few sessions at a time" vs "Long term play is not the be-all-and-end-all of roleplaying"
"Ron Edwards runs The Forge like an tyrant and his moderation policy is fickle and unfathomable" vs... er, well, Darran does have a point there.
It's a pretty reasonable argument really. I've had similar arguments (from the opposite side) on Story games where someone has pretty much said "any game with GM fiat is doomed to be shite because..." and, well, we all know that's not really true.