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Showing posts with label challenge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label challenge. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 5, 2011

A good GM can save a bad system.

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A good GM can save a bad system. I played several new (for me) RPGS this weekend at the Emerald City Game Fest, and I had a ton of fun. In s...
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Friday, May 14, 2010

+1, -1, +1, -1 ≠ 0

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Yet another post on the interesting dice pools of Warhammer Fantasy RPG 3rd Edition. This time, we'll be taking a look at Fortune and Mi...
Friday, May 7, 2010

Filling up the tablespace

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Last night I GM'd Warhammer 3rd for 6 players, 5 of whom had never even looked at the game before. It wasn't without its bumps, but ...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Cop-Out on page 173

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Savage Worlds is a great system, and Deadlands is a great setting, and both are great games. In general, they're very well written. That...
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Wednesday, February 6, 2008

resource decisions in Scion

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Part One: Dice ≠ Challenge . Part Two: Decisions = Challenge . Part Three: definition of issues 1-5 . Scion has multiple types of resourc...

Graces in Continuum

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Part One: Dice ≠ Challenge . Part Two: Decisions = Challenge . Part Three: definition of issues 1-5 . Graces in Continuum mimic resource ...

Drama Dice in 7th Sea

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Part One: Dice ≠ Challenge . Part Two: Decisions = Challenge . Part Three: definition of issues 1-5 . Drama Dice in 7th Sea have problem ...

Spell-Slots in D&D

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Part One: Dice ≠ Challenge . Part Two: Decisions = Challenge . Part Three: definition of issues 1-5 . Spell Slots in D&D add a lot of...

Action Points in d20 Modern

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Part One: Dice ≠ Challenge . Part Two: Decisions = Challenge . Part Three: definition of issues 1-5 . Action Points in d20 Modern give a ...

Luck Points in Cyberpunk 2020

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Part One: Dice ≠ Challenge . Part Two: Decisions = Challenge . Part Three: definition of issues 1-5 . Luck Points in Cyberpunk fall afoul...

observations re: Mechanical Decisions

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Part One: Dice ≠ Challenge . Part Two: Decisions = Challenge . Those two posts discuss the need for challenges in RPG scenarios, and what ...

Decisions = Challenge

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This is part two of a thought. First read Dice ≠ Challenge for the groundwork of why challenging the players is important in RPGs, and why ...

Dice ≠ Challenge

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A thought regarding RPG theory: Without a challenge, you're not playing a game . Instead you're probably just socializing. Not that...