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A Mythusmage Observation

Started by mythusmage, February 17, 2007, 09:57:06 PM

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#15
February 18, 2007, 08:18:01 PM
Quote from: David RMaybe people find movies boring because movies are boring.

Maybe people find books boring because books are boring.

Yeah, this seems like a perfectly reasonable explanation...

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David R

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February 18, 2007, 08:38:18 PM
Many RPG books focus on stats and background / history / ecology info.  I don't think any of these things enhances the sense of wonder you want in a fantasy world.  They kill the mystery.

Actual gameplay can be another thing though -- it really depends on how much exposure the players have to the boring stuff.

J Arcane

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February 19, 2007, 08:23:37 AM
Quote from: David RMaybe people find movies boring because movies are boring.

Maybe people find books boring because books are boring.

Yeah, this seems like a perfectly reasonable explanation...

Regards,
David R
Fun with tautologies!  Yay!

Although, Stuart hits on something that does tend to bother me:  Overabundance of setting detail.

I don't want a gazeteer for a roleplaying game.  I don't want Forgotten Realms.  

I want a fun game system, combined with a setting that gives me cool ideas and themes and archetypal stories to play with, and lets me fill in the details for my players.  

A good RPG is a collection of ideas and the tools to run wild with those ideas.  

For a good example, I think the Decipher Star Trek books were the most brilliant corebooks ever written for a roleplaying game.  Because they are goddamn littered with plot or story or setting ideas.  I don't just mean the parts specifically describing the world, which are surprisingly light on detail, but more the constant throwaway references through out the book that seem to be there almost entirely to fill the reader's head with crazy ideas.

I started keeping a notebook with me when I read the corebooks.

THAT'S what I want in a roleplaying game.
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Dr Rotwang!

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February 19, 2007, 11:04:24 AM
Quote from: J ArcaneI don't want a gazeteer for a roleplaying game.  I don't want Forgotten Realms.  
How 'bout the 1st Ed. FR boxed set and nothing else?  I think that'd be a lot of fun: "Here're the Realms.  Here are some details, but not many.  Go mess it all up."

Tangential, but warranted.  Anyone disagrees with me is a turkey.
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