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Robin Laws Game Style Quiz

Started by Drohem, September 19, 2010, 01:24:11 PM

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Benoist

#30
September 20, 2010, 04:26:44 PM
I'm not surprised by my results. I am a tactician at heart, and I love both to kick butt and role play my characters in a believable way. I feed on this as a player. I despise the "story telling" approach to role playing, and enjoy the game world as a place where events unfold live, rather than the backdrop of some "story" I would have cooked up for the PCs.

Kinetic

#31
September 20, 2010, 06:10:58 PM
You Scored as Storyteller

You're more inclined toward the role playing side of the equation and less interested in numbers or experience points. You're quick to compromise if you can help move the story forward, and get bored when the game slows down for a long planning session. You want to play out a story that moves like it's orchestrated by a skilled novelist or film director.

Storyteller    83%
Method Actor    50%
Casual Gamer    42%
Specialist       42%
Tactician       42%
Butt-Kicker    33%
Power Gamer    25%

Peregrin

#32
September 20, 2010, 06:15:09 PM
Quote from: Benoist;406222I despise the "story telling" approach to role playing, and enjoy the game world as a place where events unfold live, rather than the backdrop of some "story" I would have cooked up for the PCs.

I hate that, too, but I still like storytelling.  Just a different kind.  ;)
"In a way, the Lands of Dream are far more brutal than the worlds of most mainstream games. All of the games set there have a bittersweetness that I find much harder to take than the ridiculous adolescent posturing of so-called \'grittily realistic\' games. So maybe one reason I like them as a setting is because they are far more like the real world: colourful, crazy, full of strange creatures and people, eternal and yet changing, deeply beautiful and sometimes profoundly bitter."

Benoist

#33
September 20, 2010, 07:14:05 PM
Quote from: Peregrin;406245I hate that, too, but I still like storytelling.  Just a different kind.  ;)
It's alright, I understand: you're still in denial. You'll work it out, eventually. ;) :D

Peregrin

#34
September 20, 2010, 08:35:18 PM
Quote from: Benoist;406254It's alright, I understand: you're still in denial. You'll work it out, eventually. ;) :D

I already have.  I'm getting rid of my White-Wolf books. :D

Plus, I can run story-games alongside my CoC (and eventually OD&D) campaigns. :P
"In a way, the Lands of Dream are far more brutal than the worlds of most mainstream games. All of the games set there have a bittersweetness that I find much harder to take than the ridiculous adolescent posturing of so-called \'grittily realistic\' games. So maybe one reason I like them as a setting is because they are far more like the real world: colourful, crazy, full of strange creatures and people, eternal and yet changing, deeply beautiful and sometimes profoundly bitter."

John Morrow

#35
September 21, 2010, 08:11:31 AM Last Edit: September 21, 2010, 08:14:32 AM by John Morrow
You Scored as Method Actor

You think that gaming is a form of creative expression. You may view rules as, at best, a necessary evil, preferring sessions where the dice never come out of the bag. You enjoy situations that test or deepen your character's personality traits.

Method Actor   100%
Butt-Kicker     75%
Tactician   42%
Casual Gamer   33%
Storyteller   33%
Specialist   33%
Power Gamer   33%

Pretty much spot-on with my assessment of myself.  Not sure I entirely agree with the text summary of Method Actor above, though.
Robin Laws\' Game Styles Quiz Results:
Method Actor 100%, Butt-Kicker 75%, Tactician 42%, Storyteller 33%, Power Gamer 33%, Casual Gamer 33%, Specialist 17%

John Morrow

#36
September 21, 2010, 08:19:43 AM
Is there a reason why this isn't in the role-playing forum?
Robin Laws\' Game Styles Quiz Results:
Method Actor 100%, Butt-Kicker 75%, Tactician 42%, Storyteller 33%, Power Gamer 33%, Casual Gamer 33%, Specialist 17%

boulet

#37
September 21, 2010, 08:48:22 AM
Quote from: John Morrow;406333Is there a reason why this isn't in the role-playing forum?

Because therpgsite is a manly site and role playing is for real men and taking feminine magazine type of quiz isn't virile.

(cue in shitstorm in 1.. 2.. 3..)

RandallS

#38
September 21, 2010, 09:10:20 AM
Quote from: Cranewings;406102The list of possibilities in that test aren't enough. I bet it would even say Pundit is a story teller.

Agreed. I am probably more of an "Explorer" than any of the others. That is, I game to explore the game world (even if the game world is just a dungeon and a village), see new stuff, find new things, etc. A grouping that isn't even mentioned by Laws -- and really isn't covered well by any of his other groups.  I'm sure there are other styles that just aren't there.
Randall
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Caleph Asante

#39
September 21, 2010, 09:10:33 AM
QuoteYou Scored as Method Actor

You think that gaming is a form of creative expression. You may view rules as, at best, a necessary evil, preferring sessions where the dice never come out of the bag. You enjoy situations that test or deepen your character's personality traits.

Method Actor    100%
Tactician       75%
Storyteller       75%
Specialist       67%
Butt-Kicker       50%
Power Gamer   33%
Casual Gamer   17%

Close, but not quite. I like rules, and rolling dice. And there are a number of things missing.

Cranewings

#40
September 21, 2010, 10:25:36 AM
Quote from: RandallS;406337Agreed. I am probably more of an "Explorer" than any of the others. That is, I game to explore the game world (even if the game world is just a dungeon and a village), see new stuff, find new things, etc. A grouping that isn't even mentioned by Laws -- and really isn't covered well by any of his other groups.  I'm sure there are other styles that just aren't there.

I feel like an artist when I run or play. Especially when I play, I want to express things I feel inside. I also love letting great characters be great. That doesn't mean I'm trying to force a certain story. I don't even know it means I love tactics. I think I register as a tactician in this because I have to be to get the great moments I like.

Most gms prefer to run for weakling characters, victims in their world. I hate that shit.

Cranewings

#41
September 21, 2010, 10:27:22 AM
Quote from: Caleph Asante;406338Close, but not quite. I like rules, and rolling dice. And there are a number of things missing.

I think that falls under tactician. Even though it is only 75% it is still higher than some peoples highest category.

Caleph Asante

#42
September 21, 2010, 11:10:33 AM
Quote from: Cranewings;406345I think that falls under tactician. Even though it is only 75% it is still higher than some peoples highest category.
You could be right. It all feels a bit off-kilter anyway, because I mostly GM.

Drohem

#43
September 21, 2010, 12:24:52 PM
Quote from: John Morrow;406333Is there a reason why this isn't in the role-playing forum?

Yes, I wasn't sure it would be accepted well in the role-playing forum and thought that this would be best fit for it. :)

Drohem

#44
September 21, 2010, 12:25:58 PM
Quote from: boulet;406335Because therpgsite is a manly site and role playing is for real men and taking feminine magazine type of quiz isn't virile.

(cue in shitstorm in 1.. 2.. 3..)

Well, there is that too! :D
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