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Core books and your own world should be enough to keep any group playing for decades.

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Justin Alexander

#105
September 05, 2012, 09:55:49 PM
Quote from: D-503;577963The thread title is a quote from a post gleichman made. I think it's true. If it is though, why does our hobby not reflect its truth?

Theoretically all a theater needs is an empty stage and a blank pad of paper. Why do they keep performing Shakespeare and licensing existing plays?
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Xavier Onassiss

#106
September 06, 2012, 03:15:47 AM
Quote from: daniel_ream;580056The car metaphor was a poor one to start with, as the OP stipulated that we've all already bought the core book.

A better metaphor would have been "some people buy a car off the lot and drive it happily for ten years without ever modifying it; other people bolt airplane wings on the backs of their Honda Civics and install sound systems capable of bringing down low-flying satellites".

...or we leave the car "as is" but pave us some brand new roads to drive it on, possibly through unexplored terrain.

(For the metaphorically challenged, I'm referring to the "car" as the core rules, and the "road" as the setting/milieu/game world, or whatever.)

jibbajibba

#107
September 06, 2012, 07:59:45 AM
Quote from: StormBringer;580043And again, we have a teaching moment about 'experience' over 'solipsism':  Jibba was in on the joke and playing along.  Brits are typically pretty dry with their humour, and I happen to have been on this board with Jibba for quite some time now.  Hence, I recognize his humour, where you don't.

I can start providing colour commentary on the posts for you, if you want.

What are you talking about I totally thought you were building a blast furnance in your garden. I am always confused with US zoning laws though as to why they allow this sort of stuff.
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Darran

#108
September 06, 2012, 05:34:09 PM
Quote from: Justin Alexander;580223Theoretically all a theater needs is an empty stage and a blank pad of paper. Why do they keep performing Shakespeare and licensing existing plays?

I work in theatre and I wish they would just keep performing Shakespeare and licensing existing plays.
Seen too many 'modern' plays and non-plays to last me a lifetime!
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StormBringer

#109
September 06, 2012, 06:54:35 PM
Quote from: One Horse Town;580201Racist stereotype!
Tolerate my intolerance, hypocrite!
If you read the above post, you owe me $20 for tutoring fees

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StormBringer

#110
September 06, 2012, 06:57:07 PM
Quote from: jibbajibba;580305What are you talking about I totally thought you were building a blast furnance in your garden. I am always confused with US zoning laws though as to why they allow this sort of stuff.
I had to put the furnace in the garage instead, the launch pad for phase II of my X Prize winning rocket took up the whole yard.
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flyingmice

#111
September 06, 2012, 07:50:02 PM
Quote from: StormBringer;580496I had to put the furnace in the garage instead, the launch pad for phase II of my X Prize winning rocket took up the whole yard.

I hate when that happens!

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#112
September 06, 2012, 08:37:35 PM
Quote from: flyingmice;580528I hate when that happens!

-clash
They all laughed at me, but let's see who's laughing when I have the only working spaceport on the whole planet!
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GameDaddy

#113
September 07, 2012, 01:37:11 AM
Quote from: One Horse Town;580201Racist stereotype!

He just never found the time to watch Monty Python, Benny Hill, or Mr. Bean, preferring instead the dark side... Doc Martin, perhaps?...
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vytzka

#114
September 07, 2012, 02:34:23 AM
Quote from: Darran;580455I work in theatre and I wish they would just keep performing Shakespeare and licensing existing plays.
Seen too many 'modern' plays and non-plays to last me a lifetime!

Stop dissing modern theater, dawg.

Spinachcat

#115
September 07, 2012, 05:07:00 AM
Quote from: D-503;577963If it is though, why does our hobby not reflect its truth?

People like to buy stuff.

DIY only appeals to a subset of any hobby group.

And that's cool.

StormBringer

#116
September 07, 2012, 09:28:31 PM
Quote from: Spinachcat;580649People like to buy stuff.

DIY only appeals to a subset of any hobby group.

And that's cool.
Exactly.

I wonder, though, how much of an interest there would be in bare-bones type stuff.  World maps with only terrain features, dungeon maps that are otherwise un-stocked, NPCs that are pretty much stats only...  Stuff to get people started when they don't have the time to scratch build.
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LordVreeg

#117
September 07, 2012, 09:50:08 PM
Quote from: StormBringer;580883Exactly.

I wonder, though, how much of an interest there would be in bare-bones type stuff.  World maps with only terrain features, dungeon maps that are otherwise un-stocked, NPCs that are pretty much stats only...  Stuff to get people started when they don't have the time to scratch build.

I have always liked the idea of mid-sized setting modules, like an area with a few towns and a few adventures and a lot of interesting details that GM's can plug in easily.

I've Always known that if I every published GuildSchool, 'Miston, held by the GiantClan" would be my fist module, because aside from how it fits in my setting, it could be plugged into any setting easily as a play area for a while.
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StormBringer

#118
September 07, 2012, 09:59:39 PM
Quote from: LordVreeg;580889I have always liked the idea of mid-sized setting modules, like an area with a few towns and a few adventures and a lot of interesting details that GM's can plug in easily.

I've Always known that if I every published GuildSchool, 'Miston, held by the GiantClan" would be my fist module, because aside from how it fits in my setting, it could be plugged into any setting easily as a play area for a while.
That is how TSR did quite a few of the original modules.  There was clearly a place in Greyhawk or the Forgotten Realms where they fit, but the area was generic enough to drop down pretty much anywhere.

Perhaps some follow up material with a few cities to go with the world map.  Then some other stuff with more cities and more details on the existing cities and countries.  Maybe even some of it could be along the lines of web-only content; the capital of some major kingdom if you bought the setting book, in a printable and editable format.
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LordVreeg

#119
September 08, 2012, 10:51:42 AM
Quote from: StormBringer;580894That is how TSR did quite a few of the original modules.  There was clearly a place in Greyhawk or the Forgotten Realms where they fit, but the area was generic enough to drop down pretty much anywhere.

Perhaps some follow up material with a few cities to go with the world map.  Then some other stuff with more cities and more details on the existing cities and countries.  Maybe even some of it could be along the lines of web-only content; the capital of some major kingdom if you bought the setting book, in a printable and editable format.
Yeah, I would actually do a lot smaller scale...but do a lot of drilldown.  Go into guilds, groups, relationships, history, etc.  Make the area more rich than big.  
I see I have a page for the begining years of the Miston campaign, which is actualy still ongoing.
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