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Stories on the Inside: Inhabiting character
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Stories on the Inside. An occasional blog about gaming. By which I mean pen and paper RPG gaming, mostly. Thursday, December 3, 2009. Once upon a time, I was playing in a game at U*CON. Since then, I've been playing with various techniques to try to get my head to go into the character's head, to really integrate, for the duration of the game, myself with whoever it is I'm playing. I think I do pretty well, but really, it's not a performance - it's just for me. This is the way I like to play. From there,...
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Stories on the Inside: The sandbox
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Stories on the Inside. An occasional blog about gaming. By which I mean pen and paper RPG gaming, mostly. Monday, November 30, 2009. I apparently don't spend enough time reading about gaming theory. I have run across a new (to me) term - that is, "sandbox". I honestly can't say I like games like this, and I'm wondering why. I've certainly played in them before, although it's really been years since I even encountered one of these. Am I interpreting this term correctly? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Stories on the Inside: December 2009
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Stories on the Inside. An occasional blog about gaming. By which I mean pen and paper RPG gaming, mostly. Tuesday, December 8, 2009. What I'm about to say is completely unscientific, and if there has ever been any published or private research on this topic, I'd love to get it. I was thinking this morning about demographics, specifically the demographics of people in our hobby, by which I mean pen and paper RPGs. But, it's rare. At least that's my impression. There have been some trends that I applaud...
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Stories on the Inside: Player responsibilities
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Stories on the Inside. An occasional blog about gaming. By which I mean pen and paper RPG gaming, mostly. Monday, November 30, 2009. Following up on my last post about GM roles, here are some thoughts on player responsibilities. It may seem strange to put this much effort into what are, at the core of it, just games we play. But if it's to the greater good, then it's worth it. We all want specific things out of our gaming experiences. Some things to consider:. 1) How much time do you have? 8) Finally, do...
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Stories on the Inside: Randomness in RPGs
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Stories on the Inside. An occasional blog about gaming. By which I mean pen and paper RPG gaming, mostly. Saturday, December 5, 2009. One thing that's come up from time to time, when discussing our hobby with fellow aficionados, is the use of dice, or other random generators, in determining what happens. I get the simulationist approach to stats, but dislike the implications of it. It makes character creation a different sort of proposition - it puts the random generation of some basics about your ch...
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New blog about running gaming conventions - U-Con Gaming Convention
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New blog about running gaming conventions - U-Con Gaming Convention. New blog about running gaming conventions. Dec 2nd, 2009 03:12 pm. For those who may be interested, I am starting a blog about running conventions, based mostly upon my experience with U-Con. Feel free to check it out. http:/ blog.gameconsuite.com.
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Stories on the Inside: Some thoughts on the old-school
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Stories on the Inside. An occasional blog about gaming. By which I mean pen and paper RPG gaming, mostly. Thursday, December 3, 2009. Some thoughts on the old-school. A number of people I know are part of the old-school gaming movement, including the publisher of Fight On! While I'm only just learning what this idea is all about, I've been tipped off to a number of good resources, including Matthew Finch's Quick Primer for Old School Gaming. So, what are the hallmarks of old-school gaming? If powergamers...
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Stories on the Inside: "Powergaming" so called
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Stories on the Inside. An occasional blog about gaming. By which I mean pen and paper RPG gaming, mostly. Wednesday, December 2, 2009. Most of my friends really don't like "powergaming" as a style of play, or at least that's what they say. Some might consider this a fundamental misunderstanding of what the point of RPG play is. Terms, like "roll playing" vs. "role-playing" are used to try to get at this. 1) powergaming using character generation - min/maxing, creating a character that is very, very good ...