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- Thu Aug 01, 2019 1:56 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Pillars and character options
- Replies: 32
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- Thu Aug 01, 2019 1:38 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Pillars and character options
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4772
- Tue Jul 30, 2019 11:45 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Pillars and character options
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4772
- Tue Jul 30, 2019 7:49 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Pillars and character options
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4772
... So while I think there's room for some abilities that flavor a characters social prowess I don't think you want to go further than that. I think there's a difference between: a) having social interaction as a strong, or even the main pillar; and b) relying solely on social interaction, with no ...
- Tue Jul 30, 2019 5:31 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Cleverest game mechanics in your opinion?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 10200
- Tue Jul 30, 2019 5:22 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Pillars and character options
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4772
If you don't expect the games you run to include long stretches of social interactions, you don't need to do anything special to balance them. How about games where the expected interactions vary according to the archetypes players bring into play? I think there's a spectrum in regard to this, that...
- Tue Jul 30, 2019 5:03 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Pillars and character options
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4772
many folks do most of their roleplaying on their character sheet, if it doesn't say they're a lost prince with beautiful harp music then saying 'hand wave it' won't do it for them. I figure that's a big part of the appeal of the DnD's and the notDnD's that let you write down 'dorf brewer' on the sh...
- Tue Jul 30, 2019 2:53 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Pillars and character options
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4772
What kind of story is being told will affect the story. If combat is a second by second gridmap affair while negotiations are handwaved or a single roll then combat is the focus of the game. Now... many games do combat in ways that are satisfying to a table of people, but few really do 'talk to the...
- Mon Jul 29, 2019 12:27 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Cleverest game mechanics in your opinion?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 10200
- Sun Jul 28, 2019 2:09 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Cleverest game mechanics in your opinion?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 10200
Amber Interesting. I find Amber chargen mechanic (the auction) indeed genius for bringing on the competition that's central to the stories. But then the actual resolution mechanic always felt like a bummer, relying excessively on GM fiat/mother may I. Are you praising the chargen or the actual in-g...
- Sat Jul 27, 2019 1:32 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Cleverest game mechanics in your opinion?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 10200
- Sat Jul 27, 2019 12:33 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Cleverest game mechanics in your opinion?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 10200
Great stuff, Fox. Is Heat Signature on Steam or PS4? I was thinking more on tabletop rpg terms, but now that you did it, I remembered a videogame mechanic that to this day continues to impress me: Ultima 4 virtue axes . Basically the game is a normal top-down RPG with exploration and combat. The cav...
- Sat Jul 27, 2019 12:52 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Cleverest game mechanics in your opinion?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 10200
Cleverest game mechanics in your opinion?
What mechanics do you think are really clever? Be it due to innovating in some way, doing things in elegant fashion or some other reason altogether.
- Fri Jul 26, 2019 7:15 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Annoying Game Questions You Want Answered
- Replies: 5992
- Views: 954772
- Fri Jul 26, 2019 7:11 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: V5's Failure isn't surprising
- Replies: 173
- Views: 24664
For a game that prizes itself in being about storytelling, I'm still bemused by how they introduce a rule that goes so blatantly against proper pacing of storytelling. What does storytelling in the context of Vampire even mean? A game focused on the characters personal stories? A game with a pre-ma...
- Tue Jul 23, 2019 1:25 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: V5's Failure isn't surprising
- Replies: 173
- Views: 24664
PS I'd also like to mention that: Average WoD book: This is a game about MATURE storytelling! Dark drama! Intense, personal journey on paths of damnation and struggling with one's dwindling humanity in intense, personal ways! This could be a movie directed by Bergman! in Black and White! Average Wo...
- Tue Jul 23, 2019 12:56 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: V5's Failure isn't surprising
- Replies: 173
- Views: 24664
- Tue Jul 23, 2019 11:54 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: So, Cyberpunk Red
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1868
So, Cyberpunk Red
https://rtalsoriangames.com/2019/07/12/kitbashing-combat/ My take: Rules-wise it seems out of the 80s, which is not what I want from a game these days. Setting-wise I find this flavor of obvious cyberarms and obvious dirty streets too retro and generic. I would rather have something more nuanced, li...
- Fri Jul 19, 2019 2:18 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Annoying Game Questions You Want Answered
- Replies: 5992
- Views: 954772
- Thu Jul 18, 2019 3:35 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: V5's Failure isn't surprising
- Replies: 173
- Views: 24664
The thing is that What we do in the shadows exists as a parody of what the current license holders think Vampire should be. I don't see any future where VtM trends towards that instead of the other direction . What other direction do you mean? Because until now there wasn't any directions. Only a r...
- Wed Jul 17, 2019 11:57 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: V5's Failure isn't surprising
- Replies: 173
- Views: 24664
The thing is that What we do in the shadows exists as a parody of what the current license holders think Vampire should be. I don't see any future where VtM trends towards that instead of the other direction . What other direction do you mean? Because until now there wasn't any directions. Only a r...
- Wed Jul 17, 2019 10:54 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: V5's Failure isn't surprising
- Replies: 173
- Views: 24664
f you're going for angst, I'd structure your monsters as needing to maintain certain boundaries and rituals to maintain their humanity instead of backsliding, and then every session is a threat to one of those. The blood bank got better security, how will you feed without biting down on a human? I'...
- Wed Jul 17, 2019 3:36 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: V5's Failure isn't surprising
- Replies: 173
- Views: 24664
Vampire's biggest failing was not letting the players start as princes. Giving ownership of the city from the start solves all engagement problems. Why should you investigate the weird rumors about the old mill? Because it's your city and if something is about to blow your sweet gig you want to sto...
- Wed Jul 17, 2019 3:28 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: City of Mist ?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1148
Found the description below in another forum. It seems the game requires a degree of system mastery that I'm not really willing to commit these days. Well, I think I'll pass. I think City of Mist requires a much higher degree of player mastery than any other PbtA game, and more than most games in ge...
- Wed Jul 17, 2019 3:12 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: V5's Failure isn't surprising
- Replies: 173
- Views: 24664