Saw a discussion on reddit today and thought it might be interesting. Name the system, media influences, and basic plot ideas.
Mine is: Over The Edge, Film Noir: Four friends in 1935 are involved in a plane crash in the desert and end up in Al Amarja. Stuck without papers or passports, the group is forced to take piece work from the criminal element to survive. A cross between The Maltese Falcon, Naked Lunch, The Lost Weekend, and Sullivan's Travels.
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Starset RPG: Fight For Hope In A Dark, Dystopian FutureI have never met a dice-pool mechanic I didn't dislike or despise. What makes your compelling? -
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Which are (some of) your favourites GM-tips/technique ? And how do you use-them in your games ?• I refer to this as the 'Video Game Rule'. In the last thirty years the visual aspects of the hobby have become more important because we’re think we are ‘competing’ with video games. Once we realize we are making a different kind of experience it allows the *story* (that is the narrative elements) to outshine the *graphics*, if you will.- -
Which are (some of) your favourites GM-tips/technique ? And how do you use-them in your games ?> I was about to comment “When one of my players asks whether they can do something > completely unreasonable I look at them, roll a D20 openly on the table and without > checking the result, say ‘no’” Oh, GM Fiat... I always preferred the GM Camaro, but you do you...