Well, I'd never use an Earth-based ethnicity to describe any of the races I'd created for a science fiction or a fantasy game, either. I don't even like using...
... I was just running off at the mouth. It's what I do best. *lol* ... Sure they will. Or you could argue about how much history we're talking about here. If...
punch my own characters? no, other people's? yes. i have taken over other people's characters, which i refuse to do anymore, and i want to kill most of them....
three different examples of Earth references in games... i think earth references in an non-earth game are great and can add humor and insight to a game. my...
Oh I've learned that taking over existing characters is always a painful experience, either for me or my writing partners. After I took over a character who...
No. But on an unrelated note, I blame this group for having introduced me to the addiction to chocolate covered espresso beans I've developed as of late. It's...
Sometimes it can be fun to use animals from Earth (either real animals, like horses or chickens, or animals from mythology, like unicorns or gryphons), and...
For those who use established settings like TV shows, how much do you keep of that setting to run an original game? CES AIM: csyphrett Yahoo Messenger:...
how can it be an 'original' game if it is based on something? i've never done such a thing but personally all i would keep is the world and it's rules. Jack -...
somewhat unrelated...World of Warcraft (the PC game) has a bunch of animals with similar names and biology as 'earth' animals but aren't the same. but in a...
how much do you plan out? when you start a new game out, how much of it do you have planned before you let loose the players in your world? when you think up a...
... Very little. ... The same answer, very little. ... have ... on ... I like to think where characters belong. Where will the players have the most fun with...
... So awarded. *lol* ... This is where the canon nazis come out of the woodwork. As far as I understand it, there's canon world (which adheres to the rules...
As far as maps, I'm in favor of them. ;) I like maps. I like drawings. I like to know where shit is when I'm writing. I don't like to go into a place and not...
Let me start by getting my biggest pet peeve out into the open. I hate when they don't take the most current version of the series or book. "This Buffy game...
In a message dated 9/6/06 8:31:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... Very little beyond that first offered choice ... Just the home part, where they live, the...
Thanks for the replies, guys. I promised someone that I would run something based off xiaolin showdown and I am having a block where to start. I already said...
... It depends. Some genres really don't need much ala Trek (pick a premise and you're off) or Zombies (add reanimant and stir), but original based need far...
I'm late with replies... busy week... Sorry if conversation is over already... I only play in a few fandoms. I've dabbled unsuccessfully in Trek (if anyone has...
... I think that totally depends on the type of game I'm running. Sometimes I'll have a novel, but uncomplicated idea for a game, and I'll set up a poor man's...
I think it depends on the players, actually. Some of my writing partners really need to have a direction to go or we end up floundering for days talking about...
i get bored when i know where i'm going and how to get there. however, one of my newest writing partners is very smart about this...when we start a JP we make...
... scene we ended with and just went from there to see what happens, which is cool too because it allowes suprises and freedom, but it was stated before, you...
While I tend to prefer single go posts with keeping the JPs for something like sex or graphic violence so folks who don't like that sort of thing can easily...
In a message dated 9/8/06 10:58:51 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... Better late than never, Hez. I talked to Liz and kind of decided that it should keep some of...
as a GM i do NOT want a LONG post filled with two people just hanging out. this irritates me a bit. only if i HAVE to read it. like you said, i will not read a...
Just a bit of a general thought in this discussion, based on Hez's comments. For me, there are two types of games based on a pre-existing setting: #1: There's...
I have kind of mixed feelings about JPs. On one hand, reading over the comments so far I can understand the feelings of those who feel that a lot of JPs are...
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