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Grex > Rpg > #31: The Games of Fantasy |  |
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matthew
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response 242 of 295:
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Apr 8 08:30 UTC 1996 |
With some games and styles of running I've been in the line between LARP and
non-LARP can sometimes blur, especially as the game streamlines the mechanics.
Moving away from dice and charts and letting the flow of the game and GM fiat
determine the outcome of events. (Though I did observe one LARP where the
moderator did use dice to determine some outcomes.)
One shots (non-LARP or LARP) are probably the best way to determine if the
'field' of gaming is something you may wnat to get into, or trying something
in gaming that you don't normally do (genre, system etc).
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mneme
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response 243 of 295:
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Apr 9 23:19 UTC 1996 |
Hmm; have to agree with that; artistically, one shots also have an edge, since
much more control and preparation is possible, even if the best gams still
consistently supprise their GMs.
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orinoco
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response 244 of 295:
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Dec 16 23:09 UTC 1997 |
<This item linked to amalgam>
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plork
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response 245 of 295:
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Dec 18 21:32 UTC 1997 |
Okay... Hello Daniel, Nice to hear from you again.
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orinoco
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response 246 of 295:
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Dec 18 22:48 UTC 1997 |
Hi plork, didn't know you still grexed!
Come, join amalgam...
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plork
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response 247 of 295:
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Dec 21 22:11 UTC 1997 |
Already have. What's good over there?
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orinoco
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response 248 of 295:
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Dec 22 17:32 UTC 1997 |
<set shameless plug = on>
Well, we've got items for roleplaying, wargaming, theatre, MUDs,
world-building, and general weirdness; we've got a game or two running online,
which could use more players; and we've got an irritable fairwitness who'll
be forced to use his twisted sorcerous powers on you if you don't get over
here and start responding.
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bjorn
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response 249 of 295:
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Dec 22 18:31 UTC 1997 |
Only One?
As, I for no appearant reason, have realized that sans the addition of my
CCGs, that 81 items or 91% of my gaming stuff are TSR products.
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orinoco
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response 250 of 295:
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Dec 22 19:34 UTC 1997 |
The horror...the horror...<g>
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phenix
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response 251 of 295:
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Dec 22 21:33 UTC 1997 |
i used to have just TSR/FASA stuff..then i discovered rifts
'n then all the other wonderfull games out there and never looked
back.
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bjorn
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response 252 of 295:
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Dec 23 00:53 UTC 1997 |
Granted some of my TSR products are novels. :)
Munchkin!!
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orinoco
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response 253 of 295:
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Dec 23 04:25 UTC 1997 |
You know your soul is truly tainted when you own TSR novels.
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bjorn
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response 254 of 295:
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Dec 23 15:31 UTC 1997 |
Dark Sun novels are decent, Dragonlance tolerable, Forgotten Realms - well,
exist, Ravenloft make you feel bad for evil people, and well, I have yet to
read any of the PlaneScape novels (although I do own one).
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orinoco
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response 255 of 295:
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Dec 24 02:51 UTC 1997 |
All I've read are the Dragonlances, which I thought were fairly horrendous.
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phenix
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response 256 of 295:
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Dec 24 05:18 UTC 1997 |
<giggle> man, the only other person in town who hates dragonlance
with me;)
isn't it like a cheap rip on anne mcafrey sometimes?
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sekari
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response 257 of 295:
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Dec 24 07:16 UTC 1997 |
yes!
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bjorn
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response 258 of 295:
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Dec 24 13:02 UTC 1997 |
Well, I just finished _Darkness & Light_ (although I'd concluded about 1/12th
of the way through this fact), Sturm Brightblade is a moron.
I dunno though, _The Legend of Huma_ and _Kaz the Minotaur_ were good, but
I have several Dragonlance novels left unread - though I attempted _Weasel's
Luck_ once, I think I quit 'cause it was one of the most boring novels I'd
read. _The Magic of Krynn_ witch I used to own had some decent stories, while
most of them were less than shit.
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orinoco
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response 259 of 295:
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Dec 24 18:11 UTC 1997 |
They're unoriginal fantasy...how many more swords/dragons/magic/damsels/epic
conflict books do we need?
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bjorn
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response 260 of 295:
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Dec 24 23:25 UTC 1997 |
Yes, but what can you do to be original except add your own twist to
pre-existing ideas? It's not like we could write a 100% original fantasy.
It's been said that there are only 10 stories in the world, just with
something different about it. Sorry about the literary drift, but if you want
originality you'll have to go back in time quite a time. However, few, if
any, books I've seen have evil win in the "final" confrontation between good
and evil . . .
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orinoco
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response 261 of 295:
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Dec 25 02:53 UTC 1997 |
Well, granted, but - in my eyes at least - much of the point of Fantasy is
the creation of a good fantasy world; Krynn is hardly an original setting,
and it pales in comparison to worlds like Arrakis or Middle Earth.
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mneme
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response 262 of 295:
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Dec 25 03:36 UTC 1997 |
I have to agree about the Dragonlance books, but not really for the
same reasons. Specifically, while I rather like an original setting
(and the Dragonlance books did have some originalities to their setting
when they first game out, even if they certainly were derivitave) as
well as anyone, what really gets my is an original story, and they just
weren't there. Now, take Jhereg (about a mortal assassin trying to navigate
the politics of a vaguely oriental, incredibly deadly society largely peopled
by, for the lack of a better term, Elves (AKA Dragereans)), or even Jack the
Giant Killer (modern teenager stumbles into the plots of Faerie) or the
Riddlemaster of Hed (young king must discover the mystery of the three stars
across his forehead, not to mention discover the meanings of several ages old
"riddles.") trilogy, and you've got me hooked, original world (as Jhereg's
Dragerea is), one build on the foundations of our myths, but original from
them (as the world of the Riddlemaster series draws from the Celtic myth cycle,
not to mention the Lloyd Alexander books doing basically the same thing), or
solidly and explicitly set within the frame of known tales (as Jack is).
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bjorn
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response 263 of 295:
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Dec 25 18:25 UTC 1997 |
On a side node, Ive just cataloged 263 seperate weapons (and their
neccessities) for AD&D including firearms, and all Dark Sun weapons. Next
I'm going to do Dragonlance weapons, starting with everbody's favorite :)
KENDER!!
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orinoco
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response 264 of 295:
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Dec 26 03:32 UTC 1997 |
Gotta love 'em.
<dan thinks bjorn needs something new to occupy his time>
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bjorn
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response 265 of 295:
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Dec 26 05:07 UTC 1997 |
Like going back to college just so I can still get kicked out at the end of
the year? ;)
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fireball
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response 266 of 295:
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Dec 27 02:58 UTC 1997 |
re:258 Sturm Brightblade is of the alignment "Lawful Stupid" (a concept
created by my friends at college, but incredibly apt, esp. in a case like
this).
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