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RPGs / Re: Trail of Cthulhu

« on: June 02, 2009, 07:58:23 AM »

I personally play Trail of Cthulhu. If I understand right, CoC works on a percentile system, and my group is really iffy on that.

that's a weird thing to get hung up on.

Yeah. I may not leap for joy with percentile systems, but at least they have the advantage of being straightforward and easy to understand.

Rolemaster is a percentile system... 

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General Chaos / Re: My shared items on google reader

« on: June 02, 2009, 07:51:22 AM »

Google reader is awesome. I've also got a Facebook widget that imports my shared items into Facebook Posted Items.

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RPGs / Re: What does you have at the table?

« on: May 30, 2009, 12:02:54 PM »

So how do you play without a table? Use an alternative central location or something "outside the box"?

Not sure what you mean by "alternative central location" here. We sit around the lounge room, roll dice on the floor. It's pretty casual. No, I don't use miniatures of any kind. No need, and I have always found that they slow down the game.

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Role Playing Public Radio Podcast / Re: The Ennie Awards

« on: May 30, 2009, 11:55:54 AM »

Good luck.

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RPGs / Re: Hunter the Vigil Discussion Thread

« on: May 29, 2009, 08:03:02 AM »

Nah - sounds to m like your main problem is dickhead players.

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RPGs / Re: What does you have at the table?

« on: May 29, 2009, 08:00:03 AM »

Wow, that's pretty hardcore. All I have is the rulebooks, whatever notes I've taken about the adventure, and dice.

Oh, and no table.

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RPGs / Re: What do you want the RPPR crew to try out?

« on: May 28, 2009, 07:07:40 AM »

Monsters and other childish things!  That game sounds awesome.

Definitely.

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Play by Post / Re: Recruitment Thread - The Horror of/in Shadylane Retirement Farm [RISUS]

« on: May 18, 2009, 09:29:28 AM »

I'm all for narrative storytelling. Okay, I'm in. I suppose I need to create a character first?

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RPGs / Re: Call of Cthulhu- Need some help

« on: May 18, 2009, 09:21:05 AM »

Send them to survey the new reservoir..?

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Play by Post / Re: Recruitment Thread - The Horror of/in Shadylane Retirement Farm [RISUS]

« on: May 18, 2009, 09:02:22 AM »

I'm interested, but not being familiar with the play-by-post format I think I'd prefer to lurk a game before actually committing myself.

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RPGs / Re: The worst and most hilarious thing I've ever done to a fellow PC...

« on: May 17, 2009, 10:17:28 AM »

I've got a friend who, in a tournament no less, not only unleashed a Lightning Bolt against a Shambling Mound, but also let off a Fireball in a 10x10 room.

He's never lived that down, even after 20 years.

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RPGs / Re: Dealing with Absent Players

« on: May 16, 2009, 05:44:13 AM »

I usually reschedule. I don't much like gaming when players are absent.

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General Chaos / Re: Lessons Learned at RPPR

« on: May 14, 2009, 08:31:05 AM »

I ran my first successful horror game because of RPPR's Halloween episode.

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General Chaos / Re: Hello!

« on: May 14, 2009, 08:14:36 AM »

Hullo

Hello, Tom Church.


...any relation? 

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RPGs / Re: What makes you scared, and How can you make a RPG game truly frightful???

« on: May 11, 2009, 09:46:18 AM »

Hmm. My first horror game was mentioned on the podcast just after Halloween. The elements I used:

1. I cribbed mercilessly from an existing source (in this case, the movie Alien).
2. I had the players trapped and unable to escape (in a starship between systems).
3. I killed off NPCs one by one.
4. I revealed the monster only gradually.
5. I gave them a challenge to overcome that was not the monster (repairing the drives so that they could continue the trip).

Um, it was a while ago now, so I'm having a little trouble remembering. Fortunately I document all sessions:
http://www.arthwollipot.com/games/metascape-ii/the-story/the-horror