{"id":364,"date":"2006-07-12T12:51:44","date_gmt":"2006-07-12T12:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/random-average.com\/?p=364"},"modified":"2006-07-12T12:51:44","modified_gmt":"2006-07-12T12:51:44","slug":"i-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randomaverage.com\/index.php\/2006\/07\/i-like\/","title":{"rendered":"I like…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since I’ve got a one-shot game to GM tonight (the first I’ve GM’d with strangers in awhile), and I’m going to want to play around with some of my conflict methods, AND I’ve got a couple long-time players also coming in, I wanted to solidify the things I like in a game, using this The Two-list method of finding your Game preferences<\/a>
\nHere’s the first list. Second list will happen in the comments, once tonight’s game is done:<\/p>\n


\n* I like games (wither GMing or playing) where the players have some control over their own success (spending points from a pool to get the bonus that will push them over into a ‘win’, for instance).
\n* I like games where any player can kick-in details of the setting — especially when it’s supported by the rules, and not just house-practice.
\n* I have, in the past, thouroughly enjoyed games where the GM is constrained or there is no GM at all (Inspectres, Trollbabe).
\n* I friggin’ love<\/i> games using stakes setting and conflict<\/i> resolution versus task resolution.
\n* I like campaigns. Mini-campaigns of ~10 session, or even more. Sometimes a lot more.
\n* I like game setups that inextricably tie the characters into the setting. (Sorcerer kickers, TSoY keys, Heroquest… everything, etc)
\n* I like “starting-level characters\u201d. As a player. As a GM, I still like them, but I also like proving that such characters can still be awesome.
\n* I like games that I can play with any of my friends, and I LOVE running new games for people and getting them hooked on something they might not have tried otherwise.
\n* I hate<\/i> ADRPG-style drama mechanics. I like crunch. I like mechanics, and I like using the hell out of them to my benefit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since I’ve got a one-shot game to GM tonight (the first I’ve GM’d with strangers in awhile), and I’m going<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/randomaverage.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/randomaverage.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/randomaverage.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randomaverage.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randomaverage.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/randomaverage.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/randomaverage.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randomaverage.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randomaverage.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}