tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26698620.post6332325786440665325..comments2014-03-12T04:26:59.037-05:00Comments on postGeek: Less Magpie in Magpie NightFulminatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14332824290977548527noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26698620.post-77257573079259819502011-10-01T15:07:03.288-05:002011-10-01T15:07:03.288-05:00Others have occasionally GMd. That's somethin...Others have occasionally GMd. That's something I probably should have encouraged more, but there's always something I want to run, and I tend to prefer running games to playing in them.<br /><br />I may try to post a list of all the games we ran.<br /><br />As for developing an adventure, planning for 4e is going to be a lot different from planning for Burning Wheel or Dungeon World. The latter two are much more improvisational styles of games.<br /><br />I'd argue that an adventure in Burning Wheel shouldn't even exist until the players have created their characters. The most you should have before sitting down with the players is a setting and some character constraints, and even those can be decided at the table as a group.<br /><br />Dungeon World is a little more structured at the beginning, but the ideal "adventure" should probably fit on two sides of an 8 1/2x14 piece of paper. It outlines setting and some possible threats, and that's about it.<br /><br />You can't "play to find out what happens" if you have too much detailed ahead of time.<br /><br />For a more traditionally structured adventure, 4e, Pathfinder, Savage Worlds, RuneQuest or one of the other many more traditional fantasy RPGs.<br /><br />Of course, I'm currently toying with the idea of converting an old D&D module to the Dungeon World format, extracting a few key concepts and boiling it down to the 1-page, 3-panel format that Dungeon World uses.Fulminatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14332824290977548527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26698620.post-31812385380660961762011-10-01T12:44:45.392-05:002011-10-01T12:44:45.392-05:00I was interested to hear about your Magpie nights ...I was interested to hear about your Magpie nights in your group. Do others ever GM? Did you ever list all the games you played in one place? It would be really cool if you made a list and then also included how you felt each game went, and also how each player liked each game.<br /><br />I'm in the process of developing an adventure, but I'm not sure of the best system to use. Currently we're playing 4e, but I'm leaning towards Burning Wheel or Dungeon World.librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00910979028549627470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26698620.post-38130936788900109612011-09-24T00:59:00.374-05:002011-09-24T00:59:00.374-05:00I think it's going to come down to the reactio...I think it's going to come down to the reactions that the players have to the point spend system. I plan on going into that a bit in my next post.Fulminatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14332824290977548527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26698620.post-16382770621672749772011-09-23T19:23:30.735-05:002011-09-23T19:23:30.735-05:00I am very interested to know how the ToC game goes...I am very interested to know how the ToC game goes. I have run several convention games of ToC that have been wonderful, but have found GumShoe is a little flat in Campaign play.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14929843862552324399noreply@blogger.com