tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180261542011-04-21T18:05:27.248-04:00Yet Another Blog About Roleplaying Theory.Andrew Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17875438279782230266noreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18026154.post-1130383913570968652005-10-26T22:59:00.000-04:002005-10-26T23:31:59.833-04:00

I'll be using a Tarot deck for conflict resolution. The Major Arcana go in one pile, the remainder of the deck in another. The four main avenues (or strategies) of conflict are Hate, Love, Fear, and Dream. (These names may change.) In this setting, each is equally valid for most conflicts (although trump suits may apply; I'll explore that later.)Stolen from a Tarot site:The Suit of Swords -

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(Dionaea muscipula is the Latin name for the Venus Flytrap.)There's a really exciting story for how I came up with the concept: I read about the Iron Mace Competition that's going on in High Point, NC, walked away from my computer to get a drink, and it all fell together by the time the fridge door closed. ;)To be honest, though, all the elements of the game have been floating around in the back

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I heartily endorse this product and/or service. (It already put me in contact with half-a-dozen local gamers with similar interests.)It supports indie gaming. It's written with Ruby on Rails. What's not to like?

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I've been putting together notes for our next campaign (a continuation of our Amber game using homebrewed mechanics), and while going through the process I thought I'd write it up. This is the technique we've used informally for our last two games, The Tenure Game (Sorcerer) and Trumps (Amber). It's pretty close to what Ron Edwards suggests for Sorcerer.One caveat: I go for player-driven,

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(I wrote about half of the items on this list as a reply to a thread on RPG.net, then realized that it really was pointless to argue about anything even touching on GNS over there.)Here's my personal manifesto, what I mean when I say "I'm focused on Narrativist play." Hell, I doubt this has anything to do with the original essays. And I'm going to stop calling it Narr, because man, people get

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Hi, folks!I decided recently to join the "Forge diaspora" of people who were getting out onto their own sites, stating their thoughts on roleplaying, and designing their own games. I've been posting roleplaying theory and opinions for months on my personal journal, and I imagine my previous audience (my play group) will appreciate me moving my more general thoughts to a more appropriate venue. :)

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