[UA] Go Away Doug Stalker! (was:Feedback on UA-ish convention scenario concept)

[James O'Rance]

"Joe Murphy \(Broin\)" <broin at notzen.com> said:

 >>>Poor Doug.<<<

It's for his own good.  :) Doug may want to play this game if I make it 
UA-ish (so might Dion, who I'd forgotten was on this list).


 >>>Now, if your scenario was more 'mature', or at least aimed at players 
who might enjoy integrating a personality as the plot of a game, you're 
sorted.<<<


MPD-type stuff is certainly not a new idea at Australian conventions, and 
the Short Sharp Shock category at necro is known for angst, catharsis, and 
(unfortunately) sensationalism. In the past many of them have been wanky 
shock-sensationalist games, the like of which I don't want to write.

Although MPD has been done before, I'd be interested in developing a GMing 
technique that blurred the lines between the GM and character, as well as 
between players and character. If people think that the basic concept sounds 
workable (from my description of it) then I can feel more confident going 
ahead with the game.

It's not particularly important whethe or not I'm the first person in the 
world to do something like this ;)  It's more importanrt for me to 
experiment and refine my own GMing and designing skills, and see how it all 
works in a convention situation.

Years ago at the same convention I designed a ghost-story type game that was 
my first real attempt to run a game that was entirely subjective, based on 
the world inside the PCs' heads. It was a valuable experience, and was not 
less valuable because the german expressionist playwrights had done somthing 
very similar eighty years ago! (as I later discovered)

Naturally, player enjoyment is a very high priority (otherwise I'd run 
"Waiting for Random Encounters," as I've threatened in the past), and I'd 
really like to do something UA-ish (thus I bring it up on this list rather 
than rec.games.frp.advocacy).

Thoughts much appreciated.


James O’Rance
“Divine being creates petting zoo. It gets out of hand.”
- The Bible (summarised by John W. Mangrum)

http://www.geocities.com/dragon-dreamer/






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