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Kai Tave posted:I've never played Dread so I may be off-base but isn't pulling a Jenga block the only resolution mechanic the game has, i.e the thing you're required to do if you want to attempt anything that might have consequences for failure? I mean by that logic you can remain immortal in any RPG by refusing to roll the dice, but that's called "not playing the game." "None of this would have happened if you'd just stopped. But you kept pulling pieces. And for what?"
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Rockopolis posted:That sounds like an amazing system for a Spec Ops: the Line RPG. This is a legit great idea.
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about the dread thing, i actually played dread once with a dude who refused to draw and got real smug because he "beat the game". we were in an event horizon scenario and he just hung back on the ship we came in on and didn't do anything. he got real pissy and stormed off when the GM sent some aliens over to our ship because that was "breaking the RULES"
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gradenko_2000 posted:Well yes, it's a grog argument, so keep that in mind, but basically the argument is "the rules state I can only fail and can only be in danger if I touch the Jenga blocks, so if I never agree to do anything that would result in me needing to use the blocks, by the rules the DM cannot kill my character" Best consequence - the player refuses to play the game but eventually the rest of the players knock the tower over and the not-participating character dies. Player gets huffy. GM cites Rule 0. If he's not going to play, at least he can be an extra life for the other players and serve as a plot device in that the threat they're up against is so deadly that not playing is essentially a death sentence. Table is down one toxic player, play continues and everyone continues to have fun. This scenario is incredibly idealistic.
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Knocking over the tower is making me think of a Samson-like ending to a game, which in turn is making me think of a Twilight Struggle, Cold War brinkmanship scenario where pressing your claim costs a block, which eventually leads to the other context of a Samson-like ending.
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Man, I dunno about idealistic, but those mechanics really hammer home the bleakness of the genre. You're at the mercy of events and the only way to seize even temporary control is to basically play Russian Roulette. It's like someone decided the core mechanic of their RPG should be based on the Deer Hunter.
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Rockopolis posted:Man, I dunno about idealistic, but those mechanics really hammer home the bleakness of the genre. You're at the mercy of events and the only way to seize even temporary control is to basically play Russian Roulette.
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May 11, 2015 19:58
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FactsAreUseless posted:Could be worse, they could have based it on Heaven's Gate. Games would take forever. It's already LARPing dogg: 
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Heaven's Gate: Hell's Flames: Deathblow: Deathmate RED: This Blood's For You! illustrated by Rob Liefeld
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Can't be him, I can see at least nine feet in that picture.
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FactsAreUseless posted:Heaven's Gate: Hell's Flames: Deathblow: Deathmate RED: This Blood's For You!
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What is that even supposed to be? Some rock opera twist on a passion play?
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May 11, 2015 21:52
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HELL HOUSES are like haunted houses except instead of a fun spooky time they're about how God will torture you!
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Rockopolis posted:Man, I dunno about idealistic, but those mechanics really hammer home the bleakness of the genre. You're at the mercy of events and the only way to seize even temporary control is to basically play Russian Roulette. This post and my last post just made me realize an interesting Dread scenario might be Mirai Nikki: the RPG. Gettin' the animes all up in your Western RPGs. FactsAreUseless posted:Heaven's Gate: Hell's Flames: Deathblow: Deathmate RED: This Blood's For You! Sounds like a good way to re-skin Betrayal at House on the Hill.
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Davin Valkri posted:What is that even supposed to be? Some rock opera twist on a passion play? Esser-Z posted:HELL HOUSES are like haunted houses except instead of a fun spooky time they're about how God will torture you! They're haunted houses except halfway in (if you're lucky) it becomes one big sermon about how you need to accept Jesus or burn in hell forever. America is loving wild, man.
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LuiCypher posted:This post and my last post just made me realize an interesting Dread scenario might be Mirai Nikki: the RPG. Gettin' the animes all up in your Western RPGs.
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May 11, 2015 22:10
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What's the difference between Hell House and Scared Straight again
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ProfessorCirno posted:They're haunted houses except halfway in (if you're lucky) it becomes one big sermon about how you need to accept Jesus or burn in hell forever. I am absolutely fascinated by the idea that something like this can exist. What happens if you are unlucky?
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TheLovablePlutonis posted:What's the difference between Hell House and Scared Straight again
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FactsAreUseless posted:Hell House works. They should show Oz and Rob Schneider's "Big Stan", that will keep kids out of jail
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paradoxGentleman posted:I am absolutely fascinated by the idea that something like this can exist. It happens basically on entrance and you get to spend lots of time listening to a real life rendition of a Chick Track
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TheLovablePlutonis posted:What's the difference between Hell House and Scared Straight again The kids are actually allowed to fit through the doors.
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May 11, 2015 22:33
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Achtung! Cthulhu. http://www.modiphius.com/achtung-cthulhu.html I think it's WWII pulp against Cthulhu and Nazis. Anyone try it?
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Helical Nightmares posted:Achtung! Cthulhu. Sounds decidedly epic and FTW.
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Helical Nightmares posted:Achtung! Cthulhu. 
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FactsAreUseless posted:Could be worse, they could have based it on Heaven's Gate. Games would take forever. LuiCypher posted:This post and my last post just made me realize an interesting Dread scenario might be Mirai Nikki: the RPG. Gettin' the animes all up in your Western RPGs. Aside from that, how would it work? Play Jenga and narrate until one person knocks over the tower and gets killed by the other? It's like Exalted rocket-tag, you perfect dodge until someone runs out of actions and explodes?
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Rockopolis posted:It beats basing the resolution mechanic on the Seventh Seal. Every time you want to take narrative control away from the DM, you have to play a game of chess. After which, the DM continues narrating anyway. Not very exciting when you put it that way. I mean, I'm not sure how it would end up any different that just sitting there narrating Jenga. I'm sure there are better systems for it, but it just sort of popped in my head randomly when thinking of a game where the worst losing strategy is not playing at all.
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Esser-Z posted:I read this but instead of what you meant my mind jumped to a Nikki Minaj RPG.
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my anaconda don't want none unless you roll ones hun
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Captain Foo posted:my anaconda don't want none unless you roll ones hun
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Captain Foo posted:my anaconda don't want none unless you roll ones hun
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LuiCypher posted:Not very exciting when you put it that way. I mean, I'm not sure how it would end up any different that just sitting there narrating Jenga. I'm sure there are better systems for it, but it just sort of popped in my head randomly when thinking of a game where the worst losing strategy is not playing at all. The mechanics seem to discourage taking an active role game; it's more about forcing your opponents into a position where they are required to draw? It's the same with card based resolution, the resolution mechanic ticks closer to an inevitable failure each time it's used. Or it's like actual Russian Roulette, I guess. 
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Did the forums interface get all retarded for everyone else or is it just me? EDIT: It's hard to read  EDITEDIT: It's fine-ish now just slow 
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Bedlamdan posted:Did the forums interface get all retarded for everyone else or is it just me?
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gradenko_2000 posted:That's what happens to me when I'm at work and some of the forum features get blocked. It's ok I can still browse tvtropes without any issues at least
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Bedlamdan posted:It's ok I can still browse tvtropes without any issues at least browsing tvtropes is never ok
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Bedlamdan posted:It's ok I can still browse tvtropes without any issues at least oh thank god
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ProfessorCirno posted:It happens basically on entrance and you get to spend lots of time listening to a real life rendition of a Chick Track
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So, what's the rate of success for these places like?
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I'm really glad that Minmax and the goblins are working their differences, Thunt is really good at his craft.
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