tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post470952918743579933..comments2024-03-27T19:02:58.368-04:00Comments on BARKING ALIEN: Thoughts on The Thoughts of OthersAdam Dicksteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-70646471853254796522011-08-21T00:05:41.721-04:002011-08-21T00:05:41.721-04:00Heheh. Oh yes. Wait and see.Heheh. Oh yes. Wait and see.Adam Dicksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-45082469526864919962011-08-20T14:44:22.390-04:002011-08-20T14:44:22.390-04:00The important question is: Are you making a place ...The important question is: Are you making a place for Smurfin' Beer?Theodric the Obscurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18201793290118146978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-79630694026069313582011-08-18T06:08:00.828-04:002011-08-18T06:08:00.828-04:00I haven't been interested in dungeons as a pla...I haven't been interested in dungeons as a player for a long time: they just seem so pointless and arbitrary. I think the problem extends from the days of the random zoo dungeon - I still recall finding a large dragon at the lowest level and wondering how the hell it got there. To make a dungeon believable, it needs to be dominated by one group (it's a strategic error to use a complex as a base and leave potential enemies inside it) - and that instantly takes the variety out of it!<br />As a GM, I'm guilty of using dungeons, but the players always have a reason for being there: recover the maguffin, wipe out the bandits, clear out the monsters so that the settlers are safe. And again, you won't find much variety...<br />(None of this applies to the megadungeon concept which I see as more of an underground setting than a dungeon - and something I would quite happily play if interesting enough.)Astronuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14595495803627874029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-56355451384988406582011-08-18T00:05:21.782-04:002011-08-18T00:05:21.782-04:00@Dylan - That sounds waaay interesting. I would lo...@Dylan - That sounds waaay interesting. I would love to check that out.<br /><br />I don't have a single page or PDF yet. I was working on a PDF but it go large, cumbersome and I'm now re-editing it a bit. Plus real life stayed crashed at my place for a few months and now the place is a mess. I'll complete the PDF as soon as I clean up. ;)<br /><br />Incidentally, after running it at NerdNYC's RECESS Gaming Event I am probably going to be modifying the rules a bit as some variations on the rules seemed to work better than what I already.<br /><br />@kelvingreen - No but oddly I've been thinking about it recently. I really love the resource management element of the game and wanted to incorporate it into Smurfs. The idea came to me when I read up on the Smurf Village iPhone game. <br /><br />What if there was a certain amount of work, materials or whathaveyou that each Smurf must contribute to maintain their enchanted community of cool mushroom cottages? I haven't worked out all the details yet but I am thinking about it.Adam Dicksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-55949629159740587402011-08-17T16:41:56.977-04:002011-08-17T16:41:56.977-04:00Did you ever get back to that Meikyuu Kingdom-insp...Did you ever get back to that <i>Meikyuu Kingdom</i>-inspired homebrew?thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-46065307313985107602011-08-17T14:43:25.097-04:002011-08-17T14:43:25.097-04:00I've been rummaging through your blog posts. ...I've been rummaging through your blog posts. Do you have a single page or PDF of your Muppets RPG? I'm currently working on a blend of Muppet Yahtzee/Monopoly/Clue at http://digitalorc.blogspot.com/2011/08/muppet-dice.html and I'd like to include some RPG elements.Digital Orchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00276516390269689741noreply@blogger.com