tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post9169699657425479713..comments2024-03-27T19:02:58.368-04:00Comments on BARKING ALIEN: How Do They Do It?Adam Dicksteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-10400775701062257612009-12-18T23:31:56.764-05:002009-12-18T23:31:56.764-05:00Oh if only I had that problem. I have clinical ins...Oh if only I had that problem. I have clinical insomnia. I don't do sleep.Adam Dicksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-26128621714686030252009-12-17T18:07:46.768-05:002009-12-17T18:07:46.768-05:00I don't know how they do it, but for me, it ke...I don't know how they do it, but for me, it keeps me out of trouble. The discipline to get up, check email, drink a cup of coffee, make a post and read through several blogs each and every day is fun, even on the days when I would rather get like six hours of sleep.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-50810530898495969292009-12-16T01:07:32.736-05:002009-12-16T01:07:32.736-05:00So really, now that I think about it, we've on...So really, now that I think about it, we've only played about 30-some times, which isn't all that many...maybe I'm kind of mulling a little Mutant Future?Jaysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03652611193354218021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-44783719217796024472009-12-16T01:05:29.633-05:002009-12-16T01:05:29.633-05:00I don't know if it's just because we'r...I don't know if it's just because we're all busy and can only play once a week, but D&D's been all we play for the past six months, which is the longest time, I think, that I've played only one game at a time, with no alternating. Honestly, I couldn't have imagined not toggling between Star Trek, Gamma World, and Champions years ago, but maybe times have changed. <br /><br />I'm also the DM and really getting into world-building, so maybe that has something to do with it as well.Jaysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03652611193354218021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-26641739494734327102009-12-15T22:44:45.871-05:002009-12-15T22:44:45.871-05:00True but there in lies the rub (and perhaps the su...True but there in lies the rub (and perhaps the subject of yet another post!). I'm kind of a genre snob. I don't like hobbits in my Traveller or too much tech in my D&D. Or rather, I will indeed put tech in my D&D 'cause D&D is like that but not in my Ars Magica and so forth.<br /><br />If I establish from that get go that "this campaign is about magical giant robot insects and takes place in another realm of reality" then I'm good to go. My players can say, "Can I be a mutant technowizard? Sure! If I say, "this is a game about Sci-Fi combat robots ala Battletech" then it the answer to the previous player inquiry is no.<br /><br />I'm just like that and so are most of my players (though less so in my current group).<br /><br />By the way Jeff, thanks for the advice. It means a lot.Adam Dicksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-79586932921448394232009-12-15T16:56:49.299-05:002009-12-15T16:56:49.299-05:00"Will anyone care but me?"
Stop worryin...<b>"Will anyone care but me?"</b><br /><br />Stop worrying about this, please. There's a gazillion people on the internets, all of whome have access to google. If you keep posting your audience will eventually find you.<br /><br />As far as the many body of your post goes, there are days where I *seriously* consider going exclusively with <i>Encounter Critical</i> because it pretty much does all genres equally horribly. That way one session could be a Traveller-esque adventure and the next involve hobbits and magic rings.Jeff Rientshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.com