Comments for intwischa.com http://intwischa.com Celebrating the finer attributes of gaming Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:07:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on What is a Role Playing Game? by Weekly Assembly: School Vacation Week | The Gamer Assembly http://intwischa.com/2012/02/what-is-a-role-playing-game/#comment-1480 Weekly Assembly: School Vacation Week | The Gamer Assembly Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:07:42 +0000 http://intwischa.com/?p=2935#comment-1480 [...] What Is A Role Playing Game? from Intwischa provides an intro to role playing games intended to help you explain the hobby to non-gamers. [...] [...] What Is A Role Playing Game? from Intwischa provides an intro to role playing games intended to help you explain the hobby to non-gamers. [...]

]]> Comment on How to Help your Big Bad Evil Guy Live Longer than the Mooks by Alric http://intwischa.com/2012/02/how-to-help-your-big-bad-evil-guy-live-longer-than-the-mooks/#comment-1466 Alric Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:14:54 +0000 http://intwischa.com/?p=3037#comment-1466 Very useful stuff, this. I particulary like the player challenge involving rousing a fallen comrade. Will suggest this to players and see how they feel about it. Thanks! Very useful stuff, this. I particulary like the player challenge involving rousing a fallen comrade. Will suggest this to players and see how they feel about it. Thanks!

]]> Comment on What is a Role Playing Game? by Gaming News from Around the Net: 17-FEB-2012 | Game Knight Reviews http://intwischa.com/2012/02/what-is-a-role-playing-game/#comment-1464 Gaming News from Around the Net: 17-FEB-2012 | Game Knight Reviews Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:01:27 +0000 http://intwischa.com/?p=2935#comment-1464 [...] It may be easy for most of us to dive right into talking about RPGs… but I bet most of us already know the jargon and have been playing a while. What do you tell your friends? Parents? Significant others? Sometimes it’s tough to describe just what a “role playing game” is. Thankfully Chase @ Intwischa has come up with a great post that lays it all out in a friendly way! [...] [...] It may be easy for most of us to dive right into talking about RPGs… but I bet most of us already know the jargon and have been playing a while. What do you tell your friends? Parents? Significant others? Sometimes it’s tough to describe just what a “role playing game” is. Thankfully Chase @ Intwischa has come up with a great post that lays it all out in a friendly way! [...]

]]> Comment on The Virtual Gamer Experiment: A Remote Player’s View by Isaac http://intwischa.com/2012/02/the-virtual-gamer-experiment-a-remote-players-view/#comment-1461 Isaac Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:07:50 +0000 http://intwischa.com/?p=3040#comment-1461 Bryan - having the DM virtual with the PCs together would probably work to the extent that a virtual DM is able to maintain focus and control of the group, but I think you should try it! Bryan – having the DM virtual with the PCs together would probably work to the extent that a virtual DM is able to maintain focus and control of the group, but I think you should try it!

]]> Comment on RPG Group Templates – A Second Look by Links of the Week: February 15, 2012 | Keith Davies — In My Campaign - Keith's thoughts on RPG design and play. http://intwischa.com/2012/02/rpg-group-templates-a-second-look/#comment-1459 Links of the Week: February 15, 2012 | Keith Davies — In My Campaign - Keith's thoughts on RPG design and play. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:50:06 +0000 http://intwischa.com/?p=2929#comment-1459 [...] follows up on an earlier post with RPG Group Templates — A Second Look.  I missed this topic the first time around, but it’s a mechanism I’d like to explore [...] [...] follows up on an earlier post with RPG Group Templates — A Second Look.  I missed this topic the first time around, but it’s a mechanism I’d like to explore [...]

]]> Comment on How to Help your Big Bad Evil Guy Live Longer than the Mooks by BryanMD http://intwischa.com/2012/02/how-to-help-your-big-bad-evil-guy-live-longer-than-the-mooks/#comment-1457 BryanMD Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:50:00 +0000 http://intwischa.com/?p=3037#comment-1457 Oh sure, publish this post AFTER the big finish of our Krystoral campaign... A lot of good it does that angel of death now! Oh sure, publish this post AFTER the big finish of our Krystoral campaign… A lot of good it does that angel of death now!

]]> Comment on The Virtual Gamer Experiment: A Remote Player’s View by BryanMD http://intwischa.com/2012/02/the-virtual-gamer-experiment-a-remote-players-view/#comment-1456 BryanMD Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:46:16 +0000 http://intwischa.com/?p=3040#comment-1456 Isaac's comment makes me wonder how the experiment would fare if the Game Master was linked in virtually, but the party was physically present. DO you think the dynamic would be a bit more favorable this way? We had discussed using the Virtual Gamer in a system like "Shadowrun", where the CHARACTER is actually remote, and hacking in to the operation. The intentional breaking of the 'fourth wall' (so to speak) seems that it might engage the physical players more with the Virtual Gamer because their CHARACTERS have to interact that way. Isaac’s comment makes me wonder how the experiment would fare if the Game Master was linked in virtually, but the party was physically present. DO you think the dynamic would be a bit more favorable this way?

We had discussed using the Virtual Gamer in a system like “Shadowrun”, where the CHARACTER is actually remote, and hacking in to the operation. The intentional breaking of the ‘fourth wall’ (so to speak) seems that it might engage the physical players more with the Virtual Gamer because their CHARACTERS have to interact that way.

]]> Comment on The Virtual Gamer Experiment: A Remote Player’s View by Chase http://intwischa.com/2012/02/the-virtual-gamer-experiment-a-remote-players-view/#comment-1455 Chase Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:24:38 +0000 http://intwischa.com/?p=3040#comment-1455 I think you're completely right. Bryan's immediately put at a disadvantage with the rest of the group. I'd feel kind of silly joining in from home, though, when 4/5 of us live in the same town :) I think you’re completely right. Bryan’s immediately put at a disadvantage with the rest of the group. I’d feel kind of silly joining in from home, though, when 4/5 of us live in the same town :)

]]> Comment on The Virtual Gamer Experiment: A Remote Player’s View by Isaac http://intwischa.com/2012/02/the-virtual-gamer-experiment-a-remote-players-view/#comment-1454 Isaac Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:38:25 +0000 http://intwischa.com/?p=3040#comment-1454 Interesting idea. I admit in advance that I didn't read the entire article thoroughly, but from my own understanding of virtual conferencing/meeting (which is deep because my company makes a leading product in the space), that having a group of people live and a single person virtual often makes the virtual person a 'second class citizen' so to speak. Your experiment would likely yield much more positive results if everybody was virtual and thus subject to the same limitations of audio/video quality and interaction. Interesting idea.

I admit in advance that I didn’t read the entire article thoroughly, but from my own understanding of virtual conferencing/meeting (which is deep because my company makes a leading product in the space), that having a group of people live and a single person virtual often makes the virtual person a ‘second class citizen’ so to speak.

Your experiment would likely yield much more positive results if everybody was virtual and thus subject to the same limitations of audio/video quality and interaction.

]]> Comment on RPG Group Templates – A Second Look by Jacob http://intwischa.com/2012/02/rpg-group-templates-a-second-look/#comment-1447 Jacob Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:55:01 +0000 http://intwischa.com/?p=2929#comment-1447 I've always worked with the chaos of bringing a group together, which I feel has hurt my work. Next game, I may try this in some fashion, because it will get the Players excited about what they are going to create. I'm also keen on having episodic adventures with years spanning apart, rather than letting time play out day by day. Would still be chaotic, but would surely bring focus...I think. I’ve always worked with the chaos of bringing a group together, which I feel has hurt my work. Next game, I may try this in some fashion, because it will get the Players excited about what they are going to create.

I’m also keen on having episodic adventures with years spanning apart, rather than letting time play out day by day. Would still be chaotic, but would surely bring focus…I think.

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