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Rope Laying Games
Been pondering RPGs a lot recently.
I feel a need to play one.
I feel I should try running one at some point. I'm a little inexperienced at this having run a total of 2 sessions. Am really not experienced enough to know what's involved in making a good game. It does somewhat depend on players. My habit of living in a different country from everyone I might play with complicates this a little as well, of course. Still, I may return.
So, people... would you like to play a game?
And if so what? What do people like? What settings and systems do people like?
My other thought was more cerebral. Dice mechanics. I was going to analyse them, but then I found someone had already done so. Particularly liked the ideal DoS distribution. One thing that matters to me is that it should be possible, however unlikely, for the lowest skill to beat the highest skill through sheer dumb luck. A weakling, flailing around manages to hit the barbarian right where it hurts.
For Anchor I played with a system that should have fit the ideal distribution reasonably well. Roll multiple six sided dice. The higher your skill, the more dice. Highest die is the one that matters. Didn't work. Too many wins. Might work with multiple D20s but that reduces its accessibility. Not everyone has dozens of polyhedral dice.
I'm sure there is a better system.
I feel a need to play one.
I feel I should try running one at some point. I'm a little inexperienced at this having run a total of 2 sessions. Am really not experienced enough to know what's involved in making a good game. It does somewhat depend on players. My habit of living in a different country from everyone I might play with complicates this a little as well, of course. Still, I may return.
So, people... would you like to play a game?
And if so what? What do people like? What settings and systems do people like?
My other thought was more cerebral. Dice mechanics. I was going to analyse them, but then I found someone had already done so. Particularly liked the ideal DoS distribution. One thing that matters to me is that it should be possible, however unlikely, for the lowest skill to beat the highest skill through sheer dumb luck. A weakling, flailing around manages to hit the barbarian right where it hurts.
For Anchor I played with a system that should have fit the ideal distribution reasonably well. Roll multiple six sided dice. The higher your skill, the more dice. Highest die is the one that matters. Didn't work. Too many wins. Might work with multiple D20s but that reduces its accessibility. Not everyone has dozens of polyhedral dice.
I'm sure there is a better system.
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If not, Roll20 might be worth a try.
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