I very much like the idea of a pitch session defining (or at least outlining) the scope of powers and way in which everyone at the table can reasonably expect them to work.
The player who has the best understanding of the game mechanics can manipulate them to have the greatest effect on the story and best overcome the challenges presented by the GM.
Hmm. Any implementation in rules is going to be a Gamist implementation in that case and that seems too sweeping to me. There are rules that support focusing on character, conflict and emergent story, and there are rules that provide game challenges and reward the tactical-minded (for example) player. Of course, no one rule or set of rules is 100% one and not any of the others.
I can where the Gamist approach works to curb a dominant or inflexible GM, but I can also see where the Narrativist approach gives everyone a stake in establishing interesting and compelling characters and conflicts, working to address a theme.
I can also see that I'm not really invested in the Big Model and how bandying GNS terms about gets confusing. When are we going to see this supers setting construction kit?
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Date: 2008-04-11 02:58 pm (UTC)The player who has the best understanding of the game mechanics can manipulate them to have the greatest effect on the story and best overcome the challenges presented by the GM.
Hmm. Any implementation in rules is going to be a Gamist implementation in that case and that seems too sweeping to me. There are rules that support focusing on character, conflict and emergent story, and there are rules that provide game challenges and reward the tactical-minded (for example) player. Of course, no one rule or set of rules is 100% one and not any of the others.
I can where the Gamist approach works to curb a dominant or inflexible GM, but I can also see where the Narrativist approach gives everyone a stake in establishing interesting and compelling characters and conflicts, working to address a theme.
I can also see that I'm not really invested in the Big Model and how bandying GNS terms about gets confusing. When are we going to see this supers setting construction kit?