[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: (TFT) First Adventure

I think fudging the dice is a little bit far usually, but adjusting the situation to the characters ability is a good idea. I kinda am reluctant though, because what I've always liked about TFT as opposed to other RPGs is that the game is run by rules, not the GM, which makes the wargamer in me feel all fuzzy. I guess i'm particularly like that because I used to have a GM who would fudge all the die rolls (he did less of the adjusting of situations, which I think is a far more elegant solution) which really got rid of the fun and danger of it all. 
On Jul 20, 2010, at 10:58 AM, Joe Hartley wrote:


On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:50:38 -0400
Joey Beutel <mejobo@comcast.net> wrote:

1) Anyone remember a little known TFT computer game (not official, i
believe) from 1985? It was called Tomb of Terror, I had it on my
Amiga.... because it was designed and sold by my dad (an early
programmer).
I don't know how I missed this, but I did. Had I seen it I'm sure I would have gotten it as I was hugely into the Amiga at the time, and if the TFT aspect was mentioned, I'd have been on it for sure. I'd love to see what 
this has become!


2) How do you guys feel about trying to save the player's characters
as  I did above?
Ultimately, everyone wants to be playing the game. If the player(s) have done something amazingly stupid, then sure, "rocks fall, everyone dies" is an option, but if there's good gameplay going on, a bit of "deus ex machina" from the GM keeping the damage to a more reasonable level might be called for. I've never had a problem with a GM overriding the dice as long as it's not done 
very often, and promotes the game play.

--
======================================================================
      Joe Hartley - UNIX/network Consultant - jh@brainiac.com
Without deviation from the norm, "progress" is not possible. - FZappa
=====
Post to the entire list by writing to tft@brainiac.com.
Unsubscribe by mailing to majordomo@brainiac.com with the message body
"unsubscribe tft"

=====
Post to the entire list by writing to tft@brainiac.com.
Unsubscribe by mailing to majordomo@brainiac.com with the message body
"unsubscribe tft"