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Reply: General Role-Playing:: Re: QOTD AUG 29: Have you ever tried any rpgs designed for 3 players? What makes them different?
Posted: Mon, 08 Sep 10:08:23

by Karkared

A rare one but a thing still.
I remember now about Alter Ego, a 1980s French scifi rpg in which the only possibility was to play as one gm and two players, with the characters being an elite team of two space operatives, one Alternaut and one Egonaut (every job was declined in -naut). Never played.

Reply: General Role-Playing:: Re: QOTD AUG 27: Do you enjoy (or would you like to try) playing RPGs with two total players? What games/systems are your favorite for 2? What are your least favorite?
Posted: Mon, 08 Sep 09:50:31

by PzVIE

I have played a couple of these 1 on 1 Adventures using the Pathfinder 1 system with my wife.
We both liked it. It's different, but nevertheless, it's role playing and very enjoyable.

by Benevolentgamemaster

I tried sporadic one-shots like that, but I prefer more people and thus interaction.

Reply: General Role-Playing:: Re: QOTD AUG 29: Have you ever tried any rpgs designed for 3 players? What makes them different?
Posted: Mon, 08 Sep 09:45:13

by Benevolentgamemaster

Is that a thing?

Reply: General Role-Playing:: Re: QOTD AUG 30: Say you have a player who's loyal and reliable, but many would be players don't want to deal with them... and tell you that the loyal player is why they won't play. What do you do?
Posted: Mon, 08 Sep 09:44:06

by Benevolentgamemaster

I sincerely hope I'll never have to make such a Sophie's choice...

Reply: General Role-Playing:: Re: QOTD AUG 28: How does your group divvy up spoils at the end of a session? Does the type of game change how spoils are divided?
Posted: Mon, 08 Sep 09:43:31

by PzVIE

If anybody wants stuff from the loot they found, they simply take it. The rest is sold at the next opportunity and again, if anybody has his eyes on an item he fancies, the group buys it for him. I like that - nobody is greedy and everybody is happy.

I have played in groups where everything was sold and then divided up to the penny. This was probably more fair, but the method my current group employs is very friendly.

Reply: General Role-Playing:: Re: QOTD SEP 1: What do you feel are the benefits and drawbacks of using established settings vs homebrew worlds?
Posted: Mon, 08 Sep 09:36:14

by Benevolentgamemaster

Since the work has been done, you get to play a lot faster and players know what-and what not-to expect.

Reply: General Role-Playing:: Re: QOTD AUG 28: How does your group divvy up spoils at the end of a session? Does the type of game change how spoils are divided?
Posted: Mon, 08 Sep 09:33:54

by Benevolentgamemaster

"Anybody want this?"

Reply: General Role-Playing:: Re: QOTD SEP 3: How do you feel about non-human ancestries in 'standard' fantasy settings?
Posted: Mon, 08 Sep 09:29:39

by Benevolentgamemaster

I am fine with them as long as they fit the setting. Adventuring types are a diverse bunch anyway...

Reply: General Role-Playing:: Re: QOTD SEP 5: If someone who's never played an RPG expressed interest or curiosity in the hobby to you, how would you proceed?
Posted: Mon, 08 Sep 09:26:39

by Benevolentgamemaster

latindog wrote:

I would invite them to play a one shot with us sometime. I might ask them if they have a preferred genre if I didn't already have a specific game planed.

This, most likely.

Reply: General Role-Playing:: Re: QOTD AUG 31: What RPGs best accommodate players who find enjoyment in different aspects of roleplaying games, and what makes them good at this?
Posted: Mon, 08 Sep 09:25:27

by Benevolentgamemaster

In the hands of a good GM, many systems can fit that bill.

Reply: General Role-Playing:: Re: QOTD SEP 4: Have your players, or you as a player, ever started doing a sidequest of their own unprompted? How did that go? Did it get incorporated into the wider campaign or stay as a side activity?
Posted: Mon, 08 Sep 09:23:45

by Benevolentgamemaster

Frequently...