Comments on: Robin D. Laws interview

By: jonathan

jonathan — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:26:47 +0000

This post / interview is a landmark piece of work in the RPG blogging community. I’m surprised that there hasn’t been more attention paid to it. Top notch Michael – bravo!
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By: Chgowiz

Chgowiz — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:02:16 +0000

Interesting. In all those examples, I find that the GUMSHOE example is also done by GMs who encourage an exploratory, interactive, negotiation type of game – regardless of system. I’ve not read GUMSHOE but I’m curious why he chose that distinction.

Perhaps, and I’m basing this on his answer to your question about “stalls” is that so much of current gaming depends on “skill rolls” that it’s become a point of view to push against. Skill rolls weren’t always the currency of role playing – I find that the GUMSHOE example he uses is the norm for the games I enjoy, not the exception.
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By: Saragon

Saragon — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:16:03 +0000

Man, I’m going to have to pick up GUMSHOE soon. From the description Robin Laws gives – and from your questions – it looks really good.
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