Comments on: Robin D. Laws interview http://www.stargazersworld.com/2009/09/30/robin-d-laws-interview/ A Role Playing Games Blog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:50:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jonathan http://www.stargazersworld.com/2009/09/30/robin-d-laws-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-2533 jonathan Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:26:47 +0000 http://www.stargazersworld.com/?p=2219#comment-2533 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! .-= jonathan´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCoreMechanic/~3/yUtmTQybu1Q/eric-mona-on-future-of-rpgs.html" rel="nofollow">Eric Mona on The Future of RPGs</a> =-. 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!
.-= jonathan´s last blog ..Eric Mona on The Future of RPGs =-.

]]> By: Chgowiz http://www.stargazersworld.com/2009/09/30/robin-d-laws-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-1665 Chgowiz Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:02:16 +0000 http://www.stargazersworld.com/?p=2219#comment-1665 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. .-= Chgowiz´s last blog ..<a href="http://oldguyrpg.blogspot.com/2009/09/we-play-dark-ages-osric-twenty-sessions.html" rel="nofollow">We Play Dark Ages OSRIC - Twenty sessions!</a> =-. 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.
.-= Chgowiz´s last blog ..We Play Dark Ages OSRIC – Twenty sessions! =-.

]]> By: Saragon http://www.stargazersworld.com/2009/09/30/robin-d-laws-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-1664 Saragon Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:16:02 +0000 http://www.stargazersworld.com/?p=2219#comment-1664 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. .-= Saragon´s last blog ..<a href="http://tabletopsblog.com/?p=20" rel="nofollow">Music at the table</a> =-. 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.
.-= Saragon´s last blog ..Music at the table =-.

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