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Campaign Design Walk-Through 9: Conflict!

Steve Johnson8 years ago1 year ago01 mins

Before we get into the next section of Guardians of Shymeria campaign design, I realized that I’ve been missing an important game-specific trait. Since characters become Guardians as recognition for an act of great heroism, it would probably be nice to know what the characters did to get noticed by the Guardians. So I’m going…

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Cinemechanix Design Journal: Acclaim

Steve Johnson9 years ago2 years ago01 mins

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Worldbuilding Vs. Storytelling Vs. Conflict-Based Plotting

Steve Johnson10 years ago2 years ago01 mins

Most gamers agree that players are responsible for creating the characters in a role-playing game, but the GM’s responsibilities are more nebulous. Usually we say that the GM is responsible for the world, or stories, or both. In QAGS, I think we said the GM was responsible for “everything else,” which is definitely overstating things….

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