Comments on: Drifting Task Resolution into Conflict Resolution

By: Martin

Martin — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 14:25:14 +0000

(Steven) I imagine I’m not the only GM who has this particular problem.

Guilty as charged — if I’m not careful, I tend to overthink things too (in gaming and in life).

By: Steven

Steven — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 06:14:33 +0000

And to think: I blew off my D&D game tonight and we played Munchkin instead. Seriously. It was a blast. I’ve never played it before.

I think all the theorizing this past week got to me and I freaked out a little. I’ll have a post later this weekend about “thinking too much.” I imagine I’m not the only GM who has this particular problem.

By: Martin

Martin — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 03:38:21 +0000

Drew: Steven’s a sharp guy, and I wouldn’t be surprised if this topic came up again in his “101 days” project.

By: Drew

Drew — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 20:18:11 +0000

Having never experienced any Forge type games, the whole “What is your intent?” idea really took me. I really like how the whole resolution thing almost builds itself under those kinds of conditions. One of my campaigns I’m currently running would really benefit from this sort of dialoging.

Thanks for the post!

By: Martin

Martin — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 18:35:59 +0000

Scott: Agreed — it was the subject of a minipost last month. Steven’s project has been shaping up well, and it’s an interesting read.

By: ScottM

ScottM — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 18:12:56 +0000

The whole “101 Days of D&D” series is also worth checking out.

By: Martin

Martin — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 14:18:00 +0000

Coming off of two Burning Wheel events at this year’s GenCon, drifting D&D was on my mind as well. Some of the earliest posts here reflect that.

By: Steven

Steven — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 14:07:44 +0000

Thanks for the mention, Martin. It’s funny. I spent most of the last year learning and playing a number of indie, narrativist, Forge-y (or whatever) games (esp. Burning Wheel), and I thought I had sorta burned out on them. So, I returned to D&D this fall as a sort of palate-cleanser, eager to “let D&D be D&D.” Ironically, I now spend most of my time trying to figure out how to drift D&D closer to those other games/styles!