Comments on: GMing Is Like a Sausage http://www.treasuretables.org/2006/10/gming-is-like-a-sausage Game mastering advice, ideas & resources • Dedicated to helping GMs Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Martin http://www.treasuretables.org/2006/10/gming-is-like-a-sausage/comment-page-1#comment-4644 Martin Tue, 17 Oct 2006 17:20:17 +0000 http://www.treasuretables.org/?p=502#comment-4644 This one was a bit of an experiment. It has none of the hallmarks of most TT posts, and it's really pretty silly. And yet, writing it got me to think about GMing slightly differently than I had before -- and it got Cassandra to post her own GMing:sausage analogy, which is about 10 times better than mine. ;) This one was a bit of an experiment. It has none of the hallmarks of most TT posts, and it’s really pretty silly.

And yet, writing it got me to think about GMing slightly differently than I had before — and it got Cassandra to post her own GMing:sausage analogy, which is about 10 times better than mine. ;)

]]> By: Cassandra http://www.treasuretables.org/2006/10/gming-is-like-a-sausage/comment-page-1#comment-4643 Cassandra Tue, 17 Oct 2006 11:59:26 +0000 http://www.treasuretables.org/?p=502#comment-4643 I have to agree with the old saying also: like sausage, games are better if you don't see them being made. Knowing all the ingredients can spoil the flavor, resulting in a failure of suspension of disbelief. From the player's perspective, all that's important is the tasty result. I have to agree with the old saying also: like sausage, games are better if you don’t see them being made. Knowing all the ingredients can spoil the flavor, resulting in a failure of suspension of disbelief. From the player’s perspective, all that’s important is the tasty result.

]]> By: ScottM http://www.treasuretables.org/2006/10/gming-is-like-a-sausage/comment-page-1#comment-4641 ScottM Tue, 17 Oct 2006 00:16:35 +0000 http://www.treasuretables.org/?p=502#comment-4641 Of course, politics is also like sausage... therefore, GMing is like politics. (Um, yeah, I'll go stand in the corner now.) Of course, politics is also like sausage… therefore, GMing is like politics.

(Um, yeah, I’ll go stand in the corner now.)

]]> By: Dylan Zimmerman http://www.treasuretables.org/2006/10/gming-is-like-a-sausage/comment-page-1#comment-4640 Dylan Zimmerman Mon, 16 Oct 2006 23:46:48 +0000 http://www.treasuretables.org/?p=502#comment-4640 Interesting comparison. Interesting comparison.

]]> By: Stephen W. http://www.treasuretables.org/2006/10/gming-is-like-a-sausage/comment-page-1#comment-4637 Stephen W. Mon, 16 Oct 2006 20:49:14 +0000 http://www.treasuretables.org/?p=502#comment-4637 I couldn't help but raise an eyebrow when the title for this post came up in my feed reader. It's definitely an accurate analogy, albeit not one I would've ever attributed to GMing. Worded correctly, I think you could apply it equally to cooking most foods. Of course, I'm not a big fan of sausage, so I prefer comparing GMing to baking a cake, or maybe pizza. Mmm, pizza... Dangit, now you've got me hungry. Where are the Cheetos? Where's the Mountain Dew? Can I have some Mountain Dew? ;) I couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow when the title for this post came up in my feed reader. It’s definitely an accurate analogy, albeit not one I would’ve ever attributed to GMing. Worded correctly, I think you could apply it equally to cooking most foods. Of course, I’m not a big fan of sausage, so I prefer comparing GMing to baking a cake, or maybe pizza. Mmm, pizza…

Dangit, now you’ve got me hungry. Where are the Cheetos? Where’s the Mountain Dew? Can I have some Mountain Dew? ;)

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