The Game Master by Tobiah Panshin

Author:Tobiah Panshin [Panshin, Tobiah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-10-03T18:29:26+00:00

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While pragmatic, this method does not necessarily produce the best games. Having players who are already comfortable with a rules system can be a bonus; however, this is the same kind of thinking that leads us to the overly familiar “you meet in an inn” opening[21].

As with the setting, you want your choice of rules system to support a style of gameplay in keeping with the tone of your campaign. You also want to choose a system that you and your players will enjoy playing. There have been literally hundreds of different game systems published since the invention of the roleplaying game, and selecting among them can be a daunting task. There are, however, some general questions we can ask to cut down the number of options.

This is another point at which your campaign outline can help. Refer back to the notes you made about tone and the list of works of fiction, and also consider searching on the internet to see what systems other people are already using to play games in the same spirit. Certain movies—such as The Matrix—tend to stand out as targets for adaptation to RPGs. Web forums can also be useful resources for gathering opinions from the gaming community on what systems work well for certain genres or for adapting specific works of fiction.

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