Comments on: Another YMIAT Contest: A World Without D&D? http://www.gnomestew.com/gnome-gnews/another-ymiat-contest-a-world-without-dd The Game Mastering Blog Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Patrick Benson http://www.gnomestew.com/gnome-gnews/another-ymiat-contest-a-world-without-dd/comment-page-1#comment-6245 Patrick Benson Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:02:58 +0000 http://www.gnomestew.com/?p=4063#comment-6245 *Groan.* sot = shot That's how things work in Nodeean'dee land.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6245','Patrick Benson'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> *Groan.*

sot = shot

That’s how things work in Nodeean’dee land.

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]]> By: Patrick Benson http://www.gnomestew.com/gnome-gnews/another-ymiat-contest-a-world-without-dd/comment-page-1#comment-6244 Patrick Benson Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:01:27 +0000 http://www.gnomestew.com/?p=4063#comment-6244 As much as I would like to count these comments as part of the contest, you are going to have to post them at You Meet In A Tavern if you want a sot at the prize. ;) Just in case, I've edited the post so that there is no confusion.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6244','Patrick Benson'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> As much as I would like to count these comments as part of the contest, you are going to have to post them at You Meet In A Tavern if you want a sot at the prize. ;)

Just in case, I’ve edited the post so that there is no confusion.

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]]> By: lamguin http://www.gnomestew.com/gnome-gnews/another-ymiat-contest-a-world-without-dd/comment-page-1#comment-6243 lamguin Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:22:29 +0000 http://www.gnomestew.com/?p=4063#comment-6243 Sans DnD, I'd also have to assume that fantasy is no longer the norm for tabletop gaming. Perhaps it never caught on. Ideally, I'd see Steampunk filling this gap. But, since I'm not really familiar with any good Steampunk games (hint: a link or two would be super-duper lamguin @ yahoo . com) I guess I'll allow Cyberpunk to reign supreme in this strangely dystopian world. Cyberpunk, of course, leads to ShadowRun. Not my favorite system, but elegant in its way. Six-sided dice are extremely easy to find even in a non-gamer's home. Taking elements of 1984, Snow Crash, Neuromancer, and heck, even a little Running Man for flavor, ShadowRun's cruel dystopia is one heck of a good time.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6243','lamguin'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> Sans DnD, I’d also have to assume that fantasy is no longer the norm for tabletop gaming. Perhaps it never caught on.

Ideally, I’d see Steampunk filling this gap. But, since I’m not really familiar with any good Steampunk games (hint: a link or two would be super-duper lamguin @ yahoo . com) I guess I’ll allow Cyberpunk to reign supreme in this strangely dystopian world.

Cyberpunk, of course, leads to ShadowRun. Not my favorite system, but elegant in its way. Six-sided dice are extremely easy to find even in a non-gamer’s home.

Taking elements of 1984, Snow Crash, Neuromancer, and heck, even a little Running Man for flavor, ShadowRun’s cruel dystopia is one heck of a good time.

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]]> By: BryanB http://www.gnomestew.com/gnome-gnews/another-ymiat-contest-a-world-without-dd/comment-page-1#comment-6242 BryanB Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:48:54 +0000 http://www.gnomestew.com/?p=4063#comment-6242 EGADS, was it spelled Traveller?! :(<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6242','BryanB'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> EGADS, was it spelled Traveller?! :(
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]]> By: BryanB http://www.gnomestew.com/gnome-gnews/another-ymiat-contest-a-world-without-dd/comment-page-1#comment-6241 BryanB Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:47:25 +0000 http://www.gnomestew.com/?p=4063#comment-6241 Traveler. We might have had multiple Traveler settings after the original Imperium setting, much like D&D started with Greyhawk and Blackmoor. Perhaps additional licensed settings would have come out like Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, Star Wars, or Battlestar Galactica, similar to what like Dragonlance did for AD&D. Perhaps Sci-Fi RPGs would be more dominant than the fantasy ones today. Perhaps the flamewars would be over the credentials of Traveler 4e vs 5e. :D<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6241','BryanB'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> Traveler.

We might have had multiple Traveler settings after the original Imperium setting, much like D&D started with Greyhawk and Blackmoor. Perhaps additional licensed settings would have come out like Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, Star Wars, or Battlestar Galactica, similar to what like Dragonlance did for AD&D.

Perhaps Sci-Fi RPGs would be more dominant than the fantasy ones today. Perhaps the flamewars would be over the credentials of Traveler 4e vs 5e. :D

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