Comments on: Johnny’s Five – Five Ways To Get Your Players On The Other Side Of The Screen http://www.gnomestew.com/johnnys-five/johnnys-five-five-ways-to-get-your-players-on-the-other-side-of-the-screen The Game Mastering Blog Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: paddirn http://www.gnomestew.com/johnnys-five/johnnys-five-five-ways-to-get-your-players-on-the-other-side-of-the-screen/comment-page-1#comment-6712 paddirn Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:10:23 +0000 http://www.gnomestew.com/johnnys-five/johnnys-five-five-ways-to-get-your-players-on-the-other-side-of-the-screen#comment-6712 An awesome game that follows that card deck format you mentioned is Atlas Games' Dungeoneer (http://www.atlas-games.com/dungeoneer/). Players take turns as the DM and lay out a portion of the dungeon along with a monster, and then each takes turn as a hero collecting magic items/weapons, completing quests, and leveling up. You basically compete to finish more quests than the other guy. Each set has a different theme or you can link them together to make multiple levels of one big dungeon. Pretty sweet for some RPG-lite action.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6712','paddirn'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> An awesome game that follows that card deck format you mentioned is Atlas Games’ Dungeoneer (http://www.atlas-games.com/dungeoneer/).

Players take turns as the DM and lay out a portion of the dungeon along with a monster, and then each takes turn as a hero collecting magic items/weapons, completing quests, and leveling up. You basically compete to finish more quests than the other guy. Each set has a different theme or you can link them together to make multiple levels of one big dungeon. Pretty sweet for some RPG-lite action.

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]]> By: DocRyder http://www.gnomestew.com/johnnys-five/johnnys-five-five-ways-to-get-your-players-on-the-other-side-of-the-screen/comment-page-1#comment-5905 DocRyder Fri, 15 May 2009 02:57:17 +0000 http://www.gnomestew.com/johnnys-five/johnnys-five-five-ways-to-get-your-players-on-the-other-side-of-the-screen#comment-5905 The few times I've seen players start running monsters/enemies, it turns ugly. The players still playing their PCs inevitably end up taking the actions of the monsters personally, or feeling the monster player is being too efficient/deadly, or some other variant. I will never use that option in my game.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('5905','DocRyder'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> The few times I’ve seen players start running monsters/enemies, it turns ugly. The players still playing their PCs inevitably end up taking the actions of the monsters personally, or feeling the monster player is being too efficient/deadly, or some other variant. I will never use that option in my game.
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]]> By: John Arcadian http://www.gnomestew.com/johnnys-five/johnnys-five-five-ways-to-get-your-players-on-the-other-side-of-the-screen/comment-page-1#comment-5570 John Arcadian Mon, 11 May 2009 19:59:30 +0000 http://www.gnomestew.com/johnnys-five/johnnys-five-five-ways-to-get-your-players-on-the-other-side-of-the-screen#comment-5570 <a href='#comment-5568' rel="nofollow">@Scott Martin</a> - I hadn't seen that. I know there are similar types of things like that out there, and that the idea of a dungeon deck was used in a lot of old dungeon adventures. I'm working on a Creative Commons licensed PDF of the concept. Something simple and easy to use, despite genre or setting. Something you could download and print out on index cards. <a href='#comment-5569' rel="nofollow">@Kurt "Telas" Schneider</a> - I've always liked games that blur the lines between GM and player. Letting the players get a taste and feel more involved. The quote by Dave Arneson got me thinking about "gateway drugs" into getting players to GM, or get on the GMs side of the screen, if only a little bit.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('5570','John Arcadian'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> @Scott Martin – I hadn’t seen that. I know there are similar types of things like that out there, and that the idea of a dungeon deck was used in a lot of old dungeon adventures. I’m working on a Creative Commons licensed PDF of the concept. Something simple and easy to use, despite genre or setting. Something you could download and print out on index cards.

@Kurt “Telas” Schneider – I’ve always liked games that blur the lines between GM and player. Letting the players get a taste and feel more involved. The quote by Dave Arneson got me thinking about “gateway drugs” into getting players to GM, or get on the GMs side of the screen, if only a little bit.

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]]> By: Kurt "Telas" Schneider http://www.gnomestew.com/johnnys-five/johnnys-five-five-ways-to-get-your-players-on-the-other-side-of-the-screen/comment-page-1#comment-5569 Kurt "Telas" Schneider Mon, 11 May 2009 19:35:22 +0000 http://www.gnomestew.com/johnnys-five/johnnys-five-five-ways-to-get-your-players-on-the-other-side-of-the-screen#comment-5569 I'm a big fan of getting your players to GM, simply because <i>they become better players after a stint behind the screen</i>. At the very least, they have an understanding of the GM's job.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('5569','Kurt \"Telas\" Schneider'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> I’m a big fan of getting your players to GM, simply because they become better players after a stint behind the screen. At the very least, they have an understanding of the GM’s job.
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]]> By: Scott Martin http://www.gnomestew.com/johnnys-five/johnnys-five-five-ways-to-get-your-players-on-the-other-side-of-the-screen/comment-page-1#comment-5568 Scott Martin Mon, 11 May 2009 17:45:23 +0000 http://www.gnomestew.com/johnnys-five/johnnys-five-five-ways-to-get-your-players-on-the-other-side-of-the-screen#comment-5568 That link should be: <a href="http://www.theothergamecompany.com/en/rpgproducts/dungeonbash" rel="nofollow">Dungeon Bash</a>.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('5568','Scott Martin'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> That link should be: Dungeon Bash.
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]]> By: Scott Martin http://www.gnomestew.com/johnnys-five/johnnys-five-five-ways-to-get-your-players-on-the-other-side-of-the-screen/comment-page-1#comment-5567 Scott Martin Mon, 11 May 2009 17:41:52 +0000 http://www.gnomestew.com/johnnys-five/johnnys-five-five-ways-to-get-your-players-on-the-other-side-of-the-screen#comment-5567 Re: a collaborative dungeon. Have you seen The Other Game Company's <a href="http://www.theothergamecompany.com/en/rpgproducts/dungeonbash" rel="nofollow">Dungeon Bash</a>? It provides a random dungeon and encounter builder with several different themes for a quick evening of play without a GM. As a player, I love developing corners of the world that get brought into the main game. Whether it's a personal Shadow in Amber, or inventing an island homeland for a character in D&D, it's fun to add a twist to the world. I particularly like the way Aspects in Spirit of the Century create interesting chunks of the world, perfect for adventure!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('5567','Scott Martin'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> Re: a collaborative dungeon. Have you seen The Other Game Company’s Dungeon Bash? It provides a random dungeon and encounter builder with several different themes for a quick evening of play without a GM.

As a player, I love developing corners of the world that get brought into the main game. Whether it’s a personal Shadow in Amber, or inventing an island homeland for a character in D&D, it’s fun to add a twist to the world. I particularly like the way Aspects in Spirit of the Century create interesting chunks of the world, perfect for adventure!

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