Recent content by Lundgren

Or we are equally crazy :tongue:

I haven't seen any episodes yet, but that was my reaction as well when I saw a poster for it.

I just watched the first episode of Historien om Sverige, the history of Sweden. A documentary, and the first episode is the stone-age from about 14,500 years ago (the fist gatherer-hunters following the animals as the ice retracted) to about 3,700 years ago when the bronze age reached this part...

I've ran quite a few "duet" games. As there is no intra-player interaction, it plays more focus on me as a GM. On the other hand, there is less headache with syncing the time-schedule of the game or the ingame one. With only one player, I find I need a higher compatibility on gaming style with...

Interesting thought. Well, it kind of requires something to get catharsis from. So I guess it could be a kind of triangle where both escapism and the seek for carthasis is two separate corners, and not having something to avoid or confront in that way being the third corner.

I find it perfectly acceptable if we throw out one of those labels that doesn't fit me, to not change the sum of them. :tongue:

Well, that the phrase is a bit too new on this forum doesn't help. There's not really a "set in stone" definition yet. :tongue:

Uh, yes? The difference of having it as part of the focus and having it as the backdrop. But having it shown a lot in the background without really affecting the player characters in any way is a middle ground. The other end from having it as a focus is after all having it heavily sanitized or...

I see escapism and exploratism as different mentalities taken for how to approach role-playing, not that a specific game is one or the other (but different games can have better or worse support for it). Exploratism, as I think of it, is fairly closely related to culture gaming as a large part...

Hey! Examining navel lint is an old and noble activity. :tongue:

I began using the phrase exploratism because I never felt how I heard the phrase escapism fit me. The wikipedia page for example defines it as "Escapism is mental diversion from unpleasant aspects of daily life, typically through activities involving imagination or entertainment." I don't have a...

I'm not a fan of life-path systems, but there are better and worse examples of them. For one to work for me, there has to be a lot of options and some are far too limited. For my current Traveller game, we used Mongoose 2e with a few modifications. The main change is to have 5 "reroll" tookens...

So... The former, or I've completely forgotten it (which is less likely). :shock:

I'm 52 and I don't think I ever heard that song before today. Either I moved in different circles, or it never became popular here in Sweden.

I have it, but never used it (the same with Recon). So, unless there's someone with actual experience with the game I might be able to at least answer some questions about it.