What the question says (and give me some time to get the poll up).

I hate to be a dick but the problem with this poll is for any given person a lot of these are going to be "I don't know this game."

shakes head...

Your mom was a story game last night.

HEY OH!

Quote from: misterguignol;458436Your mom was a story game last night.

HEY OH!

"I mean, you can use your mom for anything..."

Virtually all of them can be, depending on what the players are after.  A few (Arkham Horror) might be a stretch.  And I'm not familiar with all of them. So if people were using my (correct, wise) definition, there could be a check mark next to almost all of them.  But I will let others use their (foolish, incorrect) definition and not fuck up your poll with my silly votes.

I think most of them can be played in other ways too...Actually that might be a more interesting poll for someone who thinks as I do that "story gaming" is an approach to games rather than games themselves. Which of these are not versatile enough to accommodate both story and non-story approaches?

I think the Gumshoe "clue trail" system, the core element of that game, probably doesn't make sense in any other sort of game than a story-based one that follows a mystery or horror or other genre setup that has those sorts of chokepoints.  But maybe you could make a non-story version of that "clue trail" for other sorts of things like exploration?  I haven't seen a Gumshoe game do that yet, maybe someone will write one.

Smallville is an edge case. If you use the methods of generating situations/badguys/etc. that is in the book you will inevitably create story-like play because it will strike the player characters' motivations and relationships...but maybe someone could do this with just a naturalistic setup and a solid reason for the PCs to be targeted? Not sure. It's a close call.

Polaris would be hard to play in a non-story way, given the give-and-take of the system.  Like, you need to have some idea of how you want things to go in order to play, if you don't, you can't really play the game. I'll put that in the "only really supports one approach" box.

Although Burning Wheel doesn't have a very strict story structure, Burning Empires, another implementation of the same system, absolutely does.   I'd say BW can be played non-story, BE...hm, another edge case I'd say.  The structure might be seen by players as a snapshot-in-time instead of rising action.

I'm not really familiar with all the games on the list, like HeroWars/Quest or Panty Explosion.

I lost three of my buddies in a panty explosion back in 'nam.

Quote from: Cole;458438"I mean, you can use your mom for anything..."

She gave me a Kicker, I gave her a couple of Bangs.  Then we GNS'ed all night long.  She Tagged my Aspects so hard that I got Brain-damage.

Quote from: misterguignol;458442She gave me a Kicker, I gave her a couple of Bangs.  Then we GNS'ed all night long.  She Tagged my Aspects so hard that I got Brain-damage.

*Bass Drum*
*Snare Drum*
*Crash Cymbal*

"Here's here all week folks..."

:-D  That was hilarious.

Quote from: misterguignol;458436Your mom was a story game last night.

HEY OH!

Good call.

Quote from: Aos;458441I lost three of my buddies in a panty explosion back in 'nam.

AH FUCK LOL! Shut the fuck up, Aos! You just make me spill coke through my nostrils!

Quote from: Aos;458441I lost three of my buddies in a panty explosion back in 'nam.

It was the Devil's birthday in Cambodia, and the panties were close. They were real close. I couldn't see 'em yet. But I could smell 'em...

Well anyway.

Also, Arkham Horror? That doesn't go far enough. You should have put Munchkin in there. Maybe backgammon. Goddamn backgammon-playing swine.

I like this thread far, far more than I thought I would.

He wanted to give me a Panty Explosion but he was to Smallville.