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Do it yourself GMs?

Started by Mcrow, May 21, 2007, 01:26:42 PM

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jrients

#15
May 22, 2007, 11:35:10 AM
Quote from: CalithenaYep. If I weren't I'd probably still be playing 3.14159, and likely would have never spent all that time at the Forge trying to figure out why modern game designs fuck me up so bad. I'm happy for the increased self-understanding but sometimes I sort of wish I'd stuck with chess instead.

Heh.  I'm a DIY guy with chess as well.  Check out ChessVariants.com sometimes for a look into that crazy world.  There are competing theories about chess variant design, and discussions over what constitutes a chess game.
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SunBoy

#16
May 28, 2007, 04:21:27 AM
I generally homebrew every fantasy setting (what I GM most of the time), but wouldn't change much of, say, Lord of the Rings. Shadowrun, homemade too. Supers, loosely DC universe, mostly homemade. Few times I ran VtM... well, let's say there is not "Montevideo by night", and I hate their metaplot (the vast majority of which I haven't even read, so I couldn't use it even if I wanted too...)
Amber... well, I've tweaked bits of story and setting here and there...
All in all, I voted Yes.

Edit to add: Never worked out a system, yet. Not quite, at least.
"Real randomness, I\'ve discovered, is the result of two or more role-players interacting"

Erick Wujcik, 2007

jeff37923

#17
May 28, 2007, 08:35:51 AM
I'm a DIY, but I'll buy published stuff for I&I (Inspiration & Ideas).
"Meh."

Caesar Slaad

#18
May 28, 2007, 09:06:47 PM
I'm not so much a DIY-type as a kitbash type. I have less time and patience to put everything together from scratch, but will eagerly frankenstein together published material and nip and tuck it here and there.
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Running: Pathfinder Scarred Lands, Mutants & Masterminds, Masks, Starfinder, Bulldogs!
Playing: Sigh. Nothing.
Planning: Some Cyberpunk thing, system TBD.

kryyst

#19
May 29, 2007, 07:51:08 AM
I'll use the rules, but often my own setting, unless of course the rules come with a usable setting like WFRP, Shadowrun, Feng Shui, Cthulhu etc...
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Rob Lang

#20
May 31, 2007, 02:38:55 AM
Yep. I literally made up everything. For a break, though, I like to run other games but pretty much it's all my own invention.
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