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[Players Stop Reading Here] The GMs only section of books

Started by BarefootGaijin, January 20, 2014, 06:28:20 AM

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Gronan of Simmerya

#60
February 02, 2014, 01:44:03 AM
Quote from: Warthur;728753Worth pointing out too that in Paranoia the GM-only section is only winkingly a GM-only section. Given that Paranoia is built on taking all of the OOC assumptions of other RPGs and inverting them as much as possible whilst still just about retaining a traditional RPG framework, in fact it's just fine reading the GM-only stuff in Paranoia provided that nobody can prove you did it.

Do you have clearance to read that, Citizen?
You should go to GaryCon.  Period.

The rules can\'t cure stupid, and the rules can\'t cure asshole.

Warthur

#61
February 02, 2014, 09:10:06 AM
Of course, the bad thing about Paranoia is that people clutter up discussions about it with goofy security clearance talk which has no place outside an actual game.
I am no longer posting here or reading this forum because Pundit has regularly claimed credit for keeping this community active. I am sick of his bullshit for reasons I explain here and I don\'t want to contribute to anything he considers to be a personal success on his part.

I recommend The RPG Pub as a friendly place where RPGs can be discussed and where the guiding principles of moderation are "be kind to each other" and "no politics". It\'s pretty chill so far.

Omega

#62
February 02, 2014, 09:59:52 AM
Quote from: RPGPundit;728747I think that there's a difference between a "GM section" of an RPG book and a "GM-ONLY section".  The former is just a place to deal with those rules that players don't really need to know.  The latter is usually a problematic sort of thing not least because it assumes players cannot make a division between in-character and out-of-character knowledge... and moreso, because those players who really can't will just cheat anyways and look!

Cheaters gonna Cheat.

Really. Thats the game design advice I keep giving to designers who obsess over trying to prevent player cheating. You cant do it 100%. There are allways ways to circumvent rules if someone has the urge.
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