Old School Goodness to Share

[dmw71]

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[GreyWolfVT]

stuff like that is always questionable. Had something like that in an old F2F game Giant Skeleton in a room with a 7' broadsword? Door was only about what was depicted in that comic 3-4' wide by 6-7' high door into the room.

[rredmond]

[dmw71]

I think my wife has that same shirt.

[Rex]

Awesome!

[rredmond]

I generally just laugh when they guys I'm DMing (all close friends for 35 years or so now) bring up those weird inconsistencies. Like 10 orcs in the 10x10 room or something. Most times I try to get creative with the explanation (and most times they know I'm BSing) but sometimes I laugh it off and just say "because MAGIC!" It's a game man, there's no reason the HARD's lair is smaller than it is, just roll with it!

[GreyWolfVT]

You know the line I remember is "Because I'm the DM/GM and I say so!" "Never question the DM, they may well smite you." "Don't make me smite you!" "Yeah and now you have a goats head." or the one I pulled on a friend "Now your half orc is a half goat."

[Lance]

If they point out that the monster doesn't fit through the door, make the treasure it has also not fit through the door.

[Grognardsw]

[Lance]

"What did you just say? You apologise to Ghidorah right now young man!"

[tibbius]

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obviously through the fourth wall

[Grognardsw]

Often discussed, rarely played.



I'd like to play or run this someday.

[tibbius]

I've seen this played play-by-post with Risus. It was f*in brilliant.

[Scott308]

I love Paranoia! It is not for everyone, however. You have to be willing to accept the zany, and be ok with PvP potentially. And I've played with GMs that didn't allow the game to hit it's full potential. If everyone gets some combination of secret society/ goal/ mutation it makes it much more entertaining as a player. If you don't get something, it becomes a little more straightforward. Granted, I was a bit late to that game, so maybe Friend Computer was punishing me for my tardiness (or the GM just forgot).

[Grognardsw]

Yeah Scott, a certain humor and role playing would be important particularly in this medium. Tib, was Risus game here or on different board?

[tibbius]

Risus game was on a Discord server - I wasn't a player, just watched it unfold and flail about. Very much Stooges.

[cybersavant]

LOVE Paranoia! Even ran it a few times.

[Zhym]

If anyone wants to get an old-school Paranoia game going, I’d definitely be in.

It’s tough to GM well, though. There’s a fine line between madcap stooges hilarity and straight game on one side and instant pvp tpk on the other. Players need to be into the potential pvp aspect, but not too into it—or at least, the GM needs to be able to dissuade certain types of players from shooting each other right away. Even accusations that other characters are Pinko Commie Traitors are something that should be built up to and happen after some time. From the little experience I’ve had playing Paranoia, there’s more risk that a player is over enthusiastic than that they don’t get into the spirit of things enough. But the session I’m thinking of was the recent updated new edition of Paranoia, which might be a better designed game but isn’t quite as awesomely zany, IMO.

Anyway, who wants to run Paranoia?

(One of these days, I’m going to run that Tomb of Horrors / Paranoia mashup I keep talking about. But no time for it just yet, alas.)

[tibbius]

I think this NEW IRON MAIDEN ALBUM will be appreciated here: https://open.spotify.com/album/4bBIsMKf6EmHRlhBwtC33N (you will need a free spotify account to play it)

[rredmond]

Much appreciated! It rocks pretty good. Thank you!