tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post2282570410483132332..comments2024-03-28T22:00:35.840-07:00Comments on Playing D&D With Porn Stars: The End of Thought EaterZak Sabbathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-89613654120474119912017-01-23T17:33:12.232-08:002017-01-23T17:33:12.232-08:00Yeah being a wargamer as well as a role player i h...Yeah being a wargamer as well as a role player i have never had any trouble intergrating the two. Usually i do a kriegspeil take on the whole battle system for d&d. and really that where d&d came from just look at the braunstein campaign that was ran up in the twin cities back in the 70's whcih Dave arneson directly quotes as a big influence of d&d. It was nothing but a role playing game war style and thats all you really need to do. Even in modern wargaming (mostly historicals) a referee is very common place to set up the cenario and make judgement calls. Later renditions of Warhammer ended this trend in all but the most grognard of wargames but it just goes to show (finally to my point i guess) that wargames and rpgs are one in the same.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872817313126091371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-18349066692668369032017-01-23T02:33:57.819-08:002017-01-23T02:33:57.819-08:00I just plain disagree with the wargames and D&...I just plain disagree with the wargames and D&D one. I've been running games (originally of Pathfinder, more recently of D&D 5e) that have included PC vs Army combat in multiple ways, it's not hard so long as you make sure not to think of the only way a war can go is ten thousand dudes standing in a field wearing uniforms and hacking at each other. At low levels, it tends to be more about personal infiltration and odds-altering by the PCs. At high levels, it's more about what stuff they own, how many people they can conscript/feed/whatever, and if anything else owes them any favours (it's amazing just how much damage an adult gold dragon can do when it lands on an army). The actual combat, I still largely resolve seperate from the PCs, because screw fighting a thousand dudes one at a time. If they participate in a war directly, it tends to be in a manner that suits PCs: as an irregular unit filled with psychopaths of varying morality, hitting a list of High Importance Targets. Thinking they'd do anything else is like thinking Conan would start off his quest for revenge on Thulsa Doom by trying to punch down Doom's front door.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12168237338944794342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-56809652816536860762017-01-19T01:04:26.636-08:002017-01-19T01:04:26.636-08:00How does the math of this mass combat system work ...How does the math of this mass combat system work out? I.e. if you do a combat in the old-fashioned, complicated way (say 30 trolls vs. 500 men and 2 heroes on an open plain), are we in the same ballpark?Johannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13448463364076631580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-25337895284053804282017-01-18T16:45:23.788-08:002017-01-18T16:45:23.788-08:00nah you can go ahead and talk about itnah you can go ahead and talk about itZak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-59624027329029913142017-01-18T16:44:09.605-08:002017-01-18T16:44:09.605-08:00I know you didn't write it, sorry, I was addre...I know you didn't write it, sorry, I was addressing the author. I'm not familiar with your Thought Eater contest and I now realise I might have broken protocol by criticising it before the vote; if so I apologise.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07090296806321882601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-11115207217994334902017-01-18T16:24:56.154-08:002017-01-18T16:24:56.154-08:001. I didn't write this, somebody else did
2. ...1. I didn't write this, somebody else did<br /><br />2. My understanding is that there were different schools of wargaming, some more simulatory, some more even-odds oriented. Miniatures rules like Warhammer nowadays certainly lean toward the latter and the description in the essay certainly describes a genuine imperative many ppl feel in tournament play, whether or not it was dominant in the 70s.<br /><br />3. I think there's other dumb stuff in that essay (and the other one), but I don't want to prejudice the vote by saying nowZak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-46938230749431013522017-01-18T16:19:17.435-08:002017-01-18T16:19:17.435-08:00I'm not sure your description of wargaming is ...I'm not sure your description of wargaming is fair. It's my entirely anecdotal understanding that the mindset of 1950s-70s hardcore wargamers was obsessive simulationism, that such-and-such a class of field gun couldn't be efficiently moved uphill because everyone knows it had a weakness in its axle that lead to slippage, and no it's not in the rules but it's damn well common sense and we'll appeal to the referee for a decision. A pontoon bridge, to these sorts of people, would be justified entirely on whether or not it fit the conditions of the battle they were trying to simulate, not on anything as trifling as the rules of the game.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07090296806321882601noreply@blogger.com