State of the Game: Part II

[jeregenest]

The Place of the Dramatic in the Game

We swirled around this one but to be honest I’m not sure we resolved anything other than talked about elsewhere. Maybe someone else can set me straight here?

I take that back somewhat, what this discussion really ended up being about was poor play styles and some bad habits we’ve picked up thanks to the wiki and the wireless. We’ made an addenda to the social contract about no laptops and discussed the advantage of recording sessions so I could get my note taking needs taken care of.

Comments

[jeffwik.livejournal.com]

I feel that we've settled on a level that isn't the level originally specified, but at which we're all fairly comfortable.

[unquietsoul5.livejournal.com]

Interesting.... why did you ban laptops? I ask because my gaming group needs computers something fierce to prep or run games (and I often run as GM using one for most of my campaign notes).

It's not unusual for us to have 3 or more laptops in use during a game for note taking, character info, etc.

So what brought about your decision and how well is it working?

[jeregenest.livejournal.com]

The consnsus was that the not taking and the fact checking and the wiki updating was taking people out of the scene and puttign a barrier between them and the group.

Be curious to see if not havin them there makes a difference.

Banning laptops

[dkoulomzin.livejournal.com]

I actually don't recall settling on this one. I hate this idea. I think the laptop is an important play aid. Banning web-surfing or game-playing seems reasonable, but surfing the wiki or using your computer to take notes or as a character sheet is really helpful.