Shannon keep up the good work!!! I have been gaming for the last 25 years and your articals have not only brought back memories, but also further exlplained some of those events.
W/r/t Rune: "It's in fact the only truly competitive RPG in existence."
Well, there's also Agon, and probably some others I can't think of just now.
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W/r/t Rune: "It's in fact the only truly competitive RPG in existence."
Well, there's also Agon, and probably some others I can't think of just now.
Yeah but do any of the others give you bonus points for beating an enemy to death with his own arm?
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W/r/t Rune: "It's in fact the only truly competitive RPG in existence."
Well, there's also Agon, and probably some others I can't think of just now.
Is the GM in competition with the other players in Agon? Actually, I don't really know anything about Agon. Does it have a GM?
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Is the GM in competition with the other players in Agon? Actually, I don't really know anything about Agon. Does it have a GM?
It does have a GMm but I believe it's set up so that the GM doesn't need to pull any punches. The author calls it a "competitive roleplaying game".
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... A player cannot learn of a game's ending without experiencing it, because a game is not a linear object.
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Thanks for this column! I never realized how much Altas games had shaped my gaming experience. As a youngin', I never paid much attention to publishers, but looking back, I see that many, many games that I either bought, played, or really, really, wanted to buy were all Atlas-- both cards, RPG, and otherwise. The biggest influence? Feng Shui. Thanks Atlas and Robin!
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