Re: [WW] To Weird or not to weird

[Hugh Stonewolf Mc Guinness <murdochm@redbrick.dcu.ie>]

Well, personally, Im not too much bothered whether I use wierdness or not, my
players are happy with the non wierd game as it is and Im not going to change
that (theyre currently working for the "Office of Special Intelligences" ;) ).

Theyre having fun blasting away the evil germans very much in the style of
old war movies (Kellys Heroes, Where Eagles Dare, etc...), which is just
perfect for the players and thier current general mood (though Im not being so
gung-ho as to let them drive up to a building full of panzerfaust bearing
germans in a halftrack and get away with it - they /survived/ due to GMs fiat).
Ive always seent he point of playing RPGs as being to have fun, and even though
this campaign is my first experience of GMing Im having lots of it, and so
are my players (and apparantly a crowd of about 7 people who watched the first
session enjoyed it too), and that as I see it is whats important, if the
players arent going to like wierdness, then theyre not going to like the game
and thus will start moaning, therefore continue non-wierd or get new players
(panzerfausts are good for the latter).

Im not going to introduce wierdness in this campaign but I probably will in
some future campaign/game.

http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~grimnar/wierd-wars/report-01.html
also, data projectors are great, especially for briefings.

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Stonewolf the mad

"Belief is not to notice, belief is just a faith
and faith cant help you escape"
 - Smashin Pumpkins - Thru the Eyes of Ruby


On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 02:56:45AM +0000, mad hatter wrote:
> Hey all, I have a question about setting use. What are all you using for 
> your setting - straightup non-weird WWII roleplaying or Weird War II 
> roleplaying with all the creepy stuff? The reason I ask is because I started 
> a group with no supernatural things & it didn't last. I even had two regular 
> players who decided they didn't want to play because it was "too realistic" 
> for them. Does the supernatural edge help take away from the real horror 
> that was WWII & make it easier to play the game?
> 
> On the other hand, two of my players didn't want to have any weirdness 
> because they thought it was an "insult" to the memory of the real soliders. 
> IMHO I think there is room for both, but I gotta tell you - escapism can be 
> a lot more fun than pure realism.
> 
> Just wondering what you all thought on the subject.
> 
> THANX
> mAdHaTtEr
> 
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Stonewolf the mad

"Belief is not to notice, belief is just a faith
and faith cant help you escape"
 - Smashin Pumpkins - Thru the Eyes of Ruby