[freeroleplay] Thoughts on system design

[Ricardo Gladwell]

On Tue, 2006-06-27 at 14:54 -0700, Troy Truchon wrote:
> For my upcoming PBeM I am trying to find ways to do away with the
> traditional game master. But I don't want it to become round robin
> story telling as I've seen it become in many gmless rpgs.

I'm not sure what to suggest. Most GM-less mechanics I've seen involve
some form of round-robin storytelling. Maybe if you tell us what you
dislike about round-robin storytelling we can suggest something you
would like?

> One thought I have had is to break up the story into story arcs and
> have a player whos character is not involved GM it. At least untill
> his/her character becomses involved. At any given point the narrative
> could be constructed by several GM's. The problem would be in the
> protocols necessary to coordinate it.

Isn't this round-robin storytelling?

If you can dig out a copy, you might want to look at the out-of-print
Theatrix system. You may still be able to get a copy on EBay.

Kind regards...

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Ricardo Gladwell
President, Free RPG Community
http://www.freeroleplay.org/
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