Re: Historical Power Games PBM

From: "Steve Pritchard" <steve@spelbind.demon.co.uk>

Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 00:00:00 +0000

MadCentral wrote in message <19990520083205.13208.00002914@ng-fk1.aol.com>...
>>>>>(Which, come to think of it, attracts powergamers.)
>>
>>And poor roleplayers too, IIRC.<<
>
>Hmm.  I was GMing a Champions game last night.  There was *no* combat.  The
>whole thing was set in a james-bondy style base in deep Africa and the PCs
were
>attempting to support a senators efforts to stop the dictator of the country
>from doing any more ethnic cleansing. (They were needed because the dictator
>had his own 'super' entourage).
>
>It was some of the best roleplaying i've seen from players in many years and
>the game was fantastic... intrigue, double-dealing, heavy-duty roleplaying.
>
>Champions doesnt attract bad roleplayers, Karen.  Bad roleplayers are
>everywhere... as are good ones.

The quote was mine, Steve, not Karen's.

I've played a few Superhero games before (Champions, Golden Heroes, etc) and
each of them was a terrible experience. If you have a group that can handle
it, more power to you.

>
>Steve
>-Madhouse UK

References

Re: Historical Power Games PBM
silver@phoenyx.net (Karen J. Cravens)
Sat, 15 May 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Historical Power Games PBM
madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)
Thu, 20 May 1999 00:00:00 +0000