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| ==== Dungeon Master ==== | ==== Dungeon Master ==== |
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| In [[#classic_d_d|classic D&D]] the player who is the referee of the game, and may be the chief narrator or storyteller of the game (in a sense). Other games have many names for this role, the generic name being [[#game_master|game master]]. | In [[#classic_d_d|classic D&D]] the player who is the referee of the game, and may be the chief narrator or storyteller of the game (in a sense). Other games have many other names for this role, the generic name being [[#game_master|game master]]. |
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| ==== “Old-school” gaming ==== | ==== “Old-school” gaming ==== |
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| {{:meta:osrocks.png?nolink&230 |Yes. Yes, it does.}}[[#image_credits|{{ :meta:grognard.png?nolink&120|A grognard after my own heart... as long as he's not a power-gaming douche.}}]] | {{:meta:osrocks.png?nolink&230 |Yes. Yes, it does.}}[[#image_credits|{{ :meta:grognard.png?nolink&120|A grognard after my own heart... as long as he's not a power-gaming douchenozzle.}}]] |
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| Old-school gaming means different things to different people. To some it's the crusty old rule set with its descending armor classes, cookie cutter character classes and [[#dissociated mechanics|dissociated mechanics]]. To others it's the way the game is run, with rulings-not-rules, describe what you're doing and don't just use the numbers off your character sheet and the like. To some it's about the game content: a [[#sandbox]] where you can do whatever you like, you don't ride the [[#railroad|rails]] of somebody else's story. | Old-school gaming means different things to different people. To some it's the crusty old rule set with its descending armor classes, cookie cutter character classes and [[#dissociated mechanics|dissociated mechanics]]. To others it's the way the game is run, with rulings-not-rules, describe what you're doing and don't just use the numbers off your character sheet and the like. To some it's about the game content: a [[#sandbox]] where you can do whatever you like, you don't ride the [[#railroad|rails]] of somebody else's story. |
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| (As an homage to this, I named [[gaz:orc_and_pie|the inn]] at [[gaz:encampment|the encampment]] after this.) | (As an homage to this, I named [[gaz:orc_and_pie|the inn]] at [[gaz:encampment|the encampment]] after this.) |
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| | ==== “OSR” ==== |
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| | The OSR has been called many things: the ”old-school renaissance” for the return to the older editions, the ”old-school revival” and for those who are more militant about it, the ”old-school ruckus.” Lately, I have taken to calling it ”old-school retail” because it used to be a scene where there was a lot of sharing of ideas freely, but now everybody wants money to cross their palm for their participation therein. |
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