|
|
Post by hengest on May 7, 2021 22:58:55 GMT -5
Curious whether anyone has done, seen done, or seen writeups for any of the following: - domain play with "zoom in" moments where the lord-level characters also go on their own adventures or are played as PCs
- a campaign-level campaign with a PC or NPC "along for the ride" who is also a "domain" character
- had a low-or zero-level PC upjumped by nepotism or favoritism to a position of some authority where he makes decisions at or almost at "domain" level.
|
|
|
|
Post by mao on May 19, 2021 7:59:23 GMT -5
A couple of chars' in the very early days had cities, baroneys or countries. we never did a lot with it.One player had a PC John Carter and wished Helium into existence. I ran into a very strange guy that wanted to only play a knight w a holding. He really wanted to write the game for the DM, I never played w him.
I have thought about doing a game w gods where all the pcs would be on their own portfolio and were in constant struggles for dominance of their own church. I thought it woukd be cool to start them in the stone age and take 100 year turns. Did a little bit w it but never ran. Might come back to this some day.
I already am planning for thi w TPD delayed game.
|
|
|
|
Post by bravewolf on Jun 11, 2021 19:24:08 GMT -5
I am running a play-by-email AD&D game in which each player starts with a stronghold on the map and attempts to carve out a proper barony from there. Each player starts blind to the others and has to meet them through the course of play.
|
|
|
|
Post by hengest on Jun 11, 2021 19:38:51 GMT -5
I am running a play-by-email AD&D game in which each player starts with a stronghold on the map and attempts to carve out a proper barony from there. Each player starts blind to the others and has to meet them through the course of play. This is completely awesome. |
|
|
|
Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jun 11, 2021 22:23:52 GMT -5
Curious whether anyone has done, seen done, or seen writeups for any of the following: - domain play with "zoom in" moments where the lord-level characters also go on their own adventures or are played as PCs
- a campaign-level campaign with a PC or NPC "along for the ride" who is also a "domain" character
- had a low-or zero-level PC upjumped by nepotism or favoritism to a position of some authority where he makes decisions at or almost at "domain" level.
If I had ever had a group interested in domain play, all of the about would be a thing in my game. I want to get back to my pbp, it being in writing bothers me (because I thrive on that interaction at the table) but if it were face to face I could this moment set down and ref for the next 12 hours and then do it again the next day. |
|
|
|
Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jun 11, 2021 22:25:29 GMT -5
A couple of chars' in the very early days had cities, baroneys or countries. we never did a lot with it.One player had a PC John Carter and wished Helium into existence. I ran into a very strange guy that wanted to only play a knight w a holding. He really wanted to write the game for the DM, I never played w him. I have thought about doing a game w gods where all the pcs would be on their own portfolio and were in constant struggles for dominance of their own church. I thought it woukd be cool to start them in the stone age and take 100 year turns. Did a little bit w it but never ran. Might come back to this some day. I already am planning for thi w TPD delayed game. Yeah, as much as I am conflicted about the game not being face to face, I am anxious to get it going again so I can find out, along with the players, what happens. |
|
|
|
Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jun 11, 2021 22:27:24 GMT -5
I am running a play-by-email AD&D game in which each player starts with a stronghold on the map and attempts to carve out a proper barony from there. Each player starts blind to the others and has to meet them through the course of play. That sounds awesome, it would be great (for me) to do it all face to face with the individual players and only have them together when it is in the course of play. |
|
|
|
Post by bravewolf on Jun 11, 2021 22:35:06 GMT -5
That does sound really cool, TPD. There are two main reasons that I decided to start a correspondence domain-level game: (1) Pandemic, and (2) none of my gaming group had ever played in a classic name-level campaign. I wanted to use OD&D but when I pitched the idea to one of my friends over the phone, he misheard me and got excited about AD&D. So I just rolled with it.
|
|
|
|
Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jun 11, 2021 23:00:37 GMT -5
That does sound really cool, TPD. There are two main reasons that I decided to start a correspondence domain-level game: (1) Pandemic, and (2) none of my gaming group had ever played in a classic name-level campaign. I wanted to use OD&D but when I pitched the idea to one of my friends over the phone, he misheard me and got excited about AD&D. So I just rolled with it. Rolling with it, is a ref/DM ability that is crucial. Of course doing it by correspondence you can run it as an OD&D/AD&D hybrid and it would be really hard to spot, if they are used to a house-ruled game and no one ever sweats the house rules. |
|
|
|
Post by mao on Jun 14, 2021 7:10:36 GMT -5
When I was on Presposia, I ran a solo game of a general in Zembabwe, it was a lot of fun
|
|
|
|
Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jun 14, 2021 9:46:13 GMT -5
When I was on Presposia, I ran a solo game of a general in Zembabwe, it was a lot of fun By solo game do you mean one ref and one player or one ref who was the player too? |
|
|
|
Post by mao on Jun 14, 2021 9:54:26 GMT -5
One ref one player(It's interesting how many things I have done that I have forgotten about)
|
|
|
|
Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jun 14, 2021 10:11:48 GMT -5
One ref one player(It's interesting how many things I have done that I have forgotten about) Those are fun to run, if your player is decisive and a plays fast, you can cover an enormous amount of gaming in a even a short three or four hour game. Yeah to me if it is under five hours it is a short game. Five to seven hours is a medium length game and eight hours and up is perfect.  |
|
|
|
Post by hengest on Mar 31, 2024 17:15:05 GMT -5
I am running a play-by-email AD&D game in which each player starts with a stronghold on the map and attempts to carve out a proper barony from there. Each player starts blind to the others and has to meet them through the course of play. I still think this is awesome. You still around, bravewolf? How did it go? Too cool. I like the idea of this thread, still. |
|
|
|
Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Apr 1, 2024 8:19:19 GMT -5
I wonder how well the BIRTHRIGHT setting does any of these things. |
|
|
|
Post by hengest on Apr 1, 2024 9:55:34 GMT -5
I wonder how well the BIRTHRIGHT setting does any of these things. I have a feeling there's flavor, if not mechanics, in Pendragon that might be adapted... |
|
|
|
Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Apr 1, 2024 9:59:29 GMT -5
I wonder how well the BIRTHRIGHT setting does any of these things. I have a feeling there's flavor, if not mechanics, in Pendragon that might be adapted... Oooh, I bet you are right! |
|
|
|
Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Apr 1, 2024 16:14:47 GMT -5
I am running a play-by-email AD&D game in which each player starts with a stronghold on the map and attempts to carve out a proper barony from there. Each player starts blind to the others and has to meet them through the course of play. Hey bravewolf, is this still going? Maybe you could share with us what you have learned running this. Maybe summarize how it is playing out. |
|
|
|
Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Apr 1, 2024 16:16:54 GMT -5
I wonder how well the BIRTHRIGHT setting does any of these things. I don't know, I was intrigued by what little I knew of the setting, but never got to take an in depth look. Big investment to get into it. |
|
|
|
Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Apr 1, 2024 16:18:47 GMT -5
I have a feeling there's flavor, if not mechanics, in Pendragon that might be adapted... Oooh, I bet you are right! I think a mashup of OD&D with Pendragon and Harn might be a good thing to try. Or throw in ACKS. The thing is though the high cost of entry and the fact that I would still want to homebrew it anyway. |
|
|
|
Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Apr 1, 2024 16:39:25 GMT -5
I wonder how well the BIRTHRIGHT setting does any of these things. I don't know, I was intrigued by what little I knew of the setting, but never got to take an in depth look. Big investment to get into it. Yeah. I eyeballed it a few times at the bookstore on the South Korean Army base but there had been several products released at that time. If I could've caught it at the beginning it would have been easier to keep up with. |
|
|
|
Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Apr 1, 2024 16:40:17 GMT -5
Oooh, I bet you are right! I think a mashup of OD&D with Pendragon and Harn might be a good thing to try. Or throw in ACKS. The thing is though the high cost of entry and the fact that I would still want to homebrew it anyway. The desire to homebrew is something that afflicts many of us!  |
|
|
|
Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Apr 1, 2024 16:42:11 GMT -5
Curious whether anyone has done, seen done, or seen writeups for any of the following: - domain play with "zoom in" moments where the lord-level characters also go on their own adventures or are played as PCs
- a campaign-level campaign with a PC or NPC "along for the ride" who is also a "domain" character
- had a low-or zero-level PC upjumped by nepotism or favoritism to a position of some authority where he makes decisions at or almost at "domain" level.
was the old RISK campaign on these boards something like this? |
|
|
|
Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Apr 1, 2024 16:45:52 GMT -5
Curious whether anyone has done, seen done, or seen writeups for any of the following: - domain play with "zoom in" moments where the lord-level characters also go on their own adventures or are played as PCs
- a campaign-level campaign with a PC or NPC "along for the ride" who is also a "domain" character
- had a low-or zero-level PC upjumped by nepotism or favoritism to a position of some authority where he makes decisions at or almost at "domain" level.
was the old RISK campaign on these boards something like this? Generally, yeah, I think it was. That was a long time ago, I really hoped that would run long enough for them to tweak what they were doing to were it worked well, but it died very early on and never really reached the tweaking stage. |
|
|
|
Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Apr 1, 2024 16:49:41 GMT -5
Generally, yeah, I think it was. That was a long time ago, I really hoped that would run long enough for them to tweak what they were doing to were it worked well, but it died very early on and never really reached the tweaking stage. Cool. Thanks for the info. |
|
