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Post by JMiskimen on Oct 15, 2022 19:39:29 GMT -5
There's been a more than a little buzz in a few books and on ye olde interwebs about Braunstein being a regular part of Dave's game, something he participated in during a fairly well known war gaming tournament; such as that notoriety was.
An infamous, smallish, and vocal group of players out there in the digisphere have also been noted as using it regularly and to considerable success in their campaigns ...
... and I think it was just assumed by Gary and other designers, like many aspects of the game that would later be more codified in the AD&D DMG, that this method of play would be more prevalent in campaigns than is widely reported. Indeed, it's easy to see why it wasn't recorded specifically in the DMG or other written media other than a short list of guidelines, as the free-form nature of the roleplaying is as varied as the players playing the roles.
Where do you fall on this 'lost' set of rules/method of play in your campaigns? Do you use Braunstein or similar play at all? If not, why don't you use it?
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Post by hengest on Oct 15, 2022 21:26:47 GMT -5
There's been a more than a little buzz in a few books and on ye olde interwebs about Braunstein being a regular part of Dave's game, something he participated in during a fairly well known war gaming tournament; such as that notoriety was. An infamous, smallish, and vocal group of players out there in the digisphere have also been noted as using it regularly and to considerable success in their campaigns ... ... and I think it was just assumed by Gary and other designers, like many aspects of the game that would later be more codified in the AD&D DMG, that this method of play would be more prevalent in campaigns than is widely reported. Indeed, it's easy to see why it wasn't recorded specifically in the DMG or other written media other than a short list of guidelines, as the free-form nature of the roleplaying is as varied as the players playing the roles. Where do you fall on this 'lost' set of rules/method of play in your campaigns? Do you use Braunstein or similar play at all? If not, why don't you use it? I can't say I have any real experience here, since I haven't gamed much since I even learned what a Braunstein was. I find the idea exciting and inspiring, and it's probably the source for some of my "big ideas" that I have never gotten to put into practice. But I can't say I have actually used this kind of material. Maybe beginning to just a bit in my Sunflower 3D material.
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Oct 16, 2022 8:48:52 GMT -5
I didn't learn many details about the Braunstein style until the last year or so. I'm very intrigued by the concept. I don't believe I have ever used any of these methods in my games, but I want to give it a try.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Oct 16, 2022 14:49:34 GMT -5
I like to think that I provide the conditions in my game where players can go full Braunstein if they want. At the table my game is very much a Free Kriegsspiel experience IMO. I rarely ever refer to the rulebooks during play and I wing a lot of things. When I was running about a two year IRL time and 8 year game time, ocean going stretch IMC there was a considerable amount of things that I could have referred to the rulebooks for, but I told the players, here is how I want to run this, does that seem fair to you, it does, cool, game on.
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