tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post6689783560541306702..comments2024-03-28T17:59:09.906+08:00Comments on Monsters and Manuals: Actual Play: Murderous GhostsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-86803386024151771782012-11-27T04:44:15.535+08:002012-11-27T04:44:15.535+08:00thanks for posting this - can't wait to try it...thanks for posting this - can't wait to try it!Ronbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11327431920417976179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-91886545145794533232012-11-19T07:21:30.319+08:002012-11-19T07:21:30.319+08:00Whereas I used to play D&D a lot instead, beca...Whereas I used to play D&D a lot instead, because I'm too stupid to add up. We were both extremely attractive to the opposite sex, needless to say.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-69480502413131794972012-11-19T07:16:45.172+08:002012-11-19T07:16:45.172+08:00PS Patrick, Nate used to be in the "calculato...PS Patrick, Nate used to be in the "calculator club" back in school.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-5127094652275670422012-11-19T07:14:05.617+08:002012-11-19T07:14:05.617+08:00It's not so much about playing a role as it is...It's not so much about playing a role as it is about controlling the narrative and seeing how it plays out in a more meta sense. So some people would say that makes it a story game rather than an RPG.<br /><br />I don't care about the distinction, really, but I think Murderous Ghosts really is more like a Fighting Fantasy game book with a GM, rather than an RPG per se. Still like it though.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-33438137262571815462012-11-19T06:34:37.404+08:002012-11-19T06:34:37.404+08:00I don't own a pocket calculator. I'm a mat...I don't own a pocket calculator. I'm a mathematician, I don't need a calculator. Tch. Really.<br /><br />Being a relative novice in these things, let me ask a different question. What might disqualify Murderous Ghosts as an RPG?NathanRyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17963023116440525852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-31499701310321971392012-11-19T06:13:44.185+08:002012-11-19T06:13:44.185+08:00But did you get wood?But did you get wood?noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-13206923417597362682012-11-19T06:07:51.082+08:002012-11-19T06:07:51.082+08:00The only solution is to some up with the most insa...The only solution is to some up with the most insane defentions possible.<br /><br />Murderous Ghosts was stapled together and I played it with a man who owns a pocket calculator in a room that smelt of grease. Therefore IT IS A ROLE PLAYING GAME.pjamesstuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-76763820718253466232012-11-19T04:50:06.540+08:002012-11-19T04:50:06.540+08:00Actually, never mind. These definitional arguments...Actually, never mind. These definitional arguments are inherently ridiculous. noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-36537077071323972652012-11-19T04:42:41.195+08:002012-11-19T04:42:41.195+08:00I fear this won't end well, but by that defini...I fear this won't end well, but by that definition wouldn't a fighting fantasy book be an RPG? Or Super Mario Bros? Or Duke Nukem?noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-86418052830513336772012-11-19T04:20:16.673+08:002012-11-19T04:20:16.673+08:00Your stuff was cool Nate. The woman with one shoe ...Your stuff was cool Nate. The woman with one shoe was good.<br /><br />I think it is an RPG because you can't play it without pretending to be a character. I don't think I overrode any of my own anti-story reactions, I sent the whole time trying to avoid contact with ghosts and not to do anything someone in a horror movie would do but stuff still happened.pjamesstuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-40788072984025856062012-11-19T03:33:24.488+08:002012-11-19T03:33:24.488+08:00Having played it a few times this week, I also agr...Having played it a few times this week, I also agree that it's a pretty good parlour game. I think that you and Patrick have a better imagination than me for thinking up plots off the cuff.<br /><br />I like the resolution mechanism a lot, and think it could be used in other games...NathanRyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17963023116440525852noreply@blogger.com