Comments on: Afterschool TV Tropes Special: Location. Location? Location! http://critical-hits.com/2008/08/10/afterschool-tv-tropes-special-location-location-location/ The Journal of Gamer Culture Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:43:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Recent Faves Tagged With "gurps" : MyNetFaves http://critical-hits.com/2008/08/10/afterschool-tv-tropes-special-location-location-location/#comment-52003 Recent Faves Tagged With "gurps" : MyNetFaves Mon, 13 Apr 2009 03:05:15 +0000 http://chattydm.net/?p=923#comment-52003 [...] public links >> gurps Afterschool TV Tropes Special: Location. Location? Location! First saved by SummerBaby310 | 9 days ago Geek Girls Rule! #54 - I Run Games First saved by [...] [...] public links >> gurps Afterschool TV Tropes Special: Location. Location? Location! First saved by SummerBaby310 | 9 days ago Geek Girls Rule! #54 – I Run Games First saved by [...]

]]> By: Afterschool TV Tropes Special: Location. Location? Location! http://critical-hits.com/2008/08/10/afterschool-tv-tropes-special-location-location-location/#comment-52002 Afterschool TV Tropes Special: Location. Location? Location! Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:23:33 +0000 http://chattydm.net/?p=923#comment-52002 [...] Original Skaneateles Talk [...] [...] Original Skaneateles Talk [...]

]]> By: ScottM http://critical-hits.com/2008/08/10/afterschool-tv-tropes-special-location-location-location/#comment-52001 ScottM Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:25:56 +0000 http://chattydm.net/?p=923#comment-52001 One of my favorite GMs ran a series he simply called "Fresno 1, Fresno 2, Fresno 2k, etc." It was interesting to see the town from a different angle... that lumber yard that never seems to have business but stays open somehow? Probably run by a supernatural as a cover. Repeat, repeat... One of my favorite GMs ran a series he simply called “Fresno 1, Fresno 2, Fresno 2k, etc.” It was interesting to see the town from a different angle… that lumber yard that never seems to have business but stays open somehow? Probably run by a supernatural as a cover. Repeat, repeat…

]]> By: Tomcat1066 http://critical-hits.com/2008/08/10/afterschool-tv-tropes-special-location-location-location/#comment-52000 Tomcat1066 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:16:05 +0000 http://chattydm.net/?p=923#comment-52000 Dave, Great post! I really like the idea of the game using the college campus as it's setting. I wish I had thought of that. I may have to run a game in my town since all my players are familiar with it. It could make things interesting! Thanks for the idea, and the use of tropes you use definitely gets the creative juices flowing ;) Tomcat1066s last blog post..<a href="http://tomcat1066.wordpress.com/2008/08/11/balancing-crunch-and-fluff-as-a-player/" rel="nofollow">Balancing Crunch and Fluff as a Player</a> Dave,

Great post! I really like the idea of the game using the college campus as it’s setting. I wish I had thought of that. I may have to run a game in my town since all my players are familiar with it. It could make things interesting!

Thanks for the idea, and the use of tropes you use definitely gets the creative juices flowing ;)

Tomcat1066s last blog post..Balancing Crunch and Fluff as a Player

]]> By: Dave T. Game http://critical-hits.com/2008/08/10/afterschool-tv-tropes-special-location-location-location/#comment-51999 Dave T. Game Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:08:51 +0000 http://chattydm.net/?p=923#comment-51999 Virgil: I'm done that for a few campaigns too... might be another trope post in and of itself! Doc: Thanks, glad to provide lots of linkage! Dave T. Games last blog post..<a href="http://www.critical-hits.com/2008/08/09/2-hugo-awards-and-one-other-scoop-from-worldcon/" rel="nofollow">2 Hugo Awards, and one other scoop from WorldCon</a> Virgil: I’m done that for a few campaigns too… might be another trope post in and of itself!

Doc: Thanks, glad to provide lots of linkage!

Dave T. Games last blog post..2 Hugo Awards, and one other scoop from WorldCon

]]> By: DocBadwrench http://critical-hits.com/2008/08/10/afterschool-tv-tropes-special-location-location-location/#comment-51998 DocBadwrench Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:07:18 +0000 http://chattydm.net/?p=923#comment-51998 This is a fantastic run-down of convention. Thanks - very link heavy - still many more to read. DocBadwrenchs last blog post..<a href="http://blog.mattwarren.net/2008/08/11/adventure-1-observations/" rel="nofollow">Adventure #1 Observations</a> This is a fantastic run-down of convention. Thanks – very link heavy – still many more to read.

DocBadwrenchs last blog post..Adventure #1 Observations

]]> By: Virgil Vansant http://critical-hits.com/2008/08/10/afterschool-tv-tropes-special-location-location-location/#comment-51997 Virgil Vansant Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:39:45 +0000 http://chattydm.net/?p=923#comment-51997 I haven't used the idea of a familiar location, but I have ran games where the characters were the players. There was a short lived high school Villains & Vigilantes game, but one of my first long-term campaigns used the first edition of the Timelords rules. The whole idea behind Timelords is to make characters based on the abilities of the players, and includes rules on how to measure attributes. Then you toss the characters in to time and space thanks to a device they can't control. It was a lot of fun. I haven’t used the idea of a familiar location, but I have ran games where the characters were the players. There was a short lived high school Villains & Vigilantes game, but one of my first long-term campaigns used the first edition of the Timelords rules. The whole idea behind Timelords is to make characters based on the abilities of the players, and includes rules on how to measure attributes. Then you toss the characters in to time and space thanks to a device they can’t control. It was a lot of fun.

]]> By: Dave T. Game http://critical-hits.com/2008/08/10/afterschool-tv-tropes-special-location-location-location/#comment-51996 Dave T. Game Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:37:38 +0000 http://chattydm.net/?p=923#comment-51996 Berin: And here I was going to complain that the bar for guest posters was set too high. greywulf: Agreed, subverting tropes can always add some extra surprises. One example from my campaign was how the vampires in the area ended up being relatively harmless (one was obsessed with fashion, the other an ugly sewer-dweller who just wanted to look at pretty girls) and valuable allies for some quests. GDG: Of course! One of my players even played a sorority girl. She was well-connected, but the other PCs had to put up with constant phone calls... Chatty: I'll expect you'll have my check this week. You are in good with the Writer's Guild, right? And I figured having a trope post full of <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShoutOut" rel="nofollow">shout outs</a> was appropriate. Dave T. Games last blog post..<a href="http://www.critical-hits.com/2008/08/09/2-hugo-awards-and-one-other-scoop-from-worldcon/" rel="nofollow">2 Hugo Awards, and one other scoop from WorldCon</a> Berin: And here I was going to complain that the bar for guest posters was set too high.

greywulf: Agreed, subverting tropes can always add some extra surprises. One example from my campaign was how the vampires in the area ended up being relatively harmless (one was obsessed with fashion, the other an ugly sewer-dweller who just wanted to look at pretty girls) and valuable allies for some quests.

GDG: Of course! One of my players even played a sorority girl. She was well-connected, but the other PCs had to put up with constant phone calls…

Chatty: I’ll expect you’ll have my check this week. You are in good with the Writer’s Guild, right?

And I figured having a trope post full of shout outs was appropriate.

Dave T. Games last blog post..2 Hugo Awards, and one other scoop from WorldCon

]]> By: ChattyDM http://critical-hits.com/2008/08/10/afterschool-tv-tropes-special-location-location-location/#comment-51995 ChattyDM Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:51:42 +0000 http://chattydm.net/?p=923#comment-51995 (From a Super 8 Hotel complimentary High Speed access) @Greywulf: I think I'd have to knock at your door to convince you that I'm truly on vacation... ...then again we could have an awesome M&M game! @Dave: Superb post, and totally inline with the current season! We prove that multiple writers/directors for a series work! I'll spend the rest of my vacation checking the metric ton of trope posts! Thanks man! (From a Super 8 Hotel complimentary High Speed access)

@Greywulf: I think I’d have to knock at your door to convince you that I’m truly on vacation…

…then again we could have an awesome M&M game!

@Dave: Superb post, and totally inline with the current season! We prove that multiple writers/directors for a series work!

I’ll spend the rest of my vacation checking the metric ton of trope posts! Thanks man!

]]> By: Geek's Dream Girl http://critical-hits.com/2008/08/10/afterschool-tv-tropes-special-location-location-location/#comment-51994 Geek's Dream Girl Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:44:47 +0000 http://chattydm.net/?p=923#comment-51994 Awesome post, Dave. You forgot that every campaign needs wenches... where were the sorority sisters? ;-) Geek's Dream Girls last blog post..<a href="http://geeksdreamgirl.com/2008/08/09/profile-makeover-vader-after/" rel="nofollow">Profile Makeover: “Vader” (AFTER)</a> Awesome post, Dave. You forgot that every campaign needs wenches… where were the sorority sisters? ;-)

Geek’s Dream Girls last blog post..Profile Makeover: “Vader” (AFTER)

]]> By: greywulf http://critical-hits.com/2008/08/10/afterschool-tv-tropes-special-location-location-location/#comment-51993 greywulf Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:10:50 +0000 http://chattydm.net/?p=923#comment-51993 And so Chatty continues his cunning series where he impersonates other bloggers. First Uncle Bear, and now Dave. Very clever! (Hi Dave!) Good post. 'Course, one thing that's fun about defining a Location and setting the players' Trope expectations is then to mix it all up. When that sinister professor who they've been watching for a few sessions starts to act like their best friend, and the Restricted Books section of the library is packed up and replaced with a creche facility, they'll be really, REALLY spooked. :D greywulfs last blog post..<a href="http://blog.microlite20.net/2008/08/10/the-value-of-dungeons-and-dragons/" rel="nofollow">The Value of Dungeons and Dragons</a> And so Chatty continues his cunning series where he impersonates other bloggers. First Uncle Bear, and now Dave. Very clever!

(Hi Dave!)

Good post. ‘Course, one thing that’s fun about defining a Location and setting the players’ Trope expectations is then to mix it all up. When that sinister professor who they’ve been watching for a few sessions starts to act like their best friend, and the Restricted Books section of the library is packed up and replaced with a creche facility, they’ll be really, REALLY spooked.
:D

greywulfs last blog post..The Value of Dungeons and Dragons

]]> By: Berin Kinsman http://critical-hits.com/2008/08/10/afterschool-tv-tropes-special-location-location-location/#comment-51992 Berin Kinsman Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:13:52 +0000 http://chattydm.net/?p=923#comment-51992 Excellent post, and a worthy entry into the Tropes series. Well played, sir, well played. Excellent post, and a worthy entry into the Tropes series. Well played, sir, well played.

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