Another dream game

[undyingking]

Last night in a dream I was playing an interesting (possibly) RPG. Again it was one of these modern-style restrictive one-off systems, designed solely for whodunnits, for a GM and one or two players. The general idea was that the players (who are detectives along the lines of Poirot etc) advance through various predefined scenes and encounters, gathering information and impressions, and then at the end they are given a multiple-choice sheet in which they have to tick the box of the NPC who they think was the culprit.

In the dream it was quite fun, although I dare say in real life it would be quite hard for the GM to generate scenarios. But that is true of any 'solving mystery' type of game, and at least this one, because of the restrictions on what the PCs can do, you know that you don't have to cover too much ground outside of the main plot.

But really first I should do a proper test of the Haunted House game, as my migraine rather knackered the first one.

Comments

[frax.livejournal.com]

I am ready and willing to revamp Old Nan if necessary!

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

Mm, it would be nice to have another go at some point.

[zenithed.livejournal.com]

I forgot to add my thanks for running the haunted house game - I hadn't realised how fubared you were until the next day.

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

I should have cancelled it and tried to reschedule for later in the week, really. We could maybe have squeezed it in somewhere.

[zenithed.livejournal.com]

It's always hard to tell which days are going to be hectic at the con though - I had a laugh so it was good of you to run it, would be happy to give it another shot some time.