[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 1/16/02 1:25:00 PM Pacific Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > << Because the war's not over yet. What happens when you're halfway through > having the PC hunts Osama in Somalia, and he turns up in Uzbekistan? >> > > I assume this is a rhetorical question. if not, it's a darned silly one for > someone who's been involved in the RPG hobby for any length of time. >
The question arises because of the "current events" nature of the game (all of which is currently presumed, since we're working off a 1-paragraph blurb). If part of the appeal is playing against a still-unfolding event, then the GM has to take into account such changes, or the game loses that appeal, and become a generic 'hunt the terrorist' modern RPG. > << In a World War II game, for example, you can rest secure in the knowledge > the Nazis ultimately lose, even if the plot of the game is "If we don't > intercept that messenger, the Nazis will win!" >> > > I disagree that most players would be unable to enjoy an "alternate > hsitory" in any game. > I agree with your disagreement. Or something. But that wasn't what I was getting at it. You can only play 'alternate history' when you're playing history. > << You can play with history easily. Playing with current events is much more > difficult. Either your game quickly deviates from reality, losing the appeal > of playing a "real world" game, or you have two GMs -- you, and the world, > and the world is going to trump your plot every time.>> > > I seriously doubt that anyone interprets "a real world game" as being > literally that. > That interpretation seems to be the main reason for marketing the game as an Afghanistan-based RPG, rather than a more generlized 'modern conflicts' RPG which could be used to conduct such scenarios. Again, I'm postulating based on highly limited information and could be very wrong. There's a first time for everything. :) _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
