Comments on: Digital vs. analog: black boxes http://blog.thomas-robertson.com/94-digital-vs-analog-black-boxes Inside the Mind of Thomas Robertson Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:19:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Rahvin http://blog.thomas-robertson.com/94-digital-vs-analog-black-boxes/comment-page-1#comment-1192 Rahvin Mon, 06 Nov 2006 19:26:32 +0000 http://www.thesmerf.com/blog/92-digital-vs-analog-black-boxes#comment-1192 My players seem to resist my efforts to share stuff with them almost as much as they resist attempts at keeping stuff from them... they seem to take some perverse pleasure in "figuring stuff out" or "discovering stuff" which doesn't always make a lot of sense to me from a GM perspective, but I try to go along with it when I can. Basically, once they've felt they've learned everything (speaking on both mechanics and non-mechanic issues) they quickly get bored. My players seem to resist my efforts to share stuff with them almost as much as they resist attempts at keeping stuff from them… they seem to take some perverse pleasure in “figuring stuff out” or “discovering stuff” which doesn’t always make a lot of sense to me from a GM perspective, but I try to go along with it when I can.

Basically, once they’ve felt they’ve learned everything (speaking on both mechanics and non-mechanic issues) they quickly get bored.

]]> By: Thomas Robertson http://blog.thomas-robertson.com/94-digital-vs-analog-black-boxes/comment-page-1#comment-1191 Thomas Robertson Mon, 06 Nov 2006 18:27:29 +0000 http://www.thesmerf.com/blog/92-digital-vs-analog-black-boxes#comment-1191 Stefan, This is a great observation. I think it says a tremendous amount about how I play that I have almost no experience with GMs as black boxes. In almost every instance of play I've been involved in all the procedures have been open knowledge. I think the only exception was when we played <i>Paranoia</i> 2nd edition a couple of years ago and strictly abided by the 'players know nothing' rules. Thomas Stefan,

This is a great observation. I think it says a tremendous amount about how I play that I have almost no experience with GMs as black boxes. In almost every instance of play I’ve been involved in all the procedures have been open knowledge. I think the only exception was when we played Paranoia 2nd edition a couple of years ago and strictly abided by the ‘players know nothing’ rules.

Thomas

]]> By: Stefan / 1of3 http://blog.thomas-robertson.com/94-digital-vs-analog-black-boxes/comment-page-1#comment-1190 Stefan / 1of3 Mon, 06 Nov 2006 16:29:09 +0000 http://www.thesmerf.com/blog/92-digital-vs-analog-black-boxes#comment-1190 Many games have such a processor - at least from the players' perspective. You know, the guy called GM. Many games have such a processor – at least from the players’ perspective. You know, the guy called GM.

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