On Fri, 16 Dec 2005, Roger Burton West wrote:

RBW>I wish I could do it that well. One of the things I've learned as a GM,
RBW>though, is that most players won't give me any feedback at all when
RBW>they're enjoying something, but will get shifty and restless when
RBW>they're not.

We're rather more likely to devolve into joking and so forth.  Especially 
me.  Displacement behavior, I think.

RBW>When I get into a game with improv-theatre types, I get left behind
RBW>because I just don't come up with stuff that fast. The best bet seems to
RBW>be for me not to play with those people. But it doesn't sound as though
RBW>you're particularly out of step with your face-to-face group.

I had a fun convention game with a bunch of those types.  It was a huge 
Champions game, a dozen or so people, and mostly I sat back and was 
entertained.  But yeah, none of that here.

RBW>A side note: I'm thinking about getting a Pendragon game going at some
RBW>point, and I'm planning to do the "winter phase" activities (including
RBW>solo adventures) by email rather than taking up limited face-to-face
RBW>time with them. I haven't tried a hybrid game like this before; has
RBW>anyone else?

I've tried that with Carl's game, but he doesn't like PBeM so he keeps 
vetoing me...

-- 
Karen J. Cravens  silver@phoenyx.net

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