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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2020 16:13:47 GMT -6
Some of his controversial comments about friendships with certain individuals completely notwithstanding (read - no need to take this thread down that road, thank you), I immensely enjoy the creativity of Jeff Rients and his written contributions to the OSR. One blog post I go back to every time I start to think up a campaign is 20 quick questions for your game world. Even if I don't end up answering all of them right away, the existence of these questions themself inspires me to think a bit deeper. To approach a world like a player and not a referee. You really do engage different parts of your brain, if you're anything like me, depending on which hat you're playing. Sometimes, the stuff I ask and come up with as a player never occurred to be as a referee writing out a scenario, and vice versa. Bonus subtopic: If you could add any questions to this list, what would they be? |
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Post by jeffb on Dec 11, 2020 18:05:58 GMT -6
I know the name but not the controversy. I don't get into gaming drama, but I DO get him confused with Rick Meints.
This list is very Dungeon World-esque ( Discern Realities Move for DMs).I think for many of those questions, I'd base results on in game circumstance before I'd provide an answer in the initial creation process. I'm a less is more DM, and find I'd rather have the setting and stories surprise me, instead of know everything beforehand.
What has J. Reints done? product wise?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2020 18:32:41 GMT -6
I know the name but not the controversy. I don't get into gaming drama, but I DO get him confused with Rick Meints. This list is very Dungeon World-esque ( Discern Realities Move for DMs).I think for many of those questions, I'd base results on in game circumstance before I'd provide an answer in the initial creation process. I'm a less is more DM, and find I'd rather have the setting and stories surprise me, instead of know everything beforehand. What has J. Reints done? product wise? If I had to name one, he authored Broodmother Skyfortress, which is tied with a handful of other products as my favorite published OSR product (I also really like Hot Springs Island, Veins of the Earth and Anomalous Subsurface Environment, by different authors) . It doubles as a GM's guide for newbies to the OSR. Over half of it is simply practical advice for running a campaign and world-building. Whenever people say "Lamentations doesn't have a referee book" I tell them "Well Broodmother is the referee's book" and it's not really a lie. |
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Post by lige on Dec 11, 2020 23:56:33 GMT -6
Jeff was a really prolific blogger when the OSR started taking off (and before) . He dropped off in number of posts over the years (he went back to graduate school) but he’s had a lot of great insights about being a working DM - its well worth visiting his blog archives. When I started playing again in 2005 I discovered his blog and it was my intro into the whole internet rpg world - I still use his blog roll . These questions are great because they get to the heart of what players generally care about whether or not it has anything to do with the DMs grand plans for their setting.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2020 4:56:53 GMT -6
Jeff was a really prolific blogger when the OSR started taking off (and before) . He dropped off in number of posts over the years (he went back to graduate school) but he’s had a lot of great insights about being a working DM - its well worth visiting his blog archives. When I started playing again in 2005 I discovered his blog and it was my intro into the whole internet rpg world - I still use his blog roll . These questions are great because they get to the heart of what players generally care about whether or not it has anything to do with the DMs grand plans for their setting. Great summary, thanks. Yes. I don't consider his advice "dungeon world"y per se, except that Dungeon World at its best has strong shades of Blackmoor and pre-D&D campaigns. It encourages you to think like a player, even when refereeing, which is something I've historically struggled with because my brain is departmentalized. |
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Post by tombowings on Dec 12, 2020 5:53:44 GMT -6
Some of his controversial comments about friendships with certain individuals completely notwithstanding (read - no need to take this thread down that road, thank you), I immensely enjoy the creativity of Jeff Rients and his written contributions to the OSR. One blog post I go back to every time I start to think up a campaign is 20 quick questions for your game world. Even if I don't end up answering all of them right away, the existence of these questions themself inspires me to think a bit deeper. To approach a world like a player and not a referee. You really do engage different parts of your brain, if you're anything like me, depending on which hat you're playing. Sometimes, the stuff I ask and come up with as a player never occurred to be as a referee writing out a scenario, and vice versa. Bonus subtopic: If you could add any questions to this list, what would they be? I don't see how bringing that up is called for. I've played in his game a few times. Jeff is a great guy. Period. |
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Post by jeffb on Dec 12, 2020 8:34:45 GMT -6
Jeff was a really prolific blogger when the OSR started taking off (and before) . He dropped off in number of posts over the years (he went back to graduate school) but he’s had a lot of great insights about being a working DM - its well worth visiting his blog archives. When I started playing again in 2005 I discovered his blog and it was my intro into the whole internet rpg world - I still use his blog roll . These questions are great because they get to the heart of what players generally care about whether or not it has anything to do with the DMs grand plans for their setting. Thanks. I followed so many blogs back when... well... when blogs were THE big deal in the OSR and I just don't recall his all that much. I just remember seeing his name all over Google + I'll have to check out the archives. |
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Post by clownboss on Dec 26, 2020 20:03:55 GMT -6
I love these, thanks. It surprises me that many of these are even questions because I already considered them, but, yeah.
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Post by Finarvyn on Dec 27, 2020 6:01:38 GMT -6
I've met Jeff and love his blog. I was also unaware of any controversy with him.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2020 8:51:27 GMT -6
I've met Jeff and love his blog. I was also unaware of any controversy with him. It's more of a non-troversy and I mentioned it only in the extreme off-chance that someone side tracked the discussion in that direction. A pre-emtive "tisk tisk" as it were. |
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Post by Desparil on Dec 28, 2020 18:06:12 GMT -6
I've met Jeff and love his blog. I was also unaware of any controversy with him. A few bridges were burned because he remained friends Zak S and made a blog post supporting him |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2020 18:39:17 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2020 18:43:47 GMT -6
As an aside, Jeff's “Holy Crap! I need a Dungeon RIGHT NOW!” from FO#8 is also excellent.
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Post by tombowings on Dec 28, 2020 22:58:26 GMT -6
I've met Jeff and love his blog. I was also unaware of any controversy with him. A few bridges were burned because he remained friends Zak S and made a blog post supporting him As both sides of Zak's story cannot be argued on this forum, can we keep him out of the discussion? |
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Post by Desparil on Dec 28, 2020 23:26:29 GMT -6
A few bridges were burned because he remained friends Zak S and made a blog post supporting him As both sides of Zak's story cannot be argued on this forum, can we keep him out of the discussion? I didn't argue either side. Someone asked a question and I answered. |
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Post by tombowings on Dec 28, 2020 23:31:00 GMT -6
As both sides of Zak's story cannot be argued on this forum, can we keep him out of the discussion? I didn't argue either side. Someone asked a question and I answered. I didn't say you supported one side or the other. I merely suggested we (myself included) restrain ourselves from stooping to pretty gossip. From my understanding (though perhaps I am mistaken), people visit this forum to discuss ideas (such as the "Twenty quick questions for your game world") and not people. |
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Post by jeffb on Dec 29, 2020 8:02:28 GMT -6
restrain ourselves from stooping to pretty gossip. Fairly sure that is what my 9 year old girl and her friends engage in when talking about yootoob starz. |
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Post by tombowings on Dec 29, 2020 8:26:39 GMT -6
restrain ourselves from stooping to pretty gossip. Fairly sure that is what my 9 year old girl and her friends engage in when talking about yootoob starz. That phrase was originally a typo, but I chose to leave it in. I thought it added to the irony of the sentence. |
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Post by Desparil on Dec 29, 2020 13:17:02 GMT -6
We're not conversing at your pleasure. There's no rule against discussing people - there are tons of threads discussing Gygax, Arneson, and others - let alone simply making a passing mention. If you don't want to discuss a person, don't drag out the conversation by complaining, but you have no authority to be telling others what they can and can't talk about.
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