Comments on: How Should You Gamemaster?

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This Just In! Scattershot Games Blog Joins a Network! | Scattershot Games — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:38:05 +0000

[...] the up side, I still seem to be the only one teaching how to gamemaster without plotting. So I have that. Yay [...]

By: Fang Langford

Fang Langford — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:36:24 +0000

You’ve got me!

Well detected. Yes, I am talking about exactly the Fruitful Void. (It is one of my favorite ideas; thanks Vincent!) However, as Fruitful Voids, it is a game designer technique; designers can and should design for them.

After days of consideration, I decided to separate gamemastering from designing by speaking from a stage theatre metaphor rather than a…well, ‘void’. This is the idea of a platform full of ideas rather than a void that sucks in the direction of play.

Recognition where it’s due; this is a mere shadow of Vincent’s idea. I turned it on it’s head so gamemasters can use it too.

Fang

By: Tommi

Tommi — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:42:55 +0000

Is there a significant difference between the hypethral platform and Vincent Baker’s fruitful void (http://www.lumpley.com/comment.php?entry=119)?

I’m getting the exact same thing from both, but maybe there is some subtle point I am missing.