tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post8539218065788249032..comments2024-03-09T19:23:22.482-03:00Comments on The RPGPundit: RPGPundit Reviews: Castle GargantuaRPGPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17267330191433119298noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-91438239963487000922016-08-30T00:11:53.421-04:002016-08-30T00:11:53.421-04:00Hmm, I guess we'll see. I plan to run it somet...Hmm, I guess we'll see. I plan to run it sometime relatively soon. RPGPundithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17267330191433119298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-75303780914690352382016-08-29T19:04:18.455-04:002016-08-29T19:04:18.455-04:00I actually ran Castle Gargantua; the content is ac...I actually ran Castle Gargantua; the content is actually very good, but the connective tissue is less so. I think the best thing you could possibly do for this if you were to run it is to at least preroll the rooms and zones, and even then it'd be easier to just steal the ideas and rooms you like and put them in your own dungeon.WrongOnTheInternethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10307593854612561638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-36048463061495616452016-03-11T16:27:32.834-03:002016-03-11T16:27:32.834-03:00Random is what you make of it, the GM is still in ...Random is what you make of it, the GM is still in command. <br /><br />If the players are on a good plotline at the moment the GM should skip anything on the table with an irrelevant story hook.Ruprechthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00139664977453444000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-69542593254598888262016-03-10T22:53:54.899-03:002016-03-10T22:53:54.899-03:00Random is AWESOME. In Castle Gargantua, the rando...Random is AWESOME. In Castle Gargantua, the random rolls are set up brilliantly, and work out really well. There's no complaints there.<br /><br />Now, there are some ways where using random rolls is not helpful; first, if the tables themselves are badly designed (too few options is a common problem, so that things start getting repetitive; another is where it isn't good at generating the thing it wants to generate). Second, if people use them wrong; rolling a random result and then just dropping it on the setting without any thought to context is the wrong way to use a random table.<br />RPGPundithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17267330191433119298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-4901301602303956722016-03-10T14:26:10.867-03:002016-03-10T14:26:10.867-03:00Many seem to believe random = good. Unclear why. R...Many seem to believe random = good. Unclear why. Random generators work best as an inspiration to keep from being predictable or routine. Sometimes too many options can be as bad as too few, as well. But I never saw the appeal of the "mega" dungeon. Doc Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08783244633195233970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-35322022190464641102016-03-10T12:06:36.431-03:002016-03-10T12:06:36.431-03:00I'm starting to wonder if OSR designers are ge...I'm starting to wonder if OSR designers are getting a little too enamored of the random-generator table concept. I got excited about the notion a few months back and have been running a "sandbox" style campaign which relied heavily on random encounters, each of which could be a story hook. <br /><br />The problem: players get overwhelmed. Even the most obsessive note-takers can't really keep track of more than two or three plot threads at a time. So once they've learned about the Sinister Cult and the brewing rebellion against the Mad Tyrant King, they just got confused by things related to the Crime Boss, the Pirates, the Harem Intrigue, and so on.<br /><br />In future I'm going to pare things down to about three main conflicts in any given area -- maybe one with a completely local focus, one linked to some of the other areas, and a third with potentially large-scale implications.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-12512718761866948042016-03-10T02:17:36.973-03:002016-03-10T02:17:36.973-03:00With the product, or my review??!With the product, or my review??!RPGPundithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17267330191433119298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-20228706045766387702016-03-09T21:43:51.834-03:002016-03-09T21:43:51.834-03:00Gotta say I was unimpressed.Gotta say I was unimpressed.Greyhawk Grognardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929743865700766901noreply@blogger.com