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[IronyOwl]

I can't see social gameplay, based entirely on what the players themselves say and do, blending very well with the RNG. How would rolls factor into the clones remaining hidden or being revealed?

I think it would work better in a situation where only NPCs are being fooled, like that Pod People RtD concept I had. Though of course this loses the appeal of the social gameplay between the players.

Hm. I'm sure there's a way around this, but I can't think of what it is. Maybe something similar to Mafia, wherein the different players have different goals so in theory that should show through at some point, but obfuscated by RTD mechanics and bizarreness. Is Hitler trying to bake brownies as Hitler is wont to do, or is Clone Hitler secretly hoping for that [1] that will burn down the adjacent library?!

[Caellath]

I think Roller's Block should also be stickied. It already has some history (as far as I can tell) and this seems like a pub where the fellow GMs and players come to get drunk on ideas, quarry and squabble, aside from complimenting and/or punching each other's faces.

By the way, I just remembered something. Nice to you meet you, commmunity. My account was originally made for LCS shenanigans. I guess I started only one thread, met DF, married it, divorced, married it once again, stopped checking the Bay12 forums (after starting the aforementioned thread), and, some days ago (has it been 2 weeks already or not?), I discovered RTD and decided to give it a go.

[monk12]

I don't think this one needs a sticky, mostly because it's always on the front page anyway. Also hi!

[IronyOwl]

This thread is important and useful, but it doesn't really need to be prominently displayed, I think.

[Tarran]

I'm indifferent either way. But one thing to remember is that this thread is different from a list, because unlike a list, this thread will be active so long as there is a person planning an RTD, which happens fairly often so it shouldn't fall too deep into the forums.

[Gatleos]

What if...

There were some sort of massive, collaborative RtD project? A single canon, but with many minds. Like the comics industry, where stories and characters are licensed to individual authors and the canon swells as they write and illustrate individual stories, so too would this shared RtD canon grow with the ranks of the GM collective. It would parallel Roller's Block, in which there is a stream-of-consciousness discussion of RtD concepts that branches into new RtDs, but each RtD would work together, sharing a single setting, crossing over, stitching together an ever-growing backstory for future RtDs. A player-controlled hero from one game could be the villain of the next, a popular NPC from another receives his/her own spinoff RtD, and the cycle continues.

And that would just be the core of the setting. Not only would it encompass many different RtDs of different styles, themes and rulesets, it could expand beyond RtD into suggestion games, roleplays, tactical games... it would be a world of Bay12's creation, collaboratively assembled by the relationship of GM and player.

[IronyOwl]

I think the fact that comic books have so many restarts and parallel universes implies some of the issues with that.

[Tarran]

No thanks, I prefer to have my own setting.

Anyway, that sounds somewhat familiar. Didn't TolyK do something somewhat similar to that and fail?

[Bdthemag]

No thanks, I prefer to have my own setting.

Anyway, that sounds somewhat familiar. Didn't TolyK do something somewhat similar to that and fail?

I believe you're thinking of that game we did with the multiple rtd's within an rtd. An RTD with the same base setting would work, but only if the setting was actually interesting.

[Dermonster]

Anyway, that sounds somewhat familiar. Didn't TolyK do something somewhat similar to that and fail?

We promised to never speak of this again.

Also in before Derm as a constant Big Bad or really bad at his job protagonist. (Was there ever any doubt?)

[Gatleos]

I think the fact that comic books have so many restarts and parallel universes implies some of the issues with that.

Linear canon is boring, I prefer a labyrinthine rose bush of snagging plotlines and character arcs tying themselves in knots.

Yeah, there are plenty of reasons it could be a bad idea. But collaborative storytelling (outside of the GM-player relationship) hasn't been explored much with RtDs. That's what ERTD is trying to accomplish, but more can be done.

No thanks, I prefer to have my own setting.

Anyway, that sounds somewhat familiar. Didn't TolyK do something somewhat similar to that and fail?

I believe you're thinking of that game we did with the multiple rtd's within an rtd. An RTD with the same base setting would work, but only if the setting was actually interesting.

Oh lord, let's not bring that up. That was a clusterfuck of epic proportions. Clusterfuckaplex? Obviously direct, real-time GM collaboration is out of the question. But independent stories in the same setting could still work well.

[Caellath]

Well, I do have quite the insane project which I want to try. I may as well tumble on my feet and fall face-first into the unforgiving rocky ground, but hey, I guess it is an effort worth taking. New things may not always be fun or interesting, but they are new, and among these, the inspiration for keeping on trying develops until someone brings something that is fresh AND extremely fun. Wacky Death Race has an uncompromising background and a very interesting system, and I find it very entertaining.
TL:DR: Let's keep on trying new stuff or revisiting old stuff in new ways until we get it right (Which is so obvious I wonder I even wrote this here).

[Tiruin]

((An RTD FAQ may be fine))

Welcome to the RTD sub-forum Caellath!

[Powder Miner]

What if...

There were some sort of massive, collaborative RtD project? A single canon, but with many minds. Like the comics industry, where stories and characters are licensed to individual authors and the canon swells as they write and illustrate individual stories, so too would this shared RtD canon grow with the ranks of the GM collective. It would parallel Roller's Block, in which there is a stream-of-consciousness discussion of RtD concepts that branches into new RtDs, but each RtD would work together, sharing a single setting, crossing over, stitching together an ever-growing backstory for future RtDs. A player-controlled hero from one game could be the villain of the next, a popular NPC from another receives his/her own spinoff RtD, and the cycle continues.

And that would just be the core of the setting. Not only would it encompass many different RtDs of different styles, themes and rulesets, it could expand beyond RtD into suggestion games, roleplays, tactical games... it would be a world of Bay12's creation, collaboratively assembled by the relationship of GM and player.

Yes. Yes. Yes. Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!

[Bdthemag]

If we did create a common setting, I'd prefer if it wasn't the "Multiple World" stuff I've been seeing around lately. It would probably be best to focus on a single world, instead of multiple different worlds.