tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19575546.post1015737983946387475..comments2024-03-17T09:07:56.678+01:00Comments on The Gaming Philosopher: [3:16] Weak sauce aliens on Rubens and RembrandtVictor Gijsbershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770054233775973753noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19575546.post-89301270311586956982013-12-25T06:10:01.176+01:002013-12-25T06:10:01.176+01:00I have had a few missions like that, where you get...I have had a few missions like that, where you get a power that depends on certain rolls for the aliens to be able to use them, and it never happens. Statistically, the game works better when the aliens have a high AA: you only get 1 alien roll per turn, the players get 3-4 rolls to beat that. A an average or low AA cripples the aliens.<br /><br />Regarding the insight you made about the DMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01234417658580246583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19575546.post-67001914434446905852013-11-10T22:36:24.216+01:002013-11-10T22:36:24.216+01:00Remko, I think what was going on was a little more...Remko, I think what was going on was a little more subtle than that. The player wasn't interested in having a great character, and wasn't experiencing assault on the character as assaults on himself. The problem was more that a situation loomed where his character would be much less effective than the characters of some other players, while at the same time conflicts between those Victor Gijsbershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770054233775973753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19575546.post-58192619020090185672013-11-10T15:12:59.997+01:002013-11-10T15:12:59.997+01:00Wow, for me, this really represents what a brillia...Wow, for me, this really represents what a brilliant game 3:14 is... The fact that it is unbalanced as hell simply means there are more possibilities for forbidden alliances, backstabbing etc. I do think it requires players to be able to accept the fact that a great game isn't about having great characters and that is quite difficult when you are having players who are generally playing Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183727237674931393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19575546.post-45754770304072703242013-11-10T00:09:12.115+01:002013-11-10T00:09:12.115+01:00Oh, and next time Sue rolls NFA to request a rcoke...Oh, and next time Sue rolls NFA to request a rcoket pod? I'm totaly going to have a scene where she gets grilled by a bureaucratic committee ... (roll the die) ... and then gets told that she can't have it because her Lieutenant has reported her as unreliable.Victor Gijsbershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770054233775973753noreply@blogger.com