RE: Re: Extended Contests

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From: Light Castle <light_castle_at_...>
Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 18:11:05 -0400

Was that throughout one session or more, this mystery thing? And was it done by taking the whole scene, and then figuring out what kind of bid it was at the end?

On 18 May 2004 at 12:33, Mike Holmes wrote:

> I wholeheartedly recommend these. What's interesting about the second is
> that, when it would be our turns to have scenes, they were either tagged
> as being part of a normal round, or they were considered to be "unrelated
> actions". So nothing that either of us did wasn't framed by the overall
> conflict. If your unrelated action didn't pertain to the contest, then you
> were giving the other player the initiative.
>
> So, use this if you really want to stress overall pacing with the
> mechanic. Use the loser method where rounds are conducted whenever for a
> more spontaneous flow.
>
> Mike