tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678761812929125529.post6382987574048932845..comments2023-05-27T11:14:02.426-04:00Comments on Some Space to Think: The First Crime is MurderAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216103531396452644noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678761812929125529.post-88622134624768056562010-06-27T17:24:38.585-04:002010-06-27T17:24:38.585-04:00I wonder if psychological thriller/mysteries like ...I wonder if psychological thriller/mysteries like Minette Walters have a relevance to gaming? Some of her best ones (Scold's Bridle, The Shape of Snakes, The Dark Room) are about characters in very bad, bad places personally finding a kind of redemption through sifting through the tragedies of others.<br /><br />Always the crime has already been committed -- you can't bring people back. But stuff comes to light that directly impacts on the current stories of the protagonists.<br /><br />I have no idea if/how you could harness that encourage that sort of thing as a GM... But it would be about putting your finger on what's broken about them/their lives, and playing beats in the mystery that allowed them to reframe stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678761812929125529.post-61377052162959211152010-06-25T14:23:22.694-04:002010-06-25T14:23:22.694-04:00I find systems where the players can make the sett...I find systems where the players can make the setting, such as <i>Houses of the Blooded</i> to be excellent for running these sorts of things. Especially as they can readily step into Agatha Christie territory where everybody is a suspect.<br /><br />The player sets the frame and then asks the players to make the appropriate wagers to see what clues they find.<br /><br />The only disadvantage (for some) is that the gamemaster is no longer in control of the situation, but is reacting themselves to the wagers that the players make. This may feel somewhat artificial (and to a degree it is), but in play it often creates surprisingly valid results.<br /><br />It's so useful that it can often be difficult not to make every session a murder mystery.Reverance Pavanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01217657347160811310noreply@blogger.com