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 No.222210

What do you think of Vincent Baker, /tg/?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQbRevAu1dI

 No.222212

Met him at PAX East a few years ago at a game design panel like that one. He seemed like a pretty cool dude.


 No.222213

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He's ok.

I never played kill puppies for satan

Dogs in the Vineyard had an interesting and novel mechanic that looked good on paper but I didn't feel like it played well on the table. I really dig the setting.

Apocalypse World is decent. I like the character sheets and simple 2d6 rolls and the fact that the GM never rolls dice. I think it could evolve into something really good. Sex moves are just edgy bullshit.

I appreciate his experiments and new ideas, I just don't think they always work. I can't even hold that against him. At least he's doing something new.

I also dig his super bare-bones settings. He gives just enough to give you an idea about what the game's world is without cataloging all the details. Two different groups could play DitV and be playing the religion completely differently. One group could be playing the dogs like paranoid burn-happy 40k witch hunters and another group could be playing them as mostly non-violent and not superstitious. For that matter, the same group could play two campaigns and play the religion totally different.

On a scale from 1-10, where 10 is Greg Stolze, I'd give Baker a 7.


 No.222217

His line about wanting 5-10% of your to hate your games so much that they won't shut up about them is some good wisdom.

People rarely fill out feedback surveys or leave reviews or contact customer support to leave positive comments. Human beings are biologically wired to hyperfocus on negative experiences.

There's really no such thing as bad press, at least where good products are concerned. As long as people are talking about a game, it will draw interest.


 No.222274

>>222212

Would it be gay / autistic to email him that I like AW and KPFS but not DitV so much (except for the setting) and stuff like that?

Part of me wants to tell him what should be in AW 2.0 and that it should be a way shorter book with far fewer mechanics but that sounds dumb as hell.


 No.222292

>>222274

Yeah. That does sound dumb as hell. He's probably give you a hollow thank you for your support, but he'd completely ignore your suggestions, because there probably won't be a 2.0 and he definitely won't listen to some random asshat on the internet telling him how to make his games.


 No.222298

>>222292

He is working on a 2.0. But yeah there's no way he'd listen to my suggestions. I would love to talk to the guy because I love his spirit even if I don't agree with every single thing he does.

Fuck it I'll email him and say I like his stuff. I don't care if he doesn't give a shit.


 No.222585

>>222210

That's Vincent Baker? I'd have thought him to be one of those hip young antidisestablishmentarianist /fa/ types.


 No.222589

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>>222274

Email him that your glad he brought back traditional DMing in AW and I bet you'd get a response.


 No.222598

>>222585

Nope. He's a tubby middle-aged nerd.

Although, he does serve as proof that it's never too late to write and publish that game you've been thinking about.


 No.222601

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>>222274

Email them. For real. I've emailed Dennis Detwiller and Jason Morningstar. Both emailed me back and both were super cool. Morningstar's reply was really long and it made my week. They seem like really good dudes.


 No.222609

>>222210

Oh man, he has some trouble speaking in public. He seems like a cool guy though, I like the stuff he's written.


 No.222690

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>>222292

>>222298

Oh, ye of little faith.

There's a kickstarter for Apocalypse World 2.0 going right now.

It's pretty cheap, too. I threw a few bucks at it.


 No.222716

>>222609

>Oh man, he has some trouble speaking in public.

That just makes me like him more, to be honest.

>>222690

I have a personal rule against contributing to Kikestarters, but if this one looks to be struggling maybe I will help it out as well.

>>222690


 No.223490

he never replied :(


 No.228753

dude he's never gonna reply


 No.228852

how do i get him to reply should i email him again?




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