 Dealing with Hack 'n Slashers, Making players think |
 Jul 17 2009, 09:20 PM
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Hi All,
I'm running a SR4 campaign with a bunch of players who's default response to a situation is to hit it with a big stick. While I haven't got a problem with this tactic, as we're all there to have fun, I have noticed that a couple of more 'matured' players and myself are not getting the same fulfillment out of the missions. The alternative is that I throw runs at the team which involve a bit more thinking, but them the team stop thinking and practically need to be walked through the scenarios. I ended up in a situation where the group spent about 5 hours planning a run that was meant to take 2. I have asked some of the players for their advice as I felt that I was making the runs too complicated, but individually they perfectly understand the mission and what to do. So I'm looking for some advice on getting players to think in a game setting, and working more in a group setting. Anything that I could try would be good, as I think beating up everything in range is going to get old. Fast. |
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LowKey Dealing with Hack 'n Slashers Jul 17 2009, 09:20 PM
Stahlseele Either separate them and use them accordingly, or ... Jul 17 2009, 09:32 PM Runner Smurf I've run into a similar problem from time to t... Jul 17 2009, 10:12 PM vladski Both Stahlseele and Runnersmurf offered up great s... Jul 18 2009, 12:12 AM toturi Write their story and let them read it.
If the ha... Jul 18 2009, 12:46 AM HappyDaze QUOTE But more likely they would find that brute f... Jul 18 2009, 12:51 AM toturi Of course, that's why I asked that the story b... Jul 18 2009, 01:10 AM Wiseman Have their violent outbursts garner media attentio... Jul 18 2009, 03:17 AM DoomFrog One thing a gm of mine did, though I don't kno... Jul 18 2009, 05:33 AM KX082 My current group is suffering from two parts of th... Jul 18 2009, 08:49 AM PirateChef One of my GMs had us go on a pretty simple run tha... Jul 18 2009, 10:12 AM Traul Fed up with big sticks? Give them machine guns
... Jul 18 2009, 12:24 PM Mäx QUOTE (Runner Smurf @ Jul 18 2009, 01:12 ... Jul 18 2009, 12:30 PM
toturi QUOTE (Mäx @ Jul 18 2009, 08:30 PM) What... Jul 18 2009, 02:36 PM HappyDaze QUOTE Just use the notoriety rules.
With RAW's... Jul 18 2009, 03:15 PM Neraph I had a run where the group ran onto Evo corp land... Jul 18 2009, 03:24 PM The Jake My general strategy is to throw in a random missio... Jul 18 2009, 04:11 PM CodeBreaker QUOTE (The Jake @ Jul 18 2009, 05:11 PM) ... Jul 18 2009, 04:14 PM Kerenshara If you own the digital coppies of the book(s), and... Jul 18 2009, 09:29 PM LowKey Wow, thanks guys, loads of great ideas
I'v... Jul 18 2009, 11:26 PM Kerenshara Another idea I liked was one presented (Sorry, I c... Jul 18 2009, 11:47 PM toturi QUOTE (Kerenshara @ Jul 19 2009, 07:47 AM... Jul 19 2009, 12:14 AM Kerenshara QUOTE (toturi @ Jul 18 2009, 07:14 PM) Or... Jul 19 2009, 12:27 AM toturi QUOTE (Kerenshara @ Jul 19 2009, 08:27 AM... Jul 19 2009, 12:51 AM Kerenshara QUOTE (toturi @ Jul 18 2009, 07:51 PM) An... Jul 19 2009, 01:07 AM toturi QUOTE (Kerenshara @ Jul 19 2009, 09:07 AM... Jul 19 2009, 01:18 AM CodeBreaker QUOTE (Kerenshara @ Jul 19 2009, 02:07 AM... Jul 19 2009, 01:28 AM Mäx QUOTE (CodeBreaker @ Jul 19 2009, 04:28 A... Jul 19 2009, 07:39 AM PirateChef Heh. I remember reading somewhere that corps woul... Jul 19 2009, 01:47 PM Warlordtheft QUOTE (toturi @ Jul 18 2009, 08:51 PM) An... Jul 19 2009, 02:00 AM toturi QUOTE (Warlordtheft @ Jul 19 2009, 10:00 ... Jul 19 2009, 02:05 AM LowKey The problem I find with NPC's is that they are... Jul 19 2009, 12:28 AM Kerenshara QUOTE (LowKey @ Jul 18 2009, 07:28 PM) No... Jul 19 2009, 12:37 AM LowKey It was actually one of the rare times where someth... Jul 19 2009, 01:05 AM The Jake One of the things I did with my PCs, as part of a ... Jul 19 2009, 01:33 AM TheGothfather QUOTE (LowKey @ Jul 17 2009, 02:20 PM) Hi... Jul 19 2009, 08:02 PM HappyDaze QUOTE I agree and while the GM may try to set the ... Jul 19 2009, 11:43 PM Demon_Bob For some reason the show Leverage reminds me of wh... Jul 20 2009, 05:48 AM  |
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