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From: hogge@uiucdcsp.CS.UIUC.EDU
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Subject: Re: modular refereeing
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Date: Sat, 16-Nov-85 02:15:00 EST
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Posted: Sat Nov 16 02:15:00 1985
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Nf-From: uiucdcsp.CS.UIUC.EDU!hogge    Nov 16 01:15:00 1985


Warning, idle ramblings herein...

I most enjoyed playing with a group of about 6, most of whom shared
the job of judging on a long-term basis.  (This group ran for about
three years, then we all graduated (sob)).  There's no real need for the 
referees to try to cooperate on a modular world (though that's an interesting 
idea), as long as everyone can agree somewhat on the interpretation of rules.
The neat thing about this kind of game, other than saving the lone-DM a lot
of time, is that it seems to promote a richer community of characters who
have more varied experiences, and therefore, a more interesting
history/personality.  I've played in a few lone-DM games, and have never
grown attached to (ie. developed fully) any of the characters I played.

The "community of characters" just about describes it--we ran way too many
characters per player, and lots of personalities were duplicated here and
there.  But quite a few fun relationships developed: petty jealousies,
hadred, blood-brotherhood, political blocks, racial blocks (as always, the
dwarven SWAT team), etc.  I don't think it's easy to get this kind of
gaming out of one DM who only has time to prepare a store-bought module.
With 6 DM's, it was a fairly reasonable amount of time to prepare your own
tasty world/scenario.  

Of course, one of the reasons our player-community was well developed was we
played so (*&^'in much!  Those were the days...