I'm thinking of putting together an additional game, but a) I'd like to make it an online game, and b) I'd like to closely screen Players who are interested.
I don't want to screen because I'm a D&D snob only looking for Players who are "good enough", but I generally find with physical table top groups that you have a real mix of Player types.
I find that people approach RPGs for different kinds of fun - all of which are perfectly legitimate preferences - but aren't always compatible. I find that a good way of thinking of people's approach is to look at it through the lens of Marc Leblanc's 8 Kinds of Fun.
I'd say that in the current tabletop group that have ( both as a - recently, now - part-time DM and part-time Player ) is composed of 3 People who lean toward the Submission side of things ( with a dash of Fantasy/Fellowship ), one strongly Challenge focused Player/co-DM, and one Fantasy/Narrative leaning Player - whereas both as a Player and a DM I would very much like to skew the game in the direction of Narrative/Fantasy/Expression.
None of these kinds of fun is any better, or any worse, than any other, in my opinion - but I don't think they're all compatible with one another, and I definitely think that not all Players are compatible at the same table.
So, I'm wondering if it's possible - or desirable - to screen Players for those who are looking for similar types of RPG fun.
Has anyone tried to screen Players in this manner? How did you try and do that, and what kind of success ( or failure ) did your attempt meet with?
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The answer is yes you should screen. The method can vary from a simple questionnaire to honestly, does this person annoy me on a microphone. Really. If you can't stand just listening to them, how can you game with them? Regardless of how you screen, you should. I have done so since I started RPGs back in the 80s, when I looked at Big Bad Randy and wondered if it was even safe for scrawny lil me to play an RPG with him. What if he raged and tore my arm off in real life? (BTW this is a real story...) If you can come up with a method that serves you, there is no problem implementing it. You have already admitted that there are multiple ways to have fun, and just exclude the types that are diametrically opposed to your fun and the majority of the other potential players.
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I'm thinking of putting together an additional game, but a) I'd like to make it an online game, and b) I'd like to closely screen Players who are interested.
I don't want to screen because I'm a D&D snob only looking for Players who are "good enough", but I generally find with physical table top groups that you have a real mix of Player types.
I find that people approach RPGs for different kinds of fun - all of which are perfectly legitimate preferences - but aren't always compatible. I find that a good way of thinking of people's approach is to look at it through the lens of Marc Leblanc's 8 Kinds of Fun.
I'd say that in the current tabletop group that have ( both as a - recently, now - part-time DM and part-time Player ) is composed of 3 People who lean toward the Submission side of things ( with a dash of Fantasy/Fellowship ), one strongly Challenge focused Player/co-DM, and one Fantasy/Narrative leaning Player - whereas both as a Player and a DM I would very much like to skew the game in the direction of Narrative/Fantasy/Expression.
None of these kinds of fun is any better, or any worse, than any other, in my opinion - but I don't think they're all compatible with one another, and I definitely think that not all Players are compatible at the same table.
So, I'm wondering if it's possible - or desirable - to screen Players for those who are looking for similar types of RPG fun.
Has anyone tried to screen Players in this manner? How did you try and do that, and what kind of success ( or failure ) did your attempt meet with?
Thanks,
My DM Philosophy, as summed up by other people: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rN5w4-azTq3Kbn0Yvk9nfqQhwQ1R5by1/view
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The answer is yes you should screen. The method can vary from a simple questionnaire to honestly, does this person annoy me on a microphone. Really. If you can't stand just listening to them, how can you game with them? Regardless of how you screen, you should. I have done so since I started RPGs back in the 80s, when I looked at Big Bad Randy and wondered if it was even safe for scrawny lil me to play an RPG with him. What if he raged and tore my arm off in real life? (BTW this is a real story...) If you can come up with a method that serves you, there is no problem implementing it. You have already admitted that there are multiple ways to have fun, and just exclude the types that are diametrically opposed to your fun and the majority of the other potential players.