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Yep. Fanatic-Templar Send a noteboard - 04/09/2009 12:21:09 AM
There are a whole host of advantages and disadvantages. The main disadvantage is that since there are no rules, people have to be pretty careful not to God-mode.

The main advantage is since there are no rules, they're invariably awesome. The RPG board consisted almost entirely of these until the advent of the Mafia-style game, which has been incredibly successful.


One of the disadvantages I found was that nobody ever really wanted 'their' character to die, or suffer, or 'look uncool'. I made an effort to have several of the characters I was playing die, which typically surprised people a lot.

Freeform RPGs require the most trust and cooperation between players, and I find it to be much more difficult than ordered games. But the possibilities are endless, so it's worth playing.

As Ghavrel said, the old RPGboard was nearly exclusively made of this.

Actually, I think this is what Ghavrel wanted to start with his first post here, too.
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Do I get a chance to be a wollheaded lummox on the side? *NM* Cor Aman - 05/09/2009 02:00:22 PM 455 Views
Sure, why not? *NM* Darth_Katie - 05/09/2009 03:32:30 PM 520 Views
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Wait, can we still call her JE? Hobo - 04/09/2009 12:25:02 AM 744 Views
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It is when you're as lazy as I am.... Hobo - 08/09/2009 04:01:51 AM 896 Views
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Re: I didn't. Fanatic-Templar - 01/09/2009 10:13:25 PM 824 Views
None taken. Ghavrel - 03/09/2009 10:36:25 PM 911 Views
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Nothing, really. Hopefully the writer's pride. Ghavrel - 03/09/2009 10:39:37 PM 1187 Views
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Yep. Fanatic-Templar - 04/09/2009 12:21:09 AM 985 Views
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Hahaha. Darth_Katie - 10/09/2009 02:50:49 AM 690 Views
Althought that would probably be awesome. *NM* Fanatic-Templar - 10/09/2009 03:15:24 AM 477 Views
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I see all, know all. *NM* Fanatic-Templar - 17/10/2009 06:24:30 PM 361 Views
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Is there a problem? *NM* Fanatic-Templar - 06/11/2009 02:20:38 AM 379 Views
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