{"id":5433,"date":"2020-04-23T12:46:24","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T19:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themook.net\/gamegeekery\/?p=5433"},"modified":"2020-04-23T13:00:12","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T20:00:12","slug":"ep03-fnordcon2-ama-kromm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themook.net\/gamegeekery\/ep03-fnordcon2-ama-kromm\/","title":{"rendered":"[Podcast] Episode 03: FnordCon2 &#8211; AMA &#8211; Kromm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Come, o&#8217; seekers of Kromm&#8217;s truth, and enjoy a few of the answers from his AMA at FnordCon2!<\/p>\n<p>I did a tiny bit of post-processing on this audio, so please let me know if you think the quality is better or worse than the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themook.net\/gamegeekery\/ep02-fnordcon2-gurps-panel\/\">GURPS Panel episode<\/a>. Kromm was of course his usual friendly, charming self at the AMA and many of the questions asked were not about GURPS specifically (it&#8217;s an AM<strong>A<\/strong>, not an AM<strong>G<\/strong>), but naturally that&#8217;s what I&#8217;ve focused on here. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Download:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themook.net\/gamegeekery\/?ddownload=5431\" title=\"Game Geekery Podcast 03\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"ddownload-link id-5431 ext-mp3\">Game Geekery Podcast 03<\/a> | <strong>Duration:<\/strong> 09:53 | <strong>Size:<\/strong> 8.0 MB<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5433-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.themook.net\/gamegeekery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/GG-Podcast-03.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.themook.net\/gamegeekery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/GG-Podcast-03.mp3\">http:\/\/www.themook.net\/gamegeekery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/GG-Podcast-03.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>00:36<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If Kromm had to pick one mechanical change for a hypothetical GURPS 5th Edition, what would it be?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">&#8220;Might not make everyone happy, but I\u2019d probably zoom out the general level of detail\u2026 I think just the general level of character detail is perhaps too high for people trying to get into a game at entry level, and I think that\u2019s what keeps GURPS [from] being more popular.&#8221; &#8212; Kromm<\/p>\n<p><strong>03:32<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What kind of GM is Kromm? &#8220;Rules are never good for a game&#8221; is absolutely my new favorite KrommQuote!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">&#8220;As a GM, I am definitely a quick, light GM\u2026 I don\u2019t really like sticking my nose in the rules. Frankly, I think rules are never good for a game. I definitely make judgement calls rather than look at the rules. I definitely do not plan things too far ahead, and when [the players] suggest a better idea than I had in mind, even if that would wreck the world I\u2019m so player-centric I\u2019d go with it and we\u2019d all have fun.&#8221; &#8212; Kromm<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.themook.net\/gamegeekery\/?ddownload=4619\">GM Screen<\/a> (Mook)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>04:30<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How much of the GURPS lines are influenced by Kromm&#8217;s home gaming?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">&#8220;GURPS Dungeon Fantasy was based to a very, very large extent on my \u2018Dawn of Magic\u2019 campaign\u2026 GURPS Action was basically based on my experiences with \u2018The Company\u2019 campaign which was this secret agent type thing I did, and in fact the templates and basic Action rules were my\u2026 notes for that campaign.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>05:20<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Full tactical hex grid map or theater of the mind? Depends!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">&#8220;For the most part, I really prefer tactical fights. I think that it\u2019s kind of dishonest to the players to handwave something like that because the characters could die if they don\u2019t see what\u2019s going on and they don\u2019t have a clear picture or it\u2019s not the same as your picture. Which said, when I ran my Action type campaign\u2026 I did all that theater of the mind style because, well, firearms, generally at pretty long ranges. And I discovered quickly\u2026 that that doesn\u2019t fit well on a map\u2026 it\u2019s just too many different scales at once.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.warehouse23.com\/products\/gurps-action-2-exploits\">Action 2: Exploits<\/a> (check p. 31 of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.warehouse23.com\/media\/SJG37-0308_preview.pdf\">free preview<\/a> for the Range Bands)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.warehouse23.com\/products\/gurps-monster-hunters-2-the-mission\">Monster Hunters 2: The Mission<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>07:18<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kromm, how do I know if I&#8217;m ready to write something for GURPS?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">&#8220;I think the wish list is the wrong thing to look at. If you want to know if you\u2019re ready to try writing something for GURPS, you should look at the template we have for our supplements and so forth, and our writer\u2019s guide. And our writer\u2019s guidelines. I think that you have to be backwards, frontwards, sideways familiar with everything that\u2019s in there, even if it\u2019s long, even if it\u2019s boring, even if it\u2019s technical before you should even think about writing for GURPS.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sjgames.com\/general\/guidelines\/authors\/author.html\">Submission Guidelines<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sjgames.com\/general\/guidelines\/authors\/SJGformats.doc\">GURPS Formatting Guide<\/a> (.doc)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sjgames.com\/general\/guidelines\/authors\/SJG-WYSIWYG.dot\">GURPS WYSIWYG template<\/a> (.dot)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sjgames.com\/gurps\/wish-list-gurps\/\">GURPS Wish List<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sjgames.com\/gurps\/books\/howtobeagurpsgm\/\">How to Be a GURPS GM<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other Panels\/AMAs to discuss:<\/p>\n<p>Friday 7pm <strong>AMA: Steve Jackson<\/strong><br \/>\nFriday 8pm <strong>PANEL: Online Tabletops<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Saturday 8pm <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themook.net\/gamegeekery\/fnordcon2-gurps-panel-02\/\"><strong>PANEL: GURPS<\/strong><\/a> (episode 02)<br \/>\nSaturday 9pm <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themook.net\/gamegeekery\/ep03-fnordcon2-ama-kromm\/\"><strong>AMA: Kromm<\/strong><\/a> (episode 03)<\/p>\n<p>Sunday 11am <strong>AMA: Phil Reed<\/strong><br \/>\nSunday 3pm <strong>AMA: What&#8217;s New at SJG<\/strong><br \/>\nSunday 5pm <strong>AMA: Steve Jackson II<\/strong><br \/>\nSunday 6pm <strong>Final Wrap Up<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please let me know if you have any questions or suggestions. Did I blather too much? Now&#8217;s your chance to let me know!<\/p>\n<p><em>If you enjoyed this post and others like it, might you consider the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TheMookNet\">Game Geekery Patreon<\/a><em>?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TheMookNet\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5451 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.themook.net\/gamegeekery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/become_a_patron_button-150x35.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"35\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.themook.net\/gamegeekery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/become_a_patron_button-150x35.png 150w, https:\/\/www.themook.net\/gamegeekery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/become_a_patron_button-300x71.png 300w, https:\/\/www.themook.net\/gamegeekery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/become_a_patron_button.png 434w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--Precis - Notes from the Saturday 9pm AMA with Kromm at FnordCon2 --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Come, o&#8217; seekers of Kromm&#8217;s truth, and enjoy a few of the answers from his AMA at FnordCon2! 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