RE: New #playbypost game (battle arena ?)
So one thing I find confusing in Gambit is we're all playing at the same time... I can read the current comments, make my move, and then find out later someone did something that affected the start of my move that changed everything... it didn't happen too often, but it was confusing.
The SteemQuest is probably more my speed, where I can see the comments before I move, and act accordingly.
I really like that actions in SteemQuest feel like they mean something, at the very least collecting XP is awesome, and lucking out on an amazing poison axe is super mega exciting... so I'd love to take characters through games. I realise that might feel like a barrier to entry for newbies later on, but the progression doesn't have to be power-based, cosmetic progression is just as ace.
I did really like the chits in Gambit, it made every post feel fresh and I honestly spent a lot of time strategizing with my chits and what other people might do.
I think 3 or 4 actions per turn is fun. 1 turn doesn't carry the weight of decision-making and probably more than 4 is probably heading towards confusion-tedium.
Everything else I don't really have an opinion on... as long as we got fun peeps, it'll be fun.
I agree with all of the above.
I think teams is more fun than singles... that seemed to also be the consensus on my games when I posed the same question. Although I did run some challenge games, my players preferred cooperative games. In fact, even in my current game, people are still being cooperative rather than killing each other in order to get the permanent items! I'm rather impressed by these people.
I honestly did think about blowing everyone away to get that axe... but I just couldn't pull that trigger... damn ethics.
You're just such a nice guy. I watched a DVD titled, Eye In The Sky last night... similar situation. Drone pilots ordered to fire a missile at a house where suicide bombers were getting suited up and there was a little girl selling bread outside the house. Do they fire and hurt the little girl or not fire and allow the bombers to do their thing? Such difficult decisions.