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What kind of GM are you? - Factor analysis results
Greetings, programs!
2 weeks ago, I asked what kind of GM you are with a 43 question survey. 101 of you answered! Then I analysed the data to find 9 underlying factors to GM style and named them. Then I got bored and didn’t publish the results outside of Discord.
Well, now it’s time to publish the results! I’ve named all 9 underlying dimensions of GM style, and created an acronym!
S.T.O.P.J.A.D.E.N.
- Strategism
- Tacticism
- Orderism
- Preparism
- Jesterism
- Authentism
- Directorism
- Egalitarianism
- Narrativism
I also wrote some detailed descriptions of some of the components. Here they are:
Preparism
If you’re high on Preparism, you spend a lot of time planning your sessions ahead of time and building great encounters. You have lots of maps, and use them even outside of encounters. You’d rather follow the game you laid out for your players than be surprised, and when there’s a question of what’s happening outside of the players’ view, you’ve probably already been tracking it.
If you’re low on Preparism, you’d rather improvise than plan. No matter what crazy idea your players come up with, you can figure out how to roll with it. You don’t have many maps, and the ones you do prepare are more likely to be used in combat than in roleplaying. You can get ready for a session very quickly, as long as you understand the world’s lore.Directorism
If you’re high on Directorism, you’re interested in making your players shine. Your players work with you to build the world and set the scene at the table. You give plenty of information about your setting to the players, and they feel like the center of the game world.
If you’re low on Directorism, you’re in charge of this story. This is your world, and you’re the one who immerses everyone in it. There’s plenty going on in your world that the players have no idea about. And you’d rather your players avoid making joke characters.Egalitarianism
If you’re high on Egalitarianism, everyone at your table is an equal. You take turns GMing, and tell lots of different stories together. You like challenging the characters rather than the players, and are happy to kill off a character if the table thinks it makes a great moment. You trust your players to look after their own dice and character sheets.
If you’re low on Egalitarianism, your players aren’t ready to do what you do just yet. You’re probably the only one who GMs, and you’re more likely to roll the dice and manage the character sheets. You only run the one adventure in your world, and you’d rather avoid killing off a character and making things harder for everyone.I wish My ADHD had given Me enough attention span to do detailed descriptions of the other 6, but alas. The good news is: You can look at the data and decide for yourself what you think they mean.
Closing thoughts: In My search for an easy to remember acronym, I realised that the dimensions seem to mostly be clustered into pairs.
Strategism and Tacticism are about how challenge is presented to the party
Orderism and Preparism are about approaches to planning and the unexpected
Jesterism and Authentism are about sources of fun
Directorism and Egalitarianism are about attitudes to player-GM collaboration
And Narrativism is on its ownSo you could visualise all of this data as four cartesian grids: Challenge, Planning, Fun, and Collaboration, and a slider for Narrativism. If I’m right about the pairs.
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What kind of GM are you? - Factor analysis results
https://multiverse.soulism.net/c/rpg/p/113535/what-kind-of-gm-are-you-factor-analysis-results
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What kind of GM are you? - Factor analysis results
https://multiverse.soulism.net/c/rpg/p/113535/what-kind-of-gm-are-you-factor-analysis-results
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Hey #ttrpgCommunity! What were the first two #ttrpgs you played? Do you remember either of those games fondly? Do you still play them? Have you outgrown them? #tttrpg #dnd #rpg
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Un@ Mod, una de las tres ramas de la humanidad para #Apalabrado #Silente. #Lodelrol #Tttrpg #art #spanishartist #krita #cyborg #cyberpunk #sciencefiction
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Hey #ttrpgCommunity! What were the first two #ttrpgs you played? Do you remember either of those games fondly? Do you still play them? Have you outgrown them? #tttrpg #dnd #rpg
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Hoy nuestro compañero @chaoticseijo ha subido un vídeo en su canal donde se detiene a explicar la nueva forma que tiene #Isphanya de dar vida a los personajes de la partida y lo adereza con algunas anécdotas de las partidas con los jugadores beta-testers.
¡Echadle un ojo, que está muy bien!
🔗 https://isphanya.thecottontales.es/una-nueva-forma-de-crear-personajes/ -
Kind of want to make an adventure about ordinary people getting cursed or killed by the political games of the elite.
Then the players step in...
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At Shadomain in today's Tales From the Tavern #tttrpg interview we talk to Sean and Mel from Meldar16. check it out here:
https://shadomain.com/tales-from-the-tavern-interview-with-sean-and-mel-from-meldar16/ -
#jdr #rpg #trpg #ttrpg #tttrpg #kémi
Résumé de nos aventures de Kémi - Aventures en Égypte Antique. Deux scénarios, "Que vive son Kâ" et "Amat", joués avec le système générique narrativiste Fate.
https://anubisarchives.com/post-mortem-kemi-que-vive-son-ka-et-amat
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Summary of our game "Kémi - Adventures in Ancient Egypt". Two scenarios, "Que vive son Kâ" and "Amat", played with the generic Fate narrativist system. If you're interested but don't speak French, DeepL wasn't too bad at translating the content!
https://anubisarchives.com/post-mortem-kemi-que-vive-son-ka-et-amat/
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Check out these #Pathfinder 2e Action tokens. They are great for new and experienced players to help them track the actions per turn. Each set includes 3 action tokens and 1 reaction token. Check them out along with all my other #tttrpg and #dnd gaming accessories.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1516749228/pathfinder-2nd-edition-action-token-set
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#tttrpg tip: Try to avoid generic verbs!
Never walk anywhere, when you can scurry, slink or strut!
Don't attack, when you can barrage, besiege and batter!
Don't talk; consult, reach out, harangue!
Include intentions in your descriptions! -
Colour/Textured versions of my Abbadon character sheets. Just need to make the PDF version fillable and they're good to go!
#gamedesign #tttrpg #ttrpgs #ttrpgdesign #ttrpgcommunity #charactersheets #indiegame #indiettrpg
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And yet another digression into childhood, how would you use this in your game? #tttrpg #tttrpgprompt #cars #hotwheels
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@thoughtpunks I have a review of a few #opengaming #tttrpg SRDs here: https://sgryphon.gamertheory.net/2022/06/04/open-source-alternatives-to-dungeons-dragons/
Including #Fate #OpenBasic #DungeonWorld #BladesInTheDark and #Gumshoe
Also mentions #DungeonsAndDragons #EclipsePhase #Ironsworn and #13thage
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Just finished typing up all of the 1st to 3rd tier abilities for Abbadon which means it's time I can start test playing!
#tttrpg #mastadonttrpg #ttrpgcommunity #ttrpgdesign #ttrpgart
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BLOG RERUN: That time I ran Dungeons and Dragons for two of my colleagues.
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@thoughtpunks I have a review of a few #opengaming #tttrpg SRDs here: https://sgryphon.gamertheory.net/2022/06/04/open-source-alternatives-to-dungeons-dragons/
Including #Fate #OpenBasic #DungeonWorld #BladesInTheDark and #Gumshoe
Also mentions #DungeonsAndDragons #EclipsePhase #Ironsworn and #13thage
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@thoughtpunks I have a review of a few #opengaming #tttrpg SRDs here: https://sgryphon.gamertheory.net/2022/06/04/open-source-alternatives-to-dungeons-dragons/
Including #Fate #OpenBasic #DungeonWorld #BladesInTheDark and #Gumshoe
Also mentions #DungeonsAndDragons #EclipsePhase #Ironsworn and #13thage
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Just finished typing up all of the 1st to 3rd tier abilities for Abbadon which means it's time I can start test playing!
#tttrpg #mastadonttrpg #ttrpgcommunity #ttrpgdesign #ttrpgart
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Just finished typing up all of the 1st to 3rd tier abilities for Abbadon which means it's time I can start test playing!
#tttrpg #mastadonttrpg #ttrpgcommunity #ttrpgdesign #ttrpgart