tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443896993888747939.post31787973204377265..comments2024-03-28T00:43:46.126-07:00Comments on 5 Stone Games: No Dice? So How Do You Play ?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443896993888747939.post-62955416539468608592012-03-25T10:55:24.667-07:002012-03-25T10:55:24.667-07:00My players are fairly new to gaming and I think o...My players are fairly new to gaming and I think only one has any dice other than d6's ( probably pilfered from board games) for their usual game, GURPS.<br /><br />And of course the player with the gaming dice was the absent one. <br /><br />Now I do have plenty, lower than average for someone who has been gaming since Holmes but still plenty.<br /><br />However I was in a hurry since I didn't expect to game this week . <br /><br />As for Internet, we only have one cellphone that I know of with apps (owned by the absent guy of course) and some other older ones that have few functions. <br /><br />Oh we have a couple of laptops, the absent guys and an older than dirt laptop that can just barely manage MP3's. I am pretty sure we could manage a die roller on it or scavenge another laptop but why bother?<br /><br />The clubhouse has we like to use is perfect (big table, friendly people, kitchen, fridge with ice and a few diversions, books and a pool table if anyone is late but it has no Internet.<br /><br />Thanks goodness. Thats one less distraction. <br /><br />So yeah I guess were gaming like its 1999 or something. <br /><br />Fine by me.5stonegameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10694550968360550229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443896993888747939.post-28515253768209228452012-03-25T04:52:32.655-07:002012-03-25T04:52:32.655-07:00Or just have the GM count to themselves silently a...Or just have the GM count to themselves silently and have the player concerned say 'stop' - obviously the GM would vary the speed of the count so no anticipating should occur, and if they've counted to the max number, e.g. 12 or 20, then the GM begins the count all over again. Simples! ;)Mark Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13002166292175980928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443896993888747939.post-17287295117737060892012-03-25T04:39:30.152-07:002012-03-25T04:39:30.152-07:00there are online dice rollers out there and you ca...there are online dice rollers out there and you can even write a super simple one in about 10 minutes with some of the crude programming packages out there with smartphones. I used that last trick not too long ago while on a trip.JDJarvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691101939920824546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443896993888747939.post-44767829130626829502012-03-25T04:04:52.261-07:002012-03-25T04:04:52.261-07:00If I were in that situation, I'd beg somebody&...If I were in that situation, I'd beg somebody's mobile phone off them (or use mine, if I'd remembered it), bring up the calculator function (this is assuming nobody has a calculator handy)and key in a random number, then hit the square root button. The final two digits on the right hand side would be taken as a percentile roll.Daddy Grognardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05559857164172090739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443896993888747939.post-79550686769292549352012-03-24T21:13:19.336-07:002012-03-24T21:13:19.336-07:00Pretty odd situation to find yourselves in, I must...Pretty odd situation to find yourselves in, I must admit. But well done for getting round that one obstacle. Sometimes the dice rolling becomes almost vestigial to the game itself, depending on the situation, where instead, the GM's common sense and neutrality decides the outcome of a given moment. I know that sounds contrived by removing the random aspect of success or failure in tems of 'fate', but I have seen it at work first hand, and if applied intelligently and without bias, can be very effective.<br /><br />Kind regards<br /><br />MarkMark Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13002166292175980928noreply@blogger.com