Published GURPS advice for cartoonish and comedic GURPS games

ClayDowling · 11-23-2015, 10:02 PM

If you study how to be funny, or try to be funny, it's not going to be funny.

The funniest campaigns I've run came about from a simple rule: I awarded experience points for critical failures and critical success, and always did my best to narrate it for the greatest dramatic effect. Especially the failures. Players embraced the failure, to the extent that in the last session of our campaign, the kidnapped bar maid they were supposed to rescue (played by a ringer) was forced to rescue herself.

11-23-2015, 10:02 PM	#9
ClayDowling Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Ann Arbor, MI	Re: Published GURPS advice for cartoonish and comedic GURPS games If you study how to be funny, or try to be funny, it's not going to be funny. The funniest campaigns I've run came about from a simple rule: I awarded experience points for critical failures and critical success, and always did my best to narrate it for the greatest dramatic effect. Especially the failures. Players embraced the failure, to the extent that in the last session of our campaign, the kidnapped bar maid they were supposed to rescue (played by a ringer) was forced to rescue herself. __________________ Online Campaign Planning