Comments on: Roleplaying games you should play: Ghostbusters http://totheblogmobile.com/2009/06/01/roleplaying-games-you-should-play-ghostbusters/ Atomic webservers to power. Typing fingers to speed. Sat, 07 Aug 2010 17:08:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Rockjaw http://totheblogmobile.com/2009/06/01/roleplaying-games-you-should-play-ghostbusters/comment-page-1/#comment-1105 Rockjaw Wed, 03 Jun 2009 06:54:41 +0000 http://totheblogmobile.com/?p=1025#comment-1105 I haven't actually played much Paranoia... never did fancy running it myself (but maybe I should reconsider) and never had a GM who did so either. 'Rolling a Ghost' always means 'something bad happens'. If you're over the difficulty number, it's a minor inconvenience. If you fail the difficulty check too, it means a major disaster... like a curtain rod up the butt (as in the game last week...!). I haven’t actually played much Paranoia… never did fancy running it myself (but maybe I should reconsider) and never had a GM who did so either.

‘Rolling a Ghost’ always means ‘something bad happens’. If you’re over the difficulty number, it’s a minor inconvenience. If you fail the difficulty check too, it means a major disaster… like a curtain rod up the butt (as in the game last week…!).

]]> By: kelvingreen http://totheblogmobile.com/2009/06/01/roleplaying-games-you-should-play-ghostbusters/comment-page-1/#comment-1102 kelvingreen Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:48:35 +0000 http://totheblogmobile.com/?p=1025#comment-1102 <i>And what could be better than Ghostbusters? Why, the Ghostbusters system, but with another famous sci-fi movie as background….</i> I was sure you were going to do <i>Paranoia</i>! Now, bear in mind that I've never played <i>Ghostbusters</i>, but I have played quite a bit of what I think is the next game on your list, but I was under the impression that the Ghost Die worked like the Wild Die in that system, ie, that if you rolled well, the Die gave you a special success, but if you rolled poorly, the Die meant a critical failure. Is that not the case in <i>GB</i>? From what you're saying, it seems that the Ghost always indicates a failure. And what could be better than Ghostbusters? Why, the Ghostbusters system, but with another famous sci-fi movie as background….
I was sure you were going to do Paranoia!

Now, bear in mind that I’ve never played Ghostbusters, but I have played quite a bit of what I think is the next game on your list,
but I was under the impression that the Ghost Die worked like the Wild Die in that system, ie, that if you rolled well, the Die gave you a special success, but if you rolled poorly, the Die meant a critical failure. Is that not the case in GB? From what you’re saying, it seems that the Ghost always indicates a failure.

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