#2: Mar 6th 2012 at 12:28:01 PM
Hmm . . . Reminds me of when my teacher designed an exam by asking the students what sorts of questions they thought would be on the exam (though she referred to this technique as "sandbagging.")
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#3: Mar 6th 2012 at 2:16:52 PM
Oddly enough, this is the first time I've heard this term. Of the circles of gamer friends I regularly see, two lie on the very structured side and one has a very collaborative way of doing things, a la Houses Of The Blooded. As a result, there's not much room for this sort of thing either way.
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Some GMs go beyond Throw It In. They don't leave it at Sure, Let's Go with That. They take advantage of people's tendencies to make connections and use Penguin Plotting
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He chortles, and goes through with exactly that crime, exactly the way they described it. He does tweak a few things, but to no avail; he winds up in their clutches anyway.
He doesn't care, though. Why not? Well, for one, the World's Greatest Detectives never figure out that they planned the job for him.
This is a brilliant technique (and a possible trope),but one I was surprised to find I'd already been using. Stories, please.
edited 6th Mar '12 5:21:21 AM by AckSed
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