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AckSed Pat. St. of Archive Binge from Pure Imagination Since: Jan, 2001
Pat. St. of Archive Binge
#1: Mar 6th 2012 at 5:18:52 AM

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.

He plants a radio transmitter in one of the errant bumbershoots, and, when Batman and Robin have it in their hands, he cheerfully listens in as they piece together the "clues" he's left, figure out the "target" he plans to steal, and thoroughly detail the way they think he's going to pull it off.

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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feotakahari Fuzzy Orange Doomsayer from Looking out at the city Since: Sep, 2009
Fuzzy Orange Doomsayer
#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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darnpenguin Yakka Foob Mog from one friend to another Since: Jan, 2001
Yakka Foob Mog
#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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AckSed Pat. St. of Archive Binge from Pure Imagination Since: Jan, 2001
Pat. St. of Archive Binge
#4: Mar 7th 2012 at 6:44:16 AM

The wider entry mentions he runs detective games so it may be more appropriate then.

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