[Polaris] Transcending the Rules
Frank Tarcikowski:
Isn't Rule Zero "ignore the rules if they get in the way"?
Dirk Ackermann:
I thought that was the "golden rule"!?
MfG
Dirk
Moreno R.:
Rule zero = the Golden rule = one of the players, and only one ("the GM") can change any rule on-the-fly, or ignore the results obtained by the use of any rule, without having to tell the other players that she/he is doing this, if he/she thinks that this "will be more fun" than following the rules. (many, many players believe it's impossible to play a rpg without this "rule")
Reading the description of the game session, I think that Frank's group didn't use the golden rule at all, but simply reached an implicit agreement to change some of the procedures of the game ("the system"), something that every group of players can always do about any game (from D&D to soccer to Chess) without invoking any "golden rule".
Frank Tarcikowski:
Hi Moreno,
Yes, that is what the evil "Rule Zero" discussion is about. I guess I don't have to count the ways. The actual phrasing you will find in RPG books, however, more often than not will be: "If the rules get in the way, ignore them." I was expecting confusion and controversy to arise from this, but if it doesn't, I'm the last one to complain.
I guess my point is: Yes, if the rules get in the way, absolutely do ignore them. Just make sure you know what you're doing. And also: It's not necessarily a lack of quality in the games design if you feel a need to ignore the rules at some point.
- Frank
Dirk Ackermann:
Hi,
I am a fan of playing by the rules. At least since my arriving here at the forge. And I know a lot of my kind too. AND I thought that this is the consensus here on the board??! AANNDD I thought Frank would reak havoc with his statement...
But then this!
No complains, no anger and no heated discussion!
Maybe it is a sign the something happend here or I that I had some wrong impressions.
Maybe it is so because of the way we played, more the way how we played. What I mean with this is that if EVERYONE in the group understands the rules completely ther is no problem win changing them from time to time!
MfG
Dirk
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