Re: [HOE] Test Playing (SHANE)

[PEGShane@aol.com]

In a message dated 10/17/2002 12:16:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time, mightygecko@juno.com writes:

> I was curious about something in the gaming industry, particulaly, how
> you guys do it (and if this is one of your "making of" segments that I
> missed, steer me that way). What do you do to test play a new game
> setting? I'm working on a non-Deadlands setting for my players, but I'm
> still using the Deadlands rules. For instance, when you started HoE, you
> already had the basic rules from the Weird West, but it was a whole new
> world witha new story, new weapons and new powers. what sort of things do
> you watch for as you test it? Do you playa short adventure, or do you
> just have skirmish battles? Do you take note? Do you record it? Survey
> the players? Consult a psychic? Seriously, though. What do you do when
> playing a game you have in development?
>
> Dave


We play, and play, and play. Mostly we just run a normal campaign and see what comes up. We make sure to all the arcane backgrounds in the game, test out any sub-systems, and the like, and so on, but we do it within a "typical" campaign.

Savage Worlds is a bit different. We've played I guess 50 different genres now.

Shanester