RE: Wargames Vs. RPG's
From: "Andrew Apter" <andya@s...>
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 16:52:23 -0500
Subject: RE: Wargames Vs. RPG's
On Wed, 15 Mar 2000 22:48:07 PST, "Brian Bilderback"
<bbilderback@hotmail.com> wrote:
>9. Wargames USUALLY only gather 2 geeks at one place at one time (3 if
you
>use a referee). With an RPG, the number of nerds is limited only by
the
>GM's organizational skills.
>I've run Call of Cthulhu games with as much as 13 players. The largest
non
LARP game I've seen was 25. LARPs can >go into the hundreds...
I organized a convention RPG twice with over 100 RPGers and a dozen GMs
in a
zoned dungeon. The naval battle between parties was most interesting.
My
largest war game involved real troops but we called it training.
Andy A