Is rolling actual dice generally looked upon favorably (or not) when playing on the Gauntlet? I played two four session series a few years ago and the dice rolling was handled digitally. I’m thinking about rejoining in w the gauntlet community and am wondering if there is an established norm.
Thanks so much,
Davey.
(Hoping this is an appropriate place to ask this question).
I can’t speak for everyone, but I love dice and generally prefer games that use them.
On the other hand, there are a bunch of diceless games I love (Good Society, i’m sorry did you say street magic, Dream Askew).
Oh wait I realised you’re asking about physical dice! In online games, I prefer digital dice rollers because I like the excitement of waiting on the result and all seeing what number comes up at the same time. If a player prefers to roll a physical dice for some reason - like, I played a game recently where one of the players was using a dice that didn’t support the dice roller we were using - that’s fine with me. I’d say online dice rollers are the norm for Gauntlet games.
Basically what Sandy said – it’s fun to sortof ‘share’ in the excitement of ‘watching’ the dice, and some of that is lost in online play if someone is rolling physical dice that I have no way of seeing.
In general though, while I think online dice rolling is “the norm” I think it’s also up to each individual GM.
I like the shared reveal that an online dice room brings to the table, but if someone want to use physical dice in one of my sessions then that’s fine.
Thanks Sandy. I’m definitely into diceless games. I was a DnD and traveller nerd kid in the late 70s and early 80s but when I got back into rpgs around a decade ago it was via a group that played only gmLess and usually dice less games (story games seattle). I’m fact I think all of my own designs are diceless!
Thx for your feedback!
Davey