Should Frontier Create A Position Called "Game Master Technical Advisor"?

[Ralph Vargr]

Well, I think if I was going to be the "GM of Elite" or put on a board that performs that function, I would want to be an actual employee who gets paid to do it rather than just an "esteemed community member".

Though even if you have a gM/GM Board, you've got to settle on a GMing philosophy. Are you making a Monty Haul? A power fantasy? Or are you running a game of Paranoia? How tight should the rails be? How much of the Henderson Scale will you allow before dropping rocks?

And there, we have the crux of the matter. Frontier has never publicly discussed this thoroughly enough. Too Monty Haul, no fun. Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies, nobody plays your campaign anymore.

Our groups had the informal "four ships die per campaign rule." Compare the purchasing power of the Traveller credit, to the Elite credit, and you can see how much tougher it was in Traveller.

Additional: NO rebuys.

 

[Ralph Vargr]

I vote Ziggy Stardust to be BA.



PS Maynard is definitely H.M.

I would go with Ziggy, Ben Ryder, Robert Maynard, and a few others as the rotating GM's of our group.

Additional: NO GM can keep running forever. That's why a rotating, single adviser might be best. An ombudsman, if you will.