It's funny...I looked through Okhrana at the start of the year, when I was writing about old games. Around 2006, there was a "standard structure" for GMless indie games: you go around the table, framing scenes (maybe different types of scenes), then roll dice to see what happens. 🧵

MCmalcolmcraig.bsky.socialSep 26, 2024 6:51am

1) I've been looking back over the last (2007) version of this game of mine that never went any further than 'Playtest Version 2.1.1' (because it was a) not very good and b) I'm not the person to create such a game). Still, there are some interesting little nuggets in there.

After that, some games used a similar GMless structure (Fiasco, Montsegur 1244), but they largely dispensed with stats and dice. By around 2009, there were almost two types of indie game: GMed games with stats and dice and GMless (almost larp-like) games without. I'm simplifying of course