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Statistics: Prime Time Adventures

Core Game Ratings

Rating: 7.64 / Ranking: 21

These ratings are based on 56 ratings with 1.70 average weight and 3 reviews.

This is compared to an index-wide 3.64 average ratings and 1.98 average weight.

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Ratings + Reviews:

12%

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Index Ratings Only:

11%

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RPGnet Reviews Only:

33%

67%

Core Game Comments

All User Comments

Rating	User	Comments
10 / 10	thadrine	Amazing! Only problem is that it can be a little lite IMO.
10 / 10	C.W.Richeson	I continue to turn to this game time and again, and it has produced some fantastic gaming sessions.
10 / 10	Ben Lehman	Jaw-dropping good.
10 / 10	Azidhak	A truly different take on roleplaying, where drama and conflict (instead of just combat) is the most important. Also with rules for narrative control.
10 / 10	cj.23	Revolutionary game, truly inspired, left me raving about it -- and I'm a hard core Ars Magica fan, and this is as far away from that as imaginable! Oh and I hate Primetime TV, but I love this game!
10 / 10	fifth_child	I would never turn to any other game to emulate any TV show. I'd choose PTA over Buffy to play a Buffy game, over Serenity to play a Firefly game, and over Farscape to play a Farscape game. But the really fantastic part is that, as good as PTA is at emulating existing TV shows, it's actually better for creating your own.
10 / 10	grey.spiral	Absolutely best RPG I have ever played. The focus on collaborative storytelling, character issues, and player desires is absolutely amazing.
10 / 10	JDCorley	This game will change everything for your gaming, forever. I mean it.
10 / 10	Paka	One of my favorite RPG's ever. Play TV as it is at its best.
10 / 10	xenopulse	The game does exactly what it sets out to do. Anytime anyone asks me what to use to run a game "like TV show xyz," I just point to this game. Most of the rules deceive with their simplicity, when really there's a lot more depth to it once you see how they shape the dynamics among the players both in the short and long term.
10 / 10	Yokiboy	Great game! You create a TV show together with the other players, each of you create a protagonist, then play out a season of the show. This is a perfect game to introduce new people to the hobby of roleplaying. There is no other game in my opinion that does this better than Primetime Adventures. The game features a Fan Mail mechanic, where you actively support the other players with rewards each time they do something that you find entertaining. Fan Mail earned can be used as bonuses to allow you narrative control of the story, and even used to influence the outcome of scenes your protagonist isn't part of. The game explains story gaming better than perhaps any other game, barring perhaps Dogs in the Vineyard.
9 / 10	Matt M	A sterling game that I've run many times at conventions, always to great effect.
9 / 10	Mulrah	After stumbling through several sessions failing to impress a RPG novice with other, more traditional games, we finally hit a home run with Primetime Adventures. We'll see if this rating keeps up as we continuing playing, but the basic approach to creating a story is so familiar and helps produce so many good ideas that player buy-in from the start is stellar.
9 / 10	Waldo Pepper	A great game that encourages development of players and GMs alike. I've played this multiple times and never had anyone walk away from the table dissatisfied.
9 / 10	Jon Hastings	A very strong, very fun game that gave me exactly the right kind and right amount of structure needed for fast-paced, TV-like story-gaming.
8 / 10	Uruush	This is an RPG everyone should own or at least read/play.
8 / 10	stilltwilight	Awesome game system. Character creation is quick and painless; the card mechanic makes the game a lot more portable. And the general "feel" of the text and game mechanics is interesting.
8 / 10	Lxndr	The best television emulation game I've seen, because it tries to emulate at the writer/actor level, rather than simulate on the world level.
8 / 10	Matt Wilson	I'm very happy with it, but seriously, if I give myself a 10 on my first game, where do I have to go from there?
7 / 10	Piestrio	A good game, it took a while for our group to "get it" but it really did play like a TV show should.
7 / 10	Skiorht	Excellent vehicle for emulating TV shows in RPG form. The advice for creating and running series is brilliant. Unfotunately, I've no interest in such an approach.
7 / 10	Doc Halloween	It is a good read. I have not played it yet but seems to be a good venture into character interaction role-playing instead of just monster-bashing.
6 / 10	Simple Man	Game seeks to capture and emulate it's source material: Good Television, and does the job, no more and no less.

Core Game Reviews

All RPGnet Reviews

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Rating	User	Summary
3 + 5	Aaron Stone	Primetime Adventures. *Primetime Adventures* is an innovative, rules-light system for creating your own TV series through roleplaying. While it’s not for every roleplayer, the clever mechanics and inspirational material will thrill most story-centered players and have something to offer to almost everyone. [ Read Review ]
5 + 5	Andrew Ellis Troubio	Primetime Adventures. This simple yet elegant game is many things to many people. It also is one of the best supplements for Insert Your Favorite Game Here on the market. [ Read Review ]
5 + 5	C.W.Richeson	Primetime Adventures. If you've ever thought up an awesome idea for a TV show and wanted to play it, but couldn't quite find the right system, then you need to check out Primetime Adventures. [ Read Review ]