You and corduroybard do have a point there. And the reading I've been doing for my Classroom Management and Effective Discipline class spends a fair amount of time on the subject; the textbook we're using suggests that one of the likliest solutions is to have the group work together, but to assess each individual separately (at least to some extent), so that group members can provide support for each other, but aren't actually beholden to one another for their grades.
And re: Serenity, that was the first publication I was involved in---quite exciting! However, the actual game system has been revised extensively in more recent books by the same publisher, and the generic core book is almost out; just FYI. The Serenity book is great for ideas and setting material (and does work fine in terms of the game), but if you want the most current version of the rules, the Cortex Core Rulebook should have enough in it to run a Serenity themed game on its own.
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Re: New Friend
Date: 2008-10-05 05:12 pm (UTC)You and corduroybard do have a point there. And the reading I've been doing for my Classroom Management and Effective Discipline class spends a fair amount of time on the subject; the textbook we're using suggests that one of the likliest solutions is to have the group work together, but to assess each individual separately (at least to some extent), so that group members can provide support for each other, but aren't actually beholden to one another for their grades.
And re: Serenity, that was the first publication I was involved in---quite exciting! However, the actual game system has been revised extensively in more recent books by the same publisher, and the generic core book is almost out; just FYI. The Serenity book is great for ideas and setting material (and does work fine in terms of the game), but if you want the most current version of the rules, the Cortex Core Rulebook should have enough in it to run a Serenity themed game on its own.