I previously asked a question on whether anyone had a hack of playing BoL with Player Facing mechanics and the post seems to have disappeared, so here it is again! Luckily I kept all the responses and have repeated them below, with the comments from my last post on that thread.

Gruntfuttock wrote:

Personally, I'm not a fan. I like to roll dice too.

Me too, however as a GM I am thankful that I can offload some of my overheads.

Warlord of Lemuria wrote:

I find that style of play a bit odd. It is almost like solo play where I am the book. Am I needed at all?

From my experience of GMing rolling dice is only a fraction of what needs to be done.

CaptAdventure wrote:

Gruntfuttock wrote:

Personally, I'm not a fan. I like to roll dice too.

To me the emphasis on "player facing" mechanics seems to come from a distrust of the Game Master.

Which, to me, says you need to find a new gaming group, rather than seeking a different style of game mechanics.

I do know, however, that some GMs like player facing mechanics because it takes something off their already overfull plate.
 

Our gaming group is all player/GMs, all bar one prefer player facing mechanics and I trust them all implicitly.

SimonW wrote:

Venomous Filigree wrote:

Has anyone hacked BoL (or it's derivatives) to be player facing? What are peoples thoughts on a player facing BoL?

I haven't done it (but did consider it at one point) and it would be really easy to do in BoL. I would set out some ideas, but I can't be arsed (which is why I didn't do it before!). 
 

Just as well I’ve now got my own first draft to playest!

Pit Fighter wrote:

Venomous Filigree wrote:

Has anyone hacked BoL (or it's derivatives) to be player facing? What are peoples thoughts on a player facing BoL?

I think it's a great idea (and something I endeavor to do with my own custom heartbreaker ruleset someday).   If you want to see a good implementation of the style, feel free to check out the Symbaroum RPG by Free League if you haven't already.
 

Thanks, I’ve not got that one though unfortunately.