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Quickly jotted notion on an old game...
First I want to be clear that with the following post I'm speaking to the way the system was presented to me. This is no doubt complicated by the fact that during the entire time I was playing, it was being treated as a game in beta rather than a game where the text was the final state of that version of the rules. It's entirely possible that the ( Read more... ) -
Episode 9: Ariel
I'm watching through the TV shows that I feel most inspired by to try to figure out specific techniques I'll need to focus on in order to emulate the kinds of stories I want to tell in my gaming. I'm starting with Firefly ( Read more... ) -
Episode 8: Out of Gas
I'm watching through the TV shows that I feel most inspired by to try to figure out specific techniques I'll need to focus on in order to emulate the kinds of stories I want to tell in my gaming. I'm starting with Firefly ( Read more... ) -
Gaming and Artifacts
One of the first things that got me interested in RPGs was the notion of artifacts. The stories of maps made of "aged" paper, coins, statue's, letters, dossiers, and other things used as props in the game. I've had several ideas for working something like that into a game, but haven't had many opportunities to use them in the games I've played ( Read more... ) -
In Character...
Been reading De Profundis lately, which has gotten me thinking about one of my old campaigns ( Read more... ) -
The Abyss Stares Back...
Was listening to Pulp Gamer Out of Character episode 144 yesterday. One of the hosts (don't know which one) had said something I've been trying to put into words for some time now, and have done a lousy job of ( Read more... ) -
Crap...
Well, looks like I'm in another gaming dry patch. After another Sorcerer campaign no one showed up for (I'm really getting sick of that happening), the group never did get back together, and no one has responded to inquiries about when they'd make it out there again, so I've dropped the group. Right now I'm not aware of any groups in the area, or ( Read more... ) -
Interstitials...
Got to thinking about this after the last Indie Explosion session. The character I was playing was a jackass. It was sort of the point of the character. A scene came up and I narrated it basically with the whole point being for it to be an interstitial scene (purely flavor, no actual conflicts resolved during it), but the GM refused to leave the ( Read more... ) -
Failure...
Been thinking a lot lately about Shadowrun, and about the way I'd like the narrative structure of the campaigns I'm in to go. I like hard scene framing (jumping right to the meat of the scene). I don't like following the characters through every daily action, or even just from entry at a location to them leaving. I like starting from the assumption ( Read more... ) -
Episode 3: Bushwacked
I'm watching through the TV shows that I feel most inspired by to try to figure out specific techniques I'll need to focus on in order to emulate the kinds of stories I want to tell in my gaming. I'm starting with Firefly ( Read more... )