For me, it had always been easy to sleep in a car. The back seat was a favorite place to curl up as a kid. Then on family trips, I would crash out and like magic we were there. No need to hurry on my account, 3 hours, 10, hell it could last all day. It was just a blink of the eye. Driving or not. That hum, that screech, that thumping… whatever it ( Read more... )

So, the first playtest went well. The basic mechanics seems to function near to what I was envisioning. Some changes are being made to expedite play and to counter "wankery" beyond the "hit the door" method.

The players felt that it would be too easy to bully another player through the economy system as it is and ultimately whose decision is it ( Read more... )

So I watched Zombieland last night. It was good. Not some masterpiece that is going to redefine the genre, but playful look at one guys journey. If you dig zombies, go see it.

Now, the question is why are there not other supernatural apocalypses? The Lycanocalpyse? Gargopalypse? Nosferalptica? I won't go with a Mummy since it’s just an anorexic ( Read more... )

He had noticed that events were cowards: they didn't occur singly, but instead they would run in packs and leap out at him all at once.

~ Neil Gaiman quote

The ‘meat’ of any game is in how they handle the character squaring off against Conflict, facing the Risks to see that something gets done and dealing with the Consequences. To ( Read more... )

(Re) Defining Aspects and the Purpose of Attributes

Aspects are those things define a character, they can best be thought up in clips and phrases, quotes or sound bites. Anything that is punchy and thought-provoking works best. Aspects should reflect the essence of the character, showing his meaning and depth (even if that depth is only ankle deep). ( Read more... )

My initial thoughts on the character creation method. So far all words and no 'mechanics.'

Character Creation Questions and the Three Things

With each question, say three true things about the character.  These three things will be the guidelines for developing the character’s Aspects.

1. What is the character? - These Aspects should ( Read more... )

Amongst many of my friends I am the indie guy, the tinkerer, and mostly the GM. This may be because I have been running for some of them off and on for nearly a decade and in that time I have never been happy with a setting or mechanic as is. To be fair, I started really running games with Rifts and Vampire so there is a lot that could be improved ( Read more... )

My story thus far

I was born to unusual and some would say tragic circumstances. You see my mother was found washed ashore the Atlantic coast line near Boston. She was found naked, brutally raped, and nearly dead from saline poisoning and hypothermia. In those days, they didn’t do much for rape victims; there were no genetic tests to be run… that ( Read more... )

Once, there was this guy, he had a beautiful wife and he thought he was the luckiest man on earth. Unfortunately, his lovely wife did not feel so lucky or all that loved really… or at least, maybe, it just wasn’t a love that mattered anymore. So our friend’s wife found a dangerous sort, the kind of man that could make a person feel alive for once ( Read more... )

Betrayal and Hubris

:: Written by: Weaverchilde ::

Honor- Scene 1

The alley was empty, save for the cloaked figure. He stood motionless at the edge of the lamplight's glowing cone. The wind whirled about creating small tornadoes of debris and the night was a starless void of black.

"I feel you there," the man's deep resonate voice carried the ( Read more... )