So my daughter’s back from grandparent camp, she’s been briefed on the Fate dice mechanic, and we’ve been talking about
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Some People Just Want to Watch the World Burn
So I'm thinking about Area of Effect attacks in Fate, and came up with a stunt for same. AoE Junkie.
Fate Core: Agent Coulson
I'm working on some characters that have pushed me in an interesting direction with stunts. Sharing them here to get
Quickly, Hive Pocket
Anyone here played Hive Pocket with their kids? I got it based off a reddit review and my daughter (7)
FATE: The Goddamn Batman
So there are ways to stat out Batman as a starting character. But (a) someone already did that and (b)
"I want to knock this guy into the next zone."
How would you do that? Overcome with active resists? #gaming View this post on Google+
FATE: Statting out Supers, because why not?
Inspired by Ryan’s work on representing the Avengers and the JLA in Fate, and because I’m getting my head around
Fate Core and Fate Accelerated Pseudo-review
So, a few days ago, a conversation I was having on g+ crossposted to this blog. That wasn’t intentional, but
As much as I'm longing for some super-heroic #gaming beat-down right now,…
As much as I'm longing for some super-heroic #gaming beat-down right now, this pretty much sums up why I won't
So
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vzy155a2ybmah7k/2013-06-04%2010.46.06.png Mind control. Tricky subject in any RPG, let alone Fate, but I've got supers on my mind, and when
Love how the eve launcher is only half in English when you tell it your language…
Love how the eve launcher is only half in English when you tell it your language is english. #gaming View
Testing the Google+blog plugin with a public #gaming post about the tabletop/hangouts…
Testing the Google+blog plugin with a public #gaming post about the tabletop/hangouts game I'm playing in this weekend. "In the
Life in Eve: Pretty Good Weekend
Like most ten-year-olds, EVE celebrated its birthday on the nearest weekend (just past), rather than the actual date (today), in
Book Review: John Scalzi’s Old Man’s War
I’ve got another book review up at themittani.com. This one’s on Old Man’s War, which I went years without reading
Life in Eve: April Fools
April got off to a rocky start, so I wasn’t really sure how things would look as the month wrapped
Life in Eve: You Play How You Practice – Putting the Play into Practice (4/4)
Whew. Okay, let’s see if we can pull all this musing into some kind of coherent plan for missions. There’s
Eve Forever
I have trouble explaining to my non-Eve-playing gamer friends what it is about the game that I find so compelling.
Semi Eve-related, semi book-related
A few weeks ago, I noticed a call for book reviewers over at themittani.com, a website that focuses mostly on
Life in Eve: You Play How You Practice (3/4): Stages of a Mission
So let’s continue this conversation about how to create new PvE missions in Eve that are more engaging, interesting, and
Life in Eve: You Play How You Practice (2.5/4) — Answering Questions and Comments
The last couple posts have attracted some good questions and feedback, and raise some points I want to address before
Life in Eve: You Play How You Practice (2/?)
So here’s the premise: PvE mission content in Eve comprises some of the weakest PvE content in any MMO, and
Life in Eve: You Play How You Practice (1/?)
When I first started playing Eve in earnest (which does not count the attempt some seven years ago) I went
Life in Eve: Same War, Different Front
“So this is a done deal?” CB sprawled across my couch, watching an animated children’s show on the main display
Life in Eve: Junkies
March was a really, really good month for our corporation. By most any standard, it was the best month
Life in Eve: Voting for CSM 8
The elections for the eighth Council of Stellar Management (the CSM: a group of players elected to represent player interests,
Live in Eve: March in Review
So with March in the bag, I thought I’d look back and see how the corp did, both in terms
Life in Eve: Local is Fine, and Here’s How to Fix It.
First, a brief background, for the non-EvE players: Like most MMOs, Eve has a number of text-based chat channels built
Life in Eve: Gambit Roulette
Regardless of the game, I’ve never been particularly drawn to stealth classes. Rogues, Burglars, Assassins… you know the type. The
Life in Eve: Tys R Us, now open in Sinq Laison and all points East
So about a month ago, it became evident that the pilots in our corp would need to get into replacement