Roll the Bones: Role Call 25: The ideal group: “What qualities would your ideal group possess?”
Category: Musing
Psychoanalysis and the Gamer
So my biggest problem with the games I’m running right now are: 1. Most are too big (have too many
Wish
Perverse Access Memory: WISH 56: Friends and Associates Do your characters have friends and associates who play a regular role
Roll the Bones: Role Call 24 Have you ever felt like it was time to take a break, short or
Woulda coulda’s.
Perverse Access Memory: WISH 51: New Genres What are three genres that you?ve had limited exposure to as a gamer
Schticks and Schtones
Perverse Access Memory: WISH 53: Schtick What are three examples of physical or verbal schtick that you?ve used to develop
Favorites
Role Call 23 What’s your favorite character you’ve made up for a game that you never got to play? Hmm.
Faves
I’m combining two role call questions into one post. Role Call 19: In what pre-fab roleplaying setting have you had
Matrix/Nobilis connection
Just seen it. No spoilers. I will, however, say that as much as the first Matrix could ‘map’ to the
Nefarious Plots
WISH 46: Plot, Plot, Plot How do you define the word ?plot? in a roleplaying game? What is plot and
Ubiquitous
I’m at that stage in learning/absorbing a game where I eat/sleep/breathe the thing. Unrelated: This is real turning point —
“I’ve got 13 points in Breaking Stuff, specialized in ‘The Plot'”
Note, the following meandering bit uses examples from X2, so if you haven’t seen the movie yet (and I’d recommend
Shout out
WISH 45: Accolades and Warm Fuzzies Who are some gamers you admire and appreciate? Name three (or as many as
Making Time
WISH 37: Schedules and Circumstances How do you prioritize gaming in your life to make sure it happens on an
Picky
WISH 44: Picking Games Another old WISH that I’m getting caught up on. How do you choose games to join
Catching up
WISH 28: Movies for Gamers What are three movies that have inspired you as a gamer? Would you recommend them
Fun stuff
Tree’s Heart Dynasty: a Shared-Roleplay Experience, from the author of Nobilis: something that I, I think, a precursor of her
Pulpy link
Crimson Skies, a Pulp-era board and video game with an excellent website. (via Arref)
Something from one word that works better when posted to this page then my main one: reflect: “So then I
Just for Gwydion
The Evolution of the Kilt.
Just a little link-note for my personal edification: History of fingerprints.
Resource
Outlaws of The Water Margin — an RPG based in Ancient China — psuedo-free, I think.
For the OA game:
Hanyu Pinyin, Zhuyin, Wade-Giles, MPS-2, Yale, and Tongyong Pinyin Cross-Reference Table. Cool.
Really fun word.
gliriform – (adj) – Resembling a rodent. Just… makes me think. [evil grin] From the Grandiloquent Dictionary.
House Rules
We’re doing these already, but I wanted to get them down in writing so that it’s clear to everyone. Dissipate
Grist
Forgotten New York, a study of the city-that-was. Tons of fun stuff for the right campaign. Related: Dark Passage is
Random drifty bits
What I’m running: Star Wars “Prince of Alderaan” campaign. DnD campaign Oriental Adventures campaign Pulp Adventures What I’m playing: Cry
“Well, I didn’t know you were called Dennis, did I?”
Turn of a Friendly Die: WISH 14: Cross-Gender Play What do you think about cross-gender characters (i.e., men playing female
Yeah, but what’s he like?
Turn of a Friendly Die: WISH 13: Character Backgrounds How do you like to build character backgrounds? Do you think
Moody
Turn of a Friendly Die: WISH 12: Mood Maintenance How do you keep the mood? And once lost, how do