Musing – Page 48 – Random Average

Star Wars: The Old Republic — The Question of PvP

2011-09-28 doycet MMO & Computers, Musing 6 comments

A few days ago, Fogsong wrote: Star Wars: The Old Republic. My LoTRO guild is debating whether to go with

Life in a Wormhole: “What Do I Need to Bring?” #eveonline

2011-09-28 doycet MMO & Computers, Musing 10 comments

We’re back to talking about living in a wormhole for the first time, the way we did with the ship

Life (in a Wormhole) Goes on… #eveonline

2011-09-26 doycet MMO & Computers, Musing 7 comments

So I’m still playing Eve. I’m still enjoying playing Eve, more importantly. But I think I’m going to slow down

Life in a Wormhole: A Brief Retrospective #eveonline

2011-09-07 doycet Actual Play, MMO & Computers, Musing 4 comments

There’s very little left to do after our marathon system take-down yesterday, which is really good news for me, since

What to play, what to play…

2011-08-29 doycet Links & Resources, Musing

De’s providing all my material lately. This weekend, she writes me and says: get to start GMing here shortly. What indie

“What do you Get out of it?” #eveonline

2011-08-27 doycet MMO & Computers, Musing One comment

So last weekend, De asked me what it is that I get out of EVE; what the payoff is for

Life in a Wormhole: Compare and Contrast #eveonline

2011-08-04 doycet MMO & Computers, Musing

I’m back from our first vacation of the summer, reflecting on how much nicer 95 degrees is when you don’t

Actual Play of Do: Pilgrims of the Flying Temple with my family

2011-08-01 doycet Actual Play, Diceless, Musing, Table Top 5 comments

I grew up in central South Dakota and, as a gamer from an early age (I convinced my folks to

Dude, stop calling it “Wife Aggro”.

2011-01-19 doycet MMO & Computers, Musing

“Hang on a sec, guys,” I read in the group chat window, “I’ve got Wife Aggro.” I’ve read this phrase

Burning Wheel, in Review

2011-01-07 doycet Actual Play, Musing, Table Top One comment

With holiday schedules, an incoming bearcub, and all the other insanity that seems to surround the end of the year

Are Virtual Worlds Part of the Cause of our Real-world Recessions?

2010-12-20 doycet Musing

That’s the question asked in a recent article on Terra Nova, which offers some (very solid) arguments for the idea

International "Change Your Account Password" Day

2010-12-14 doycet Musing

Two days ago, hackers gained access to the servers at Gawker Media and, with it, access to the account information

Burning Wheel (finally)

2010-10-21 doycet Actual Play, Musing, Table Top One comment

I got a copy of The Burning Wheel… hmm. My first mention of it on the blog was early 2004,

Finding the fun in Star Wars again

2010-10-19 doycet Musing

Jeffs Gameblog: Episode IV: What we know, what we don’t know. Some good thinking on the original Star Wars movie.

“Is it a ‘supers or ‘comics’ game?”

2010-10-15 doycet Musing One comment

Gerald (@Linnaeus on Twitter) put together a really good post on the differences between the different games out there that

Wasting time playing DnD

2010-09-23 doycet Game Design, Musing, Table Top 3 comments

No, I’m not saying that playing DnD is a waste of my time, settle down. Breathe. I ran into a

Brain Damage

2010-09-02 doycet Musing, Scheduling, Table Top 2 comments

Randy’s running this low-powered supers-in-Gotham thing. Interesting background. Interesting atmosphere. Running it with Mutants and Masterminds, which is a 3.x

Diaspora Hacks, by way of Dresden Files

2010-06-25 doycet Actual Play, Musing, Table Top One comment

After a series of scheduling problems, we finally got back to the Diaspora game last night for the first time

In a Wicked Amber

2010-05-23 doycet Actual Play, Musing, Table Top 7 comments

I don’t listen very well, even to myself. Short version of that post — following a session of In a

Sacrifice, Interesting Failure, and Diaspora Hacks

2010-05-13 doycet Game Design, Musing, Nobilis, Table Top 2 comments

I’ve been thinking (and talking) about sacrifice in games, and how that ends up playing out at the table. Originally,

“I bleed and take another action.”

2010-04-19 doycet Musing, Table Top 4 comments

There is a kind of magic in sacrifice. No, I don’t mean literal magical sacrifices with babies and goats and

Being Immortal in Fate (Diaspora)

2010-02-16 doycet Musing, Table Top 9 comments

Tim challenges me. First, he never lets me coast during our games: not as a GM, certainly, but neither as

Avatar: my thoughts, my opinions, my recommendation

2009-12-19 doycet Musing

… and my background: with the exception of Piranha Part Two: The Spawning, I’ve seen all of James Cameron’s movies at least three times. Yeah, even Titanic (though the third time was against my will). Understand that simple fact about me first: I’m pretty much the guy’s target audience. Kate and I went to see […]