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Starforged, Session 10, Ticking Boxes

2021-10-08 doycet Links & Resources

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Calling on the Hivemind

2019-07-08 doycet Links & Resources, Online Table Top, Scheduling, Table Top

Anyone have good suggestions for phone / app friendly play by post platforms or tools? The Masks game I play

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The Smartwood Children (a Lasers and Feelings hack for my kids)

2019-07-07 doycet Actual Play, Game Design, Links & Resources, Table Top

This weekend has been chock-a-block with face to face gaming goodness with cool kids. Friday was the 14th session of

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Looking Back at a Remarkably RPG-heavy Week

2019-02-06 doycet Actual Play, Links & Resources, Musing, Online Table Top, Table Top

I’ve been lucky enough to have a regular gaming group for Some Time Now (thanks, #Roll20 !) – I don’t

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Masks, Menagerie Actual Play, Session 45 – Doctor Infinity is a Purple

2019-02-02 doycet Links & Resources

The Sepia Squad’s final showdown with Dr. Infinity. Doctor Infinity’s starfish-robot questions Charade about Charlotte Palmer by sending itself through

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Girl Underground meets the TARDIS?

2018-12-12 doycet Game Design, Links & Resources, Musing

There’s a game in development called Girl Underground, which focuses on a central Girl (in the vein of Alice in

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Jonesing to play Zombie World

2018-11-07 doycet Game Design, Links & Resources

Enough that I made up a new Enclave option… one I’m surprised doesn’t exist.

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The Hollow, by way of World of Dungeon: Turbo

2018-11-07 doycet Game Design, Links & Resources

I’m running a game for my kids, inspired by The Hollow series on Netflix, and for said game I’m basically

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Fire Goose

2018-10-14 doycet D20, Game Design, Links & Resources

Created at the behest of Mark Hunt, for a silly little project on MeWe. Fire Goose Small beast, probably evil

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Masks Menagerie Tropes

2018-01-02 doycet Actual Play, Links & Resources, Musing, Online Table Top, Table Top

A couple weeks ago, I joked that I should try to identify the main tropes that show up in our

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Masks, Actual Play Analysis, Sessions 11 to 15

2017-12-04 doycet Actual Play, Links & Resources, Online Table Top

We’re back! It’s another long flight, so let’s run through Masks sessions to the latest and see what to make

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Masks “Menagerie” Campaign – Session 6 to 10

2017-12-02 doycet Actual Play, Links & Resources, Online Table Top, Table Top

It’s been awhile since I’ve written about our ongoing Masks game (superhero antics in the vein of Young Justice, Teen

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Masks AP Resource

2017-08-07 doycet Links & Resources, Online Table Top 14 comments

The whelmed podcast (located at the nigh-perfect url http://crashingthemode.com/) is basically “Buffering the Vampire Slayer,” but for Young Justice. I’ve

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Risus Supers!

2016-03-10 doycet Actual Play, Links & Resources

S. John Ross (creator of Risus) mentioned a plan to run some one-shot game sessions online. I, like many others,

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Playing Hero Kids with my Hero Kids

2015-03-11 doycet Actual Play, Game Design, Links & Resources, Table Top 2 comments

Last night, in lieu of normal bedtime activities (reading Winnie-the-Pooh, Justice League I-Can-Read books, or our new favorite, Bone), Kaylee

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I am a Nerd (Final-ish version)

2015-01-12 doycet Links & Resources

I’ve posted versions of this on my main blog, but while I like it, it didn’t quite feel like it

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The Glitcherman

2014-10-25 doycet Links & Resources 7 comments

Today, I was walking around the neighborhood with my daughter, looking at trees and houses. (There are only 3 or

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Why I haven't Blogged about Wildstar Yet

2014-06-09 doycet Links & Resources

… as explained by Tycho at PA. (See link and disregard first paragraph, which is mostly about something else.) "When

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Wonderful, detailed review of Fate and Fate Accelerated

2014-02-17 doycet Links & Resources

My go-to solution for tabletop #gaming.? The FATE of the World View this post on Google+

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Fate: Kugen Wasabi

2014-01-23 doycet Links & Resources, Online Table Top

This has been sitting in my drafts folder for something like six months, so let’s put it out there, just

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Character Progression in Fate Accelerated

2014-01-16 doycet Links & Resources 6 comments

One of the complaints/problems I've run into with previous incarnations of Fate were with character advancement. To be blunt, there

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A few thoughts on EVE, a static playerbase, and how I'd fix it

2013-12-21 doycet Links & Resources One comment

Reshared post from +Doyce Testerman A few thoughts on EVE, a static playerbase, and how I'd fix it. (Also: the

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Finding Time: Google+ Saved my (Gaming) Life

2013-11-06 doycet Links & Resources

I self-identify as a gamer more readily and/or instinctively than any other social sub-caste, up to and including “parent.” Good

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Hidden Things Audiobook kickstarter

2013-11-05 doycet Links & Resources

[This post originally appeared on my other blog at doycetesterman.com.] I’m a writer. I write for a living and, more

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Why I’m Most Active on Google+

2013-08-16 doycet Links & Resources

Everything, for me, is about my (current) passions. Near as I can tell, I've always been that way. #wp  #gaming

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My review of the most surprising Marvel-published title this year

2013-07-29 doycet Links & Resources

#wp #gaming Hawkeye: My Life as a Weapon | TheMittani.com In my last review, I talked about Atomic Robo, a

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Where I’ve Been

2013-07-26 doycet Links & Resources

I haven’t been logged into Eve for awhile. Or DCUO. Or LotRO, or really anywhere online. Gaming has, in short,

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Superhero Tan Lines

2013-07-25 doycet Links & Resources 2 comments

#gaming 24.media.tumblr.com/e8eedfd1b94f54efbb876e845554e361/tumblr_mqi6vqB1SJ1qz6f9yo1_500.jpg View this post on Google+

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Atomic Robo, Some of the Most Fun You Can Have with Action Science!

2013-07-25 doycet Links & Resources

Guaranteed* 98% free of unexpected explosions. #wp  #gaming * – Should not actually be considered any kind of guarantee. At

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Went to Comic Con San Diego

2013-07-23 doycet Links & Resources 14 comments

… and got to play some Atomic Robo(!)  …With my daughter. …With her playing as my daughter. …using a character

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Another "one shot" (ha) with my family over summer break.

This time, we're playing Psi*Run, about supers on the run from a shadowy organization.

We missed the Prologue, and picked up after character generation and the inciting "Crash" incident.
I started off the year with a truly new #ttrpg experience - one of my kids ran a game for ME! First time that's EVER happened.

We played #Runecairne and she damned near killed me. It was great.

(We didn't TOTALLY separate the player/warden roles in this, because part of the reason we were doing this was so I could teach her to GM, so we did a two-person game (Runecairne is great for this) and a scenario I'd already run with Sean, and had open on my screen to spot any gotchas and give her tips.)
Pretty much what it says on the title. My whole family (not just my kids, but my wife) sat down to play an RPG together. This has NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE, and it's was bloody and glorious, because that's what Eat the Reich delivers.

2024 12 28
Pretty much what it says on the title. My whole family (not just my kids, but my wife) sat down to play an RPG together. This has NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE, and it's was bloody and glorious, because that's what Eat the Reich delivers.

2024 12 27
just me rambling about the last year in gaming and what's coming up
Me and the kids sit down to talk about the One-Armed Scissor "one-shot" - kind of a celebration/wake/post mortem.

Overall Impression: The one-shot served as an enticing introduction to Wildsea's setting and mechanics. While certain areas, like travel and character origin options, left players desiring more, the unique world, engaging whisper mechanics, and collaborative ship-building process were significant highlights.

In summary - we had a good time, the game is cool, we want to play some more (even Kaylee), and we don't super-enjoy canned one-shot scenarios.

2024 08 07
Our heroes find the surviving crew of the One Armed Scissor and safely escape the Manor.

Yup. Totally safe. No problem.

2024 07 29

#wildsea #ttrpg #actualplay 

This session focuses on the players' daring escape from a collapsing library hanging precariously over the Wildsea. The escape is complicated by a powerful Whisper unleashed by Saturniidae, which causes the library to become entangled in rapidly growing thorny vines.

Key Events
    Prepping for Trouble: The crew utilize their skills to recover resources and prepare for the impending attack by pinwolves. Saturniidae uses a Whisper to try to protect the sole surviving member of the One-Armed Scissor, but accidentally summons a spectral force that injures the party.
    Thorny Escape: Saturniidae's shouted Whisper, "Secrets Wrapped in Thorns," creates a whirlwind of paper that transforms into a rapidly growing cocoon of thorny brambles. The cocoon expands, forcing the pinwolves back and pushing the library away from the tallshank tree it was anchored to.
    Descent into Chaos: The library begins to collapse, forcing the players to navigate a chaotic environment filled with falling debris, thorny vines, and oozing crezzerin. Charybdis utilizes his unique skills and knowledge of plants to carefully extract Saturniidae from the thorny cocoon.
    Leaps of Faith: Cory leaps from the collapsing library, embedding her spear into the tallshank tree and clinging for dear life. Charybdis uses his wavewalk skill to swing through a window and escape, while Saturniidae glides down to the Queen Crab using her elegant wings.
    A Sinking Feeling: The library crashes into the edge of the rift, causing the nearby One Armed Scissor to tip and sink. The sinking ship evokes a sense of dread and PTSD in Charybdis, who witnesses a vision of his past death.
    Return to Three Masks: The players successfully return to Three Masks, albeit injured and emotionally drained. They share their harrowing tale, warning others of the dangers that now infest the library and the surrounding area.

Character Highlights

    Cory: Demonstrates agility and resourcefulness, using her spear to escape the collapsing library.
    Charybdis: Utilizes his expertise in plants and his unique abilities to navigate the dangerous environment and save Saturniidae.
    Saturniidae: Unintentionally unleashes chaos with her Whisper, but ultimately aids in the party's escape through her quick thinking, and suffers injuries and the effects of crezzerin poisoning.

Lingering Questions

    What will become of the library now that it is infested with creatures and a Librico Ray?
    Will the players attempt to retrieve more books or salvage anything from the wreckage?
    How will the loss of the library affect the community of Three Masks?
    What is the significance of the One Arm Scissor sinking into the rift?
The crew climbs up to the Hanging Manor and "gets rizzed by a Rift." (I don't know what that means, but the kids assure me it's hilarious and will never sound like hopelessly dated slang.)

2024 07 27

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