Quoting CCP Fozzie: Since we plan to reduce the powergrid needs of all medium artillery by 10% across the board,
Category: Game Design
Funcertainty
This is sort of a general gaming post, though it’ll end up talking about EvE very specifically at the end,
Mulling over a ‘tapestry’ style throne-war game
So I’ve been reading the George R.R. Martin books. They’re good, and if you haven’t read them and like fantasy
A few more thoughts on the “Blanket of Ashes” game idea
I’m not set on running this. Playing a ‘song of ice an fire’ style ‘throne war’ game also appeals. Just
Mass Effect, Tolkien, and Your Bullshit Artistic Process
[The following was originally posted on my main blog, but as it’s gaming-related, I figured I’d put it over here
Wasting time playing DnD
No, I’m not saying that playing DnD is a waste of my time, settle down. Breathe. I ran into a
Sacrifice, Interesting Failure, and Diaspora Hacks
I’ve been thinking (and talking) about sacrifice in games, and how that ends up playing out at the table. Originally,
My thoughts on the Mouse Guard RPG
I’m very excited about the first play session of our new Primetime Adventures game this Wednesday, and while I’m putting
Why I wouldn’t use IAWA to run Amber (at least not with Amber players)
Wednesday night rolled around, and we were set to play In a Wicked Age. This was going to be my
Something to save to my Blackberry
The simplest little RPG ever This is an RPG intended to be played with kids. It requires one adult (or
Hacking the DnD Action Point rules
So I looked over the various gaming threads that had come out of discussions of Action Points and how they
The One Where He Totally Geeked Out Like a Mid-1980s Gamer Nerd ((Hacking DnD 4 into Lord of the Rings))
I noticed early on that LotRO’s main conceit about their “Health Bar” really really works in DnD 4th with regards
Burning Aspects
This is a SotC rules tweak. I didn’t come up with it, though I am tweaking it. FATE and Spirit
In a highly volatile nutshell
Fred Hicks asks: What do *you* think needs to be in a 15-minute demo of Spirit of the Century? The
Elemental
I dreamt a game mechanic last night, based on the five Chinese elements and Rock-Paper-Scissors, as in “Fire scours Earth.
One frog, squished into two pages
For no particular reason, I decided to see if I could (via harsh editing and severe formatting) squish the Frogger
So where’ve I been for the last 24 hours?
So here’s what happened. Over on Story-Games, someone posted this: You played it till your thumbs blistered, now write it
Granted, the book’s so big you’ll hardly notice…
Huh. I forgot to post this. If you’re in a game or hobby shop and happen to see the Deryni
Game Contributions
Some great thoughts from ***Dave on Game logs: why to keep them, why not to, how to encourage them (both
eighteen again
After feedback and lots of questions from some folks, I’ve updated and reposted the write-up for eighteen. I think it
I warned yah I’d do it…
With apologies to various good golfing movies, the sport itself, the hobby of roleplaying, and Ron Edwards, I present an
Now on Deck…
With the exception of one Nobilis session… two weekends ago (egads)… there really hasn’t been much gaming going on this
Open Mouth A, insert Foot B
You know what’s intimidating? When the Ron Edwards PM’s you with “I’m utterly swamped, could you please address the questions
Neel meets Sorcerer
Neel Krishnaswami posts a Sorcerer One-Sheet to The 20′ By 20′ Room. Fully expect it to be brilliant, because it’s
A note to myself for future reference
With regards to running FATE (which I plan to use in the future for at least one if not two
Character mix-n-match
Doc’s Blog … Confessions of a Game Addict: Game Dream 3: Is it Me or is it Memorex? Some people
Unknown Armies meets Firefly
This weekend, I had a chance to play-test a Firefly game session using a stripped-down version of Unknown Armies 2nd
Sorcerer and the non-optimal character sheets
[I promise the actual play from Friday night is on the way. I’ve got it about half-written, I swear.] I
FATE and the El Dorado game
One of the questions I’ve been trying to answer when I look over a new game is “What do I
Best of the Best
Man, that was a fun martial arts movie… Anyway. Perverse Access Memory: WISH 99: Best Genre RPGs Pick three to