Three MMO mistakes I’ll never make again “I do not need to level tonight.” For “level,” also insert “get the
Category: Musing
Monday Thought for the Day
xkcd, By Randall Munroe
Gaming in review
From the last week or so.
A very limited market of appeal
I can’t seem to find that vital crossover audience of people who appreciate the subtle genius of taking Little Einsteins
Fiddly Bits
One post before I hit the paving stones of the work-street… possibly with my face. Hmm. I was going to
Mayday, mayday
Although they are just as flammable and thus, just as fun, the zeppelins of World of Warcraft are quite a
More Amber Pulp!
Jvstin of long-time Amber DRPG fame just finished up a pulp-Amber game using Spirit of the Century at “The Black
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
Man, I am loving Primetime Adventures
So I’ve run two sessions of PTA now (the Pilot and now Episode One of “Strange Allies”: fighting the arcane
Conflict Resolution vs Task Resolution: FIGHT!
So there’s a conversation on Story Games about “Conflict Resolution” systems and “Task Resolution” systems, and asking which one people
So what the heck do I need a GM for?
Over on this post: I want to play with all the rules, Meera asked some fantastic questions. These questions were
I want to play with all the rules.
I’ve had a chance to play in a couple games outside my normal list in the last couple weeks, and
Random Spirit of the Century quote
Pulp runs on a few simple principles: action, science and optimism. Of these principles, optimism is the most potent.
I have played Spirit of the Century and I am exited.
There are a dozen reasons why, but the bottom line is that I think this is quite possibly *the* game
Boiling down Theory
Most of the roleplaying game theory out on the intertubes that originated on the Forge is part of the Big
Redundant systems for more reliable performance
So there’s a guy out in NYC who’s running a regular weekly game. Yes, to me that’s notable and enviable
What I keep coming back around to:
I enjoy games that have more story-focus than DnD… Don’t get me wrong: I like tactical games. I really do.
“I’m so making a post from this email.”
So Dave is getting ready to run a Primetime Adventures game, and in between bouncing actual Show ideas around, we’re
Theory, Hardcore
I was going to do two posts this morning; one about this, and one about someone using Spirit of the
“First we show the fish FIRE, so that it will know FEAR…”
“… then we eat it!” An artifact of the Florida trip. 🙂
Elemental
I dreamt a game mechanic last night, based on the five Chinese elements and Rock-Paper-Scissors, as in “Fire scours Earth.
When is a game “finished?”
Lots of talk in the last couple days about what constitutes a “finished” game. (My threads on teaching your game
Teaching Your Game: Using Adult Learning Techniques to Deliver Game Content
In an email, Jason Morningstar wrote: Hey Doyce! Your comment: “I’m a professional editor for technical publications and training delivery
Forge Con, the “quick” version
I left my journal/notebook at home today (along with a bunch of otther stuff I should have remembered), which included
Why do I like gaming?
It’s the people. The long and the short of it is that I like the people I meet through gaming.
Random Thought on Tweaking a Game System for a ‘weird’ setting
So here’s a thought, grown from an offhand comment in a podcast last week. If you’re going to run a
Organizing my game books
Specifically, organizing each book, internally. I’ve done this a lot in the past, simply because the games I was running
My favorite phrase from the Gaming Internet, this week:
“Crazy Moon Language Forgite Babble Theories”
This makes me happy
Capcom Entertainment, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, have been given a license to produce a digitally