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RPGaDay 31: What do you anticipate most for gaming in the next year?

2017-08-31 doycet Musing

Right now, Masks. Probably two different games, ultimately, given I'll be running it for the kids as well as the

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RPGaDay 30: What is an RPG genre-mashup you would most like to see?

2017-08-30 doycet Musing

Mash-ups don't get me very far these days. See, I play with my kids a lot, and they don't know

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RPGaDay 28: What film/series is the biggest source of quotes in your group?

2017-08-28 doycet Musing

I'm going to go out on a limb and say Aliens, but… I mean, it could be a hundred different

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RPGaDay 27: What are your essential ingredients for good gaming?

2017-08-27 doycet Musing

Flippant answers aside for once. Attention. Respect. Engagement. And a small group people with whom you could easily see sharing

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RPGaDay 25: What is the best way to thank your GM?

2017-08-25 doycet Musing One comment

Players creating stuff or in similar ways demonstrating their interest and enthusiasm for the game. I love that stuff. It

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RPGaDay 22: Which RPGs are the easiest most enjoyable for you to run?

2017-08-22 doycet Musing

Switched up the question a bit, so I could answer "Probably PBTA stuff. Probably." For me it's a VERY GOOD

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RPGaDay 18: Which RPG have you played the most in your life?

2017-08-18 doycet Musing

Dungeons and Dragons, easily. I've been flailing at it since I was ten. Full-steam ahead all through high school. Several

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RPGaDay 15: Which RPG do you enjoy adapting the most?

2017-08-15 doycet Musing One comment

I don't really like adapting games much. I'm not a system designer by either preference or practice – I like

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RPGaDay 11: Which 'dead game' would you like to see reborn?

2017-08-11 doycet Musing 5 comments

Haven, the Free City by Gamelords, Ltd. It was an urban setting for a DnD clone where everyone basically played

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RPGaDay 9: What is a good RPG to play for about 10 sessions?

2017-08-09 doycet Musing One comment

I'd say most PBTA games (and in a lot of cases most games that share that design-space in the industry).

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RPGaDay 8: What is a good RPG to play for sessions of 2 hours or less?

2017-08-08 doycet Musing One comment

That may not be useful to a lot of other people as a recommendation, but No Thank You, Evil! and

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RPGaDay 7: What was your most impactful RPG session?

2017-08-07 doycet Musing 4 comments

Who needs therapy if you've got "impactful" RPGs, right? Impactful is such a weird word. I've had lots of memorable

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RPGaDay 6: You can game every day for a week. Describe what you'd do!

2017-08-06 doycet Musing

* Monday: Pirate 101 with Sean and Kaylee. (Alternately, family game of Masks.)* Tuesday: Normal Tuesday Roll20 group, playing whatever

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RPGaDay 5: Which RPG cover best captures the spirit of the game?

2017-08-05 doycet Musing 2 comments

This one's a bit easy for me: Tales from the Loop. It's entirely possible this answer is chicken-egg cheating, since

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RPGaDay 2017: What RPG have you played most since August 2016?

2017-08-04 doycet Musing 5 comments

One of the nice things about recording all our online game sessions is it makes it pretty easy to simply

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RPGaDay 2 – What is an RPG you would like to see published?

2017-08-02 doycet Musing 3 comments

+Matt Wilson??'s Galactic. Looking back, it wasn't the dice mechanic that grabbed our group, it was the wonderful idea of

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RPGaDay, Day 1 – What published RPG do you wish you were playing right now?

2017-08-02 doycet Musing One comment

I'm actually going to be running Dungeon World in about 90 minutes, and I'm absolutely excited about that, as we

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On Fate and GMing

2016-09-22 doycet Musing 40 comments

So I kind of gave up on about halfway through August because the questions weren't that interesting for the second

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RPGaDay – August 18: What innovation could RPG groups gain the most benefit from?

2016-08-18 doycet Musing

This is already happening, but the tech behind online meetings and collaboration is probably the future of 'tabletop' gaming. If

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RPGaDay – August 17: What fictional character would best fit in your group? Why?

2016-08-17 doycet Musing

Finn, from The Force Awakens. I just think he'd like playing a paladin, and he seems like a nice guy.

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RPGaDay – August 16: What historical character would you like in your group? For what game?

2016-08-17 doycet Musing 2 comments

I'm going to read "historical character" as "famous person, living or dead," and then answer Benjamin Franklin, playing Dungeon Crawl

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August 15: What types or source of inspiration do you turn to most often for RPGs?

2016-08-15 doycet Musing

The people at the table, first and foremost. After that, podcasts run by enthusiastic people. Genre-relevant TV. Recommended books… Pretty

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August 14: Who would be on your dream team of people to game with?

2016-08-15 doycet Musing One comment

Ooh. That's tricky. Thing is, I'm not sure all my favorite players would be very compatible, all in a single

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RPGaDay – August 12: What game is your group most likely to play next? Why?

2016-08-15 doycet Musing

Well, odds say Star Wars FAE, since that's (allegedly) the ongoing game I'm running, and it's scheduled for tomorrow. If

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August 11: Which gamer that you have played with has most affected the way that you play?

2016-08-11 doycet Musing One comment

Probably +Tim White – he makes me roleplay more and narrate less when I GM. "More actor, less writer!" he

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RPGaDay – August 10: What was the largest in-game surprise you have experienced?

2016-08-10 doycet Musing 3 comments

In my old Amber campaign, Things in Heaven and Earth, Benedict, rather than losing an arm in his duel with…

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RPG A Day, August 9: What things are a part of your ideal session, other than the actual game?

2016-08-09 doycet Musing One comment

More and more, I treasure a diverse group of players. A table full of white dudes is a missed opportunity

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August 8: Do you prefer hardcover, softcover, or electronic books? What are the benefits of your preference?

2016-08-08 doycet Musing 7 comments

I like ebook versions of RPG texts, which are unfortunately as rare as hen's teeth. PDF is… fine. Not great.

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RPG a Day: August 3rd, 4th, and 5th

2016-08-04 doycet Musing 4 comments

August 3 What is something you have done with your game character that you are the proudest of? I really

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RPG a Day Catch Up

2016-08-02 doycet Musing 5 comments

Missed the start of this during a crazy Monday, so here's a couple answers. August 1: Do you prefer to

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Doyce Testerman

Mostly actual play from online tabletop games, played on Roll20. Also random other stuff.

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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

#wildsea #ttrpg #actualplay
The crew explores the moored and apparently abandoned One-armed Scissor, before proceeding to the Hanging Manor.

2024 07 15

Art of the One-Armed Scissor by Narshero @ the Wildsea Discord.

#wildsea #ttrpg #actualplay
Our crew of wildsailors get closer to the Hanging Manor, but stop for the night at A Grove of Twisted Trees.

This is the session where Whispers finally CLICKED for everyone, and it's pretty awesome.

#wildsea #ttrpg #actualplay
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