I’m looking forward to continuing our the adventures of our Star Wars group in two weeks. We should be able to string together a couple of games in a row.
If you have any problem with resuming on the 17th. let us know!
— Scott
PS: As ever, there’s an up to date skeleton of our adventures at New Republic Log. If you want to flesh it out, that helps everyone.
Charles and Hilzoy have a dialogue about Islam:
Charles begins with a post; Hilzoy responds, and later then she expands her point. Thereafter, Charles writes a post grappling with Hilzoy’s inclusion of cultural humiliation as a factor. Hilzoy explains why cultural humiliation is important to understand, then she continues to explain how technological progress does and doesn’t relate to the concept.
UPDATE: After miscommunication, the session was canceled.
Maybe. We’ll need to make sure Dad thinks he can make it, since he’ll be headed up to Kristen’s graduation from CSUS the next morning way too early. In comments, please indicate which weekends you’re free to game. For now, Jim, Scott, and Jen are big drags this month.
May 26th: Unavailable
June 2nd: Good (Dad’s off to Kristen’s graduation the next day, but he’s sucking it up. Yay game!)
June 9th: Unavailable [Dad’s off to Eric’s]
June 16th: Good [though we’re off to Chris and Holly’s wedding the next morning]
June 23rd: Good [so far…]
The campaign log has session five sketched in. Expand on whatever interests you.
Last night I did some grocery shopping, then headed to Chipolte’s. I parked a short distance away and noticed a pair of paramedics getting out of their truck. As fate had it, I reached the door just before they did, so I held it open. They walked through.
Perhaps fifteen seconds before the paramedics had gone in, a couple had walked in the door. The line was reasonably long, but nothing outrageous.
We’re standing in line for a minute or so, when a guy walks in the door. He passes both me and the paramedics and joins the couple. Then, perhaps feeling guilty, they wave the paramedics forward, ahead of their expanded party of three.
Vincent has recently created two playtest documents.
AG&G is a rollicking, short run game. It aims high… and playtest reports seem positive.
Afraid: Supernatural Horror uses DitV like mechanics, but pushes the dark side.
Martin just soft launched a Treasure Tables wiki, ready to be filled with GM advice.
Troy muses on Character Death, with a great discussion in comments.
Ron explains a game design process, top to bottom
Jennifer and I will be out of town exploring baseball and other things San Fransisco-y. I’m looking forward to returning to our Star Wars game afterwards. I’ll try and update the New Republic Agents pages with the second half of our third session and session four. If you get there first, that’s great.
Hope your week’s a good one!
Strangely, I seem to be contrary to the trend on this Treasure Tables post, where the favorite campaigns are the eldest. I suspect that’s because many of them had obvious flaws… like the high school “split but we’ll ignore it and play together” group.
1. Mage: The Ascension (GM, mid/late 20s) To Sway the Stones
2. Mage: The Ascension [player, mid 20s]. Chris’s Beyond the Portal
> D&D3.5: The current Dragon’s Talons game [player, early 30s]
3. AD&D [player, mid/late 20s] Skellwoods Campaign
4. AD&D [player, college] World-spanning, w/ Sython
5. Mage 1st [GM, college]: Ender Peskins and friends
6. D&D 3.0 [player, late 20s]. Strife and Pride.
7. Vampire 2nd [player, mid 20s]. Will’s Fresno Chronicles
8. Shadowrun [player, 30]: Graal
9. AD&D [GM, High School]: My first long, successful game
10. Battletech (player, High School). “Kizmaz” and the Ogre
Jennifer and I are off to Salt Lake City, so I can meet her mom. If you know any prayers… More seriously, we’ll miss this week, but I’m looking forward to resuming the first Friday in May.
I’ll eventually add to the log on the wiki, but if you’d like to get there first, please do. If there’s anything else, let us know.
Way off topic: we now have a tiny kitten. Max was a little reluctant at first [there was much hissing], but they’ve calmed greatly. Though the little kitten seems fascinated by Max’s twitching tail– which can’t bode well. Anyway, I’m looking forward to gaming again soon.
Interesting Sci-fi premise— assume the world of 2105 will be better than 2005 by as much as 2005 is better than 1905. Plus some interesting choices on what to extrapolate really sketches an interesting future.
Thiry six plot ideas for any genre.
Please Help Save Palladium from Going Under An open letter from Kevin Siembieda, President & Owner. Palladium’s in trouble… and may not make it through the year. (They’re the ones who make RIFTs and several other systems.) I found out about this from this Treasure Tables post.
AG&G a stituation creation and resolution system– perfect for 2 hour slots (or so).
While it isn’t really roleplaying, it seems appropriate for roleplayers. Playing with Thermite (video),
New, bonus goodies:
Indie gaming basics Rmaps, kickers, bangs, no-myth, conflict resolution, all in one post.
Archived Dungeoncraft articles. (From an old Dragon Magazine series.)
The Law of Conservation of NPCs
A dozen pieces of gaming advice
Core Elements: Toolbox edition (pdf) An incredibly small D&D core boiled down below the class level. Kind of a zen, “how thin can you squeeze D&D” exercise.
Nutkin land Friendly forums for many a system.
Our next game should be this upcoming Friday. During the week I’ll probably update the wiki with the new GM characters and the next session’s skeleton. You can help out by contributing whatever you remember.
As usual, if you’re going to have any problems making it, please let us know.