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I contributed to an Evil Hat project (Fate Accessibility Toolkit, should be out soon-ish) and am working on some self-published games also using Fate.
You can probably guess my favorite system, but I also (reluctantly) play D&D and occasionally dip my toe in others.
I like the character & world-building aspects of RPGs, hate combat systems and heavy rules, but love playing with friends.
Autistic enby ace.
Pronouns: they/them/their
| Running | Deadlands Noir (Accelerated) |
| Playing | D&D |
| Writing | steampunk supers game |
| Fave Board Game | Ticket to Ride |
Today I read the second issue of #DieComic by Kieron Gillen. It's a fantasy horror story about some players getting stuck in the realm of their new game.
The mechanics and worldbuilding bits we've gotten so far are interesting and I'd really love to see it developed as a full playable game.
Or maybe I'll just make a homebrew version. Hopefully I don't get too caught up in it. 😉​
Honestly, like 90% of "should we treat robots like people?" sci-fi narratives are almost inexcusably lazy, because they're willfully ignoring the much more uncomfortable reality.
How can we be willing to acknowledge whether or not robots should be treated like people, without acknowledging the reality that people are already being treated like robots.
BLUEBEARD did WHAT?!
Picked this book up at Games of Berkeley yesterday since (via @maenad ) they're /practically/ friends-of-friends. As good as. If you squint. Okay, that's mostly an excuse to do what I want and pretend it's virtuous.)
Good day for @chaonaut_says I guess. He's been waiting for this for quite awhile.
But first he has to get everything sleeved and sorted. So we'll see if we actually have time to play today.
Other Sentinels fans?
It's definitely my favorite hero game, mechanics-wise. I would love to see it implemented with characters I already know and like. But it's still good.
Card text says "If this zombie takes 3 or more total damage in one Combat turn, it explodes. All survivors must roll a die. On rolls of 3 or less, they take 1 damage. Survivors who played the Fight Action roll twice."
Zombie player says the zombie is still in play because nothing specifically states otherwise. Even though it exploded.
...
Thoughts?
We're gonna compromise this time but trying to come up with a defined rule and rationale for next time.
Game didn't go so well. It also wasn't *terrible*, but I wasn't adequately prepared and maybe running Fate for the first time with a totally new and only vaguely-defined setting while I'm also feeling sick was not the best decision I've ever made.
But I made notes on things to fix later in my GMing and also things to clarify for players next time. And should have quite awhile to flesh out this setting and have a clearer idea of what we're doing.
Running a game today. It's new, I'm not prepared, and I *am* feeling awful because of my body's complete inability to handle seasonal changes. I don't understand why a drop in temp should make my allergies go haywire like this, but it does. Every year.
Considering backing out, but...it sounds so fun. And if I'm gonna feel gross anyway, might as well feel gross while having fun with friends?
Oh my, the digital tabletop bundle on Humble Bundle is excellent.
I want it all.
Oh wait, that's actually how that works.
*grabs*
The worst thing about finding really cool new games is showing them to your friends and getting dead silence. ðŸ˜â€‹
I'm left wondering if I should keep working on it and try again with a complete pitch for a campaign, or if they're just not interested and maybe I should try pitching it to *other* people and build a second rp group.
My sister is always talking about wishing she had a group...I could try GMing online...
Ol' Minecraft Dick
Michael of Ragged Feathers