As a general rule, I don’t really get journaling games. It seems like they just unnecessarily complicate perfectly good writing prompts. The only ones that really get a second look from me are the ones where you’re creating something other than a story, especially if that thing is something you can actually use in a…
We kicked off con season a couple of weeks ago and got to try out the latest version of Cinemechanix with real live con people for the first time. At DieCon, Leighton ran a sword and planet style game and Hobomancer using Cinemechanix, while I ran a game set in the City of 10,000 Daggers…
In preparing to celebrate the QAGS 20th Anniversary, we’re going to be digging through a lot of old files, so I’m occasionally going to post material from older versions of The Death Cookie. Since we’re rushing to finish the first round of Cinemechanix editing this week, now seems like a good time to start. Mal’s…
I didn’t post last week because I spent the early part of the week getting ready for Archon and Thursday night loading up the booth and driving to St. Louis. What was I working on for Archon? Mostly boring stuff: reprinting missing character sheets from the games I’d already run at other cons, counting and…
Before this weekend, I hadn’t run a complete playtest game of the current version of Cinemechanix. Part of the reason is situational. I live in the armpit of the Midwest a solid two hours and change from anything resembling an actual city, so there aren’t a whole lot of gamers around in the first place…
Shameless Self-Promotion: The Drivethru GM’s Day Sale is going on now. You can get most Hex stuff for 30% off! Last week I posted Captain Deity, a character from Team Force Alpha 37, which is the first of a series of sample game set-ups we’ll be including in the Cinemechanix core rule book. The full…
Want some Hobomancer T-Shirts, Happy d20 Keychains, or other Hex swag? Good news. We’ve got a store at Zazzle now where you can order all sorts of Hex merchandise. I’ll personally be picking up some Hobomancer playing cards in the near future. If you read last week’s blog, you saw how I’d run a trashy…
Role-playing is like Vegas: What happens at the game table should stay at the game table. That’s not because gaming stories are scandalous, it’s because it’s very rare for gaming stories to be the slightest bit interesting to anyone outside of the group of people who played the game. A lot of of them boil…
Here’s another Actual Play write-up from Woody at FAST. This one tells the tale of Colin’s HappilyEverAfter game at Archon 2010. (As told by Ms. Muffet) It was just another day in HappilyEverAfter, the city that puts the “sin” in fascination. You could survive if you knew how to play the game; the penalty for…
The following Actual Play is from Colin’s The Devil Went Down to Georgia — A Rock n Roll Occult Investigation game at Archon 34 (2010). Thanks to Woody at FAST Games for the write-up! The Devil Went Down to Georgia (As told by Jerry Lee Lewis) Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email
