Come Out To The Coast…
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You Are Not Your Character Sheet
“You are not your job. You’re not how much money you have in the bank. You’re not the car you drive. You’re not the contents of your wallet. You’re not your fucking khakis.”–Tyler Durden, Fight Club If Tyler Durden were a GM, he might add that you are not your Charisma, you’re not your Gimmick,…
How To Play A Horror Game
Since Monday was Halloween and it’s been a long week, here’s the excerpt from Spooky: The Definitive Guide to Horror Gaming that we posted to the Death Cookie right after the book (Hex’s first full-sized one) was released back in October 2001. Horror gaming requires the player make a few changes to her normal style…
Cinemechanix: Role Reversal
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Reverb Gamers 2012, #21 & #22
REVERB GAMERS 2012, #21: What’s the best bribe you’ve ever given (or received as) a GM? What did you get (give) for it? (Courtesy of Atlas Games. Visit them at www.atlas-games.com) Considering I co-wrote a game where bribing the GM is a legitimate mechanic, you’d think I’d have a good story about this, but I…
Monster of the Week: The Ungnuzi
Also Known As: NA Description: Ungnuzi are hideous humanoid creatures with tiny spikes all over their bodies. They stand between 3 and 4 feet tall and have slimy, sickly green skin. They do not have visible eyes, ears, or other sensory organs. Except for the small (1”-2”) spikes that cover their entire bodies, their heads…
Archetype of the Week: The Boy Scout
The boy scout is the classic white-hat-wearing Good Guy. He believes that everyone should get along and follow the rules, and does his best to help people in need. The boy scout’s strong values, incorruptible ethics, and idealistic beliefs can at times border on hokey. In other words, your classic Lawful Good Paladin from…
Campaign Design Walk-Through 8: Rules Adaptations
A few of the Cinemechanix core rules require the group to make decisions about how they apply to the game at hand. Determining the starting Hero Factor (see last week’s blog) is one example of this. Another is deciding whether a character who reaches “Broken” status ends up dead, forced into retirement by his injuries,…
Cinemechanix: Spoilers
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Random One-Shot Game Generator
Sometimes, instead of a blog, you get a widget. This is one of those times. I made up a random generator script to generate one-shot (or if you’re really brave, campaign) ideas based on the tables in The Book of Dumb Tables 1 & 2. You can play with it on this ugly-ass page here….