In our second sandbox episode, we get deep into our setting. We work on neighborhoods figuring out the local color. Tim changes his mind. Asian architectural styles are compared and contrasted! Ninjas appear! Jonathan continues to tilt at that windmill… A city under the city. Plus, a special appearance by The Piano Man! Thoughts on […]
CAST OF PLAYERS: Jeremy Whitener…………Korin Alabaster………………………Were Mongoose Debora Silkotch…………..Casey Gavin…………………………Human Psionic Aron Head……………….Story/Setting/Everything Else…….Game Master ********************************************* “I don’t want to retreat,” Casey panted, her blood up now. “I want to find the rest of the prisoners down here and get them out. And I want to make sure whoever’s got them never has the chance to […]
CAST OF PLAYERS: Jeremy Whitener…………Korin Alabaster………………………Were Mongoose Debora Silkotch…………..Casey Gavin…………………………Human Psionic Aron Head……………….Story/Setting/Everything Else…….Game Master ********************************************* Casey blinked, thrown off a little by the vampire’s casual manner. But time was still ticking away; she needed to keep things moving. “I’m Casey.” She turned to indicate the staircase. “Those stairs lead up to the main bar. […]
Four out of the five of us on Funnybooks with Aron and Paulie are tabletop RPG enthusiasts. We’re gamers. It seemed inevitable then that our love of superheroics, role playing games, and podcasting would converge into recording actual play. In our first episode, we kick off world building for our superhero sandbox setting. The […]
CAST OF PLAYERS: Jeremy Whitener…………Korin Alabaster………………………Were Mongoose Debora Silkotch…………..Casey Gavin…………………………Human Psionic Aron Head……………….Story/Setting/Everything Else…….Game Master ********************************************* “Don’t worry, I can’t see a thing,” Casey sighed. “I’ll be right back.” She walked over to the next cell. “Hi, who’s in here?” “Hello?” A small voice quavered. “I’m Dennis. Please let me out.” “I’m going to try […]
CAST OF PLAYERS: Jeremy Whitener…………Korin Alabaster………………………Were Mongoose Debora Silkotch…………..Casey Gavin…………………………Human Psionic Aron Head……………….Story/Setting/Everything Else…….Game Master ********************************************* ** The Duke’s daughter? ** Casey searched her libido-fogged brain for the name. ** Percyndi? ** She moved through the crowd toward Pana’s mental presence. **Where? Can you take me to her?** :: Not sure. But I can follow […]
At GenCon this year I was fortunate to room with Chris Perrin and to get a chance to play in a session of his game: Mecha. Mecha is a rules-light RPG designed to simulate giant robot anime shows. It is not a mech combat game like Battletech or Iron Tyrants, it is an RPG with […]
Watching the news this weekend, I was disturbed to learn that a twelve year-old girl and her thirteen year-old boyfriend gunned down her mother and step-father. The girl had apparently run away from home last month and returned, guns-a-blazing. Her mother was dead on the scene. Her step-father, who slipped into a coma shortly after […]
At GenCon I had the chance to play the totally un-trad game Mecha. In fact I got to play in a session run by the game’s creator Chris Perrin, one of my roommates at the con. What follows is an interview with Mark Reed of Heroic Journey Publishing, Mecha’s publisher. I will be following this up […]
In my EDH column last week, one of the subjects I didn’t get into was the politics of playing multiplayer Magic. This is partly because it’s something that’s applicable to other non-EDH formats, but also because it’s a topic worthy of discussion on it’s own. While I’m writing this from a Magic-based perspective, I think […]