November 12, 2010 – 12:14 pm
Echo Bazaar was first brought to my attention by The Border House Blog. I was at first hesitant — I don’t know how may of these sorts of games I’ve played over the years — but I created an account and made it through the first few tasks. Then I noticed something which I’d seen [...]
November 11, 2010 – 12:00 pm
I was introduced to aspects in FATE, particularly through Spirit of the Century and Dresden Files RPG. In a lot of ways aspects in FATE replace attributes in other games. In DFRPG or SotC, you don’t have Strength, Dexterity or Constitution, although you can take aspects that imply you do. The other side to Aspects [...]
November 10, 2010 – 12:00 pm
I recently wrote on Gameful that I was interested in “aspect-based gaming”. I didn’t define it, and no one is out there asking me what I mean, but I want to write about my ideas in relation to this, as I think it opens up some interesting possibilities. There’s more than one blog in this, [...]
November 9, 2010 – 12:00 pm
Zhenette focused her will and channeled her magic into the bit of stone in her hand. Magic flowed from the ether, through her crsystal-bound rune. She shaped it with her intent and words, and then, just shy of triggering it, placed it in the stone. She handed it to Lyp. “Now remember, it’s a touch [...]
November 8, 2010 – 11:59 am
Foster stood leaning against the stone retaining wall. Keelie stood on top of it, which put her head about even with Fosters. She looked at him and laughed. ”Grass in your mouth and hat and everything. You really fit in here.” “It’s home,” Foster said. “When I’m done I’m going to head back the family [...]
November 5, 2010 – 10:08 am
Commander Bess Nightingale addressed the Silverwings. “We’ve got a couple of assignments for you to pick from. Normal rewards apply.” The Silverwings settled in, their goal was to complete as many missions as possible, and pay back their debts so they could be full Citizens sooner, or at least make a little money out of [...]
November 4, 2010 – 12:00 pm
The Edge Bar and Grill wasn’t technically on the edge, as it was inside the safety fence. Adventurer’s League Silverwings Troop was on the outside of that fence, looking down. “I don’t like this,” Foster said. The ranger scuffed his boot against the side, knocking a stone down in to the abyss beyond. “I thought [...]
November 3, 2010 – 12:00 pm
What D&D campaign doesn’t have the party fighting a rat swarm or dire rats sometime early in the game? As they approached the place the farmers said the rats were, Foster called a halt and sent Lyp on a head to scout. As the halfling disappeared in to the tall wheatgrass, Foster turned to look [...]
November 2, 2010 – 9:15 am
I’ve now had a chance to play Fable 3 and experience it’s “menu-less” interface. I was also a fan of Black and White, also by Lionhead, and also menu-less. In general, I found Black and White’s lack of menus more compelling than Fable 3′s and I’ve been thinking for the past week or so about [...]
November 1, 2010 – 12:00 pm
The sun’s rays shown up through the water disk, as it prepared to rise. Jaxom, special assistant to the Druid Guild Council Representative, spoke quietly to his companion. ”I still think it was a bit of a cruel joke, Roslyn, putting that fake flavor spell on their water.” “They mishandled the crates,” she replied. “They [...]