What was your favorite single RPG session you participated in for 2013? I have mine down to six (I can’t decide between them):
1) Our first session of My Life With Master, which was probably the first time I experienced genuine emotional bleed in a game (with Daniel Lewis Anthony Palermo Shea Herlihy-Abba and Rob Ferguson ).
2) Our third session of Archipelago, which was just a terrifically tight story (with Derek Grimm and two folks from the Meetup).
3. Our game of Ribbon Drive, in which the viciously sardonic back-and-forth between Dan and I was just one feature of an extremely enjoyable game (also with Rob, Shea, and James Wilder ).
4. The Dungeon World session where the party fought Old King Mermeron, Old King Abradon, and Old King Celadon (that one had Dan, Kerry Harrison , Alexander Hay , Daniel Fowler and Ian Hay ).
5. The session of Lacuna that Doyle Tavener ran, and brilliantly (also with Dan, Rob, and Ferrell Riley ).
6. The final episode of our first season of Monsterhearts, which was so insane and vile, it still gives me shivers to think about it (which had Derek, Dan, Ferrell, and Alex Camacho ).
Anyone care to share?
My Monster of the Week One-Shot scenario was pretty damn fun, too (if I do say so myself).
My Monster of the Week One-Shot scenario was pretty damn fun, too (if I do say so myself).
I am going with #4 above. A very close second is the Fiasco game at your house ( I wish I could give you more details). Of course that first Dungeon World game was pretty phenomenal if for no other reason than it introduced me to an amazing concept.
I am going with #4 above. A very close second is the Fiasco game at your house ( I wish I could give you more details). Of course that first Dungeon World game was pretty phenomenal if for no other reason than it introduced me to an amazing concept.
Alexander Hay Agreed on that first session of Dungeon World. It was the first time I’d run it, too. I can’t actually remember the details of what happened (I think it was the goblin cave scenario), but I remember thinking “THIS is a game I can get behind.”
Alexander Hay Agreed on that first session of Dungeon World. It was the first time I’d run it, too. I can’t actually remember the details of what happened (I think it was the goblin cave scenario), but I remember thinking “THIS is a game I can get behind.”
But then the game of “Fear Itself” Dan put on was pretty amazing. And darn if I can’t remember the name of the game, but Dan played a Louisiana Pest Control expert who determined that chickens were the best way to deal with just everything.
But then the game of “Fear Itself” Dan put on was pretty amazing. And darn if I can’t remember the name of the game, but Dan played a Louisiana Pest Control expert who determined that chickens were the best way to deal with just everything.
Alexander Hay InSpectres! Yes, that was a lot of fun, too. That one also gave us your fried rabbinical school drop-out and Mark Chance ‘s protection dance.
Alexander Hay InSpectres! Yes, that was a lot of fun, too. That one also gave us your fried rabbinical school drop-out and Mark Chance ‘s protection dance.
One of the ICONS sessions I ran at Owlcon in February. My son was playing, his first year at the con not playing in kids’ events. The heroes had failed to prevent the summoning of a huge Cthulhoid monstrosity and it was about to wreak havoc on the east coast. My son’s character, Hyperion was a flying brick type with a BIG SECRET: He’s actually a robot. Down on resources and ideas, the players were struggling to come up with a strategy. Suddenly, The Boy piped up, “I’m going to fly as fast as I can and slam into him. And he can’t hurt me because…I’M A ROBOT!”
Revealing that secret in that fashion earned him a point of Determination (the currency of the game) which allowed him to perform a stunt that combined his movement rate with his strength and flatten the monster. In return, he took a bunch of obvious damage as well, exposing his secret to the world as a consequence.
He did this without prompting, and without having ever played ICONS before. So yeah, best game session of the year, hands down.
One of the ICONS sessions I ran at Owlcon in February. My son was playing, his first year at the con not playing in kids’ events. The heroes had failed to prevent the summoning of a huge Cthulhoid monstrosity and it was about to wreak havoc on the east coast. My son’s character, Hyperion was a flying brick type with a BIG SECRET: He’s actually a robot. Down on resources and ideas, the players were struggling to come up with a strategy. Suddenly, The Boy piped up, “I’m going to fly as fast as I can and slam into him. And he can’t hurt me because…I’M A ROBOT!”
Revealing that secret in that fashion earned him a point of Determination (the currency of the game) which allowed him to perform a stunt that combined his movement rate with his strength and flatten the monster. In return, he took a bunch of obvious damage as well, exposing his secret to the world as a consequence.
He did this without prompting, and without having ever played ICONS before. So yeah, best game session of the year, hands down.
Theron Bretz Nice! Thanks for sharing!
Theron Bretz Nice! Thanks for sharing!
Well, for selfish reasons I’m going with the Monsterhearts finale. Though the sensual hand massage (complete with real world demonstration) pick up scene in Lady Blackbird is a close second.
Well, for selfish reasons I’m going with the Monsterhearts finale. Though the sensual hand massage (complete with real world demonstration) pick up scene in Lady Blackbird is a close second.
Derek Grimm I don’t think it’s selfish at all. You were playing that mummy to the hilt, which helped make that story a lot of fun…I almost included that session of Lady Blackbird. It’s definitely way up there. I still need to post the VIDEO of that hand massage some day. Hmm…
Derek Grimm I don’t think it’s selfish at all. You were playing that mummy to the hilt, which helped make that story a lot of fun…I almost included that session of Lady Blackbird. It’s definitely way up there. I still need to post the VIDEO of that hand massage some day. Hmm…
My list would be pretty similar to Jason Cordova ‘s. The Monsterhearts finale probably takes the top slot for me. Everything just came together so well in that one!
I would add a session of Shab-al-Hiri Roach where the campus was slowly transformed into a monument to an ancient Mayan God and all school events were adapted to glorify him.
My favorite single scene was probably from my game of Lacuna with Alexander Hay ‘s character in a casino betting body parts on a card game when he didn’t know the rules and and couldn’t read the cards.
My list would be pretty similar to Jason Cordova ‘s. The Monsterhearts finale probably takes the top slot for me. Everything just came together so well in that one!
I would add a session of Shab-al-Hiri Roach where the campus was slowly transformed into a monument to an ancient Mayan God and all school events were adapted to glorify him.
My favorite single scene was probably from my game of Lacuna with Alexander Hay ‘s character in a casino betting body parts on a card game when he didn’t know the rules and and couldn’t read the cards.
Daniel Lewis That session of The Shab-al-Hiri Roach had a lot of great moments, didn’t it?
I had forgotten about that scene in Lacuna! That was pretty entertaining. Actually, that whole session of Lacuna was pretty awesome.
Daniel Lewis That session of The Shab-al-Hiri Roach had a lot of great moments, didn’t it?
I had forgotten about that scene in Lacuna! That was pretty entertaining. Actually, that whole session of Lacuna was pretty awesome.
I’m also inclined to say our session of Fiasco: Camp Death, which was the most fun I’ve ever had with Fiasco (that one had Ferrell Riley Rob Ferguson and Richard Schaefer ).
As far as favorite scenes go (since Daniel Lewis has established the precedent), I’m torn between the Cajun’s description of how to catch a gator, from InSpectres; and when we lost Kerry Harrison ‘s Gorm in Dungeon World, which was actually kind of emotional for me.
I’m also inclined to say our session of Fiasco: Camp Death, which was the most fun I’ve ever had with Fiasco (that one had Ferrell Riley Rob Ferguson and Richard Schaefer ).
As far as favorite scenes go (since Daniel Lewis has established the precedent), I’m torn between the Cajun’s description of how to catch a gator, from InSpectres; and when we lost Kerry Harrison ‘s Gorm in Dungeon World, which was actually kind of emotional for me.
Lacuna was another great game.
Lacuna was another great game.
Another favorite scene of mine: when Shea Herlihy-Abba ‘s sideshow wolf-boy had to sacrifice the child he was protecting to the Master’s investor. Talk about a powerful scene!
Another favorite scene of mine: when Shea Herlihy-Abba ‘s sideshow wolf-boy had to sacrifice the child he was protecting to the Master’s investor. Talk about a powerful scene!
Daniel Lewis describing the importance of chickens is number one scene.
Daniel Lewis describing the importance of chickens is number one scene.
Favorite Fiasco session was The Penthouse with Rob Ferguson and Len Pokryfke. That one ended with the Saudi prince murdered by a harpoon gun in the middle of a party and one character’s “fate worse than death” being Oprah Winfrey making it her personal mission to destroy them.
Favorite Fiasco session was The Penthouse with Rob Ferguson and Len Pokryfke. That one ended with the Saudi prince murdered by a harpoon gun in the middle of a party and one character’s “fate worse than death” being Oprah Winfrey making it her personal mission to destroy them.
two words: “sweaty blur”
five words “giant snakes to the face”
four sounds “bu, bum, bum, cheee”
two words: “sweaty blur”
five words “giant snakes to the face”
four sounds “bu, bum, bum, cheee”