Out of morbid curiosity, are any of you folks near Carbondale, Illinois? My partner and I were talking about putting together a game of James V West ‘s The Pool. . . .
Out of morbid curiosity, are any of you folks near Carbondale, Illinois?
Out of morbid curiosity, are any of you folks near Carbondale, Illinois?
I’m not in Illinois, but what’s The Pool about?
I’m not in Illinois, but what’s The Pool about?
It’s a generic (although the rules use fantasy examples) game that first appeared on the Forge. Players build characters around very narrative-oriented traits (“on the run from an arranged marriage” or “trying to learn if clouds dream”), and roll to determine who narrates the outcome of an action or scene rather than the act’s success or failure. We were thinking of running a Charles de Lint-style contemporary fantasy game or a traditionalish fantasy game.
It’s a generic (although the rules use fantasy examples) game that first appeared on the Forge. Players build characters around very narrative-oriented traits (“on the run from an arranged marriage” or “trying to learn if clouds dream”), and roll to determine who narrates the outcome of an action or scene rather than the act’s success or failure. We were thinking of running a Charles de Lint-style contemporary fantasy game or a traditionalish fantasy game.
I used to live nearish to there, many many years ago. The Pool sounds incredible, though!
I used to live nearish to there, many many years ago. The Pool sounds incredible, though!