Last night we played a very special game of Dungeon World.
Last night we played a very special game of Dungeon World. Since it was Rob’s last Friday night with us, and since he always clutches his pearls whenever Carcosa comes-up in conversation, I decided to resurrect one of my favorite NPC villains. I won’t go into the details of Gormakir the Cruel’s dark magic (especially since it would probably get us put on a watch list) but everyone had a squeamish good time.
Thanks to Rob Ferguson Ferrell Riley Jacob Densford Nicolette Khan Gary Wilson and Steven McGinley for coming out.
Apocalypse World and its progeny occupy a lot of headspace around here, especially with me. Here’s a fairly…
Apocalypse World and its progeny occupy a lot of headspace around here, especially with me. Here’s a fairly extensive, frequently updated, and nicely organized list of AW playbooks (plus some for Monsterhearts, Dungeon World, Monster of the Week, etc.) and also of all sorts of PbtA hacks.
Wondering, “is there already an AW hack of [genre/idea/property]?” Here’s your first stop.
We had two games going for Story Game Sunday today.
We had two games going for Story Game Sunday today. Rob ran Swords Without Master and Jessica ran our wrap-up session of Annalise.
I will let the guys who played Swords chime-in on with their thoughts. For now, though, I want to say a little bit about our story in Annalise.
Our game of Annalise was told over the course of three sessions and it was AMAZING! Easily one of my favorite stories so far this year. Our game took place in 16th century Venice and the three of us played naughty nobles getting into all manner of drunken debauchery. I played Judge Ordo Capellini, a depraved, predatory nobleman trying to settle a score with a social rival, Lady Carlotta. Jessica played Carmela Troya, a young girl who has just come out into society and who deeply resents her mother’s efforts to arrange a marriage for her. And Ferrell played Giuseppe, a narcissistic young nobleman who idealizes the performer’s life, but who is constrained by the pressures of his position.
I’m not going to do a tick-tock on the story, but I will just say it was filled with both lavish masquerade balls and wickedly intimate candlelight dinners; exquisitely appointed pleasure dens and dirty, whore-filled alleys; elaborate hedge mazes and pastoral country scenes. It was sex and murder and violence and hedonism. And I loved it.
There were several recurring themes and NPCs. Greek myth played a large part in the proceedings, with some of the party scenes being staged as reenactments of those classic tales (such as a deliciously twisted, gender-bent version of the story of Paris and Helen). There was also a traveling circus in the background of many scenes, as they were staying with Judge Ordo as his guests. This provided lots of fun scenes and NPCs, such as whenever anyone consulted with the tarot card reader, Madame Stormé.
Our ‘vampire’ turned out to be a hunchback circus dwarf who was actually a shape-shifting demon. It fed off the debauchery and depravity our characters got up to. In the end, Carmela and Giuseppe gave into him, but Judge Ordo – to that point the most twisted and debauched of the bunch – managed to resist him and chose to live out his days in country quietude.
It was a ton of fun. I became really attached to all these characters and I’m kind of sad we’re done with them.
Thanks to everyone who came out: Rob Ferguson Jessica Scott Ferrell Riley Aaron Scott Stephen Crawford Steve Mains and new guy, Isaac.
Because I was feeling a little burned-out on fantasy last night, we decided to play InSpectres instead of the…
Because I was feeling a little burned-out on fantasy last night, we decided to play InSpectres instead of the Anthology game. I won’t go into too many details about what happened in our game because, frankly, it was a little politically incorrect. Needless to say, though, everyone had a blast.
Thanks to Rob Ferguson Scott Owen Steven McGinley Jacob Densford Nicolette Khan and Ferrell Riley for coming out!
The new Bundle of Holding is pretty cool. Paranoia is one of those games where I absolutely love the setting, but not so much the rules. I wonder if anyone has made a PbtA version of it?
Some pics from Wednesday One-Shots. We played Dungeon World and The Final Girl.
Some pics from Wednesday One-Shots. We played Dungeon World and The Final Girl.
Thanks to Rob Ferguson Gary Wilson James Melott Angel Ludwig Stephen Crawford Daniel Fowler Kerry Harrison Ferrell Riley Scott Owen Kyle Mayfield and James for coming out!
