I was a KS backer so I downloaded it right away and had a chance for a quick skim before I went to bed last night. Wow! I expected this game to be fun but the book includes whole essays devoted to an intro and analysis of recent modern insurgencies like the Arab Spring, and provides a practical, real-world introduction to the “ethical insurgency” model baked into the core of the game. If you care about politics these days–especially if you’re learning how to effectively organize against fascist elements of society–I don’t think you’ll find a more gameable examination of theory and praxis than this.
It’s a new episode of +1 Forward with Rach Shelkey and I, plus a special guest, Jennifer Kitzman of Slugfest Games!
It’s a new episode of +1 Forward with Rach Shelkey and I, plus a special guest, Jennifer Kitzman of Slugfest Games! We talk about Custom Moves: why to use them, some approaches for making them, and a few awesome examples. Pluuuuus, Jen, Rach and I do a custom move creation exercise!
Show Notes:
Guest:
Jen of Slugfest Games @halcycat on Twitter
Timecodes:
1:33 – What are Custom Moves?
29:22 – Act Under Fire – Making a Custom Move exercise
Links:
The Story Games “Custom Moves make the game” thread:
After 2 years in the making the very great Larpwriter Summer School Collection is finally available, woo! 17 articles about or directly related to the LWSS experience and 29 larps that came out of it. Go here, check a look and share with everyone you know!
A friend of mine in the UK is planning to run Rovers at the Continuum game convention this weekend.
A friend of mine in the UK is planning to run Rovers at the Continuum game convention this weekend. I decided he needed a promo flyer so I hand-crafted this. I didn’t “use Photoshop” or “Do a decent job” but I work within my own constraints. Many thanks to Catherine Ramen of Aviatrix Games
Anyone else interested in Over the Edge? Backed it, as I have both previous editions and almost all the supplements. For me, OTE is probably the first “story game” I ever encountered. The chargen mechanics blew my mind. Sadly, I could never get any of my friends to play.
Greetings, and welcome to the weekly Gauntlet Hangouts video roundup!
Greetings, and welcome to the weekly Gauntlet Hangouts video roundup! Don’t miss any of the great sessions in the updated playlists and video links below.
Star Wars Saturday
– Sea of Stars (Session 1 of 3)
The crew of the Silver Snake fly to the Roche Asteroid Field to take a message from the Rebel Alliance to Research Station Shantipole.
– Dungeon World: The Green Law of Varkith (Session 3 of 5)
The PCs’ guild — The Twilight Museum — splits to deal with battle bakers and a stone crustacean before returning and uncovering a guild war aimed at them.
A new manager gets burned protecting folks from backstage chicanery, an old hand takes a belt to help a buddy, and another tag team match descends into chaos.
A time-traveling car wizard and his vampiric ancestor attend a street race that’s interrupted by a dubstep dance battle while an Immortal “out of the game” fights pseudo-ninjas on his house boat. Plus were-snakes show up.
– Beyond the Castle Wall: Keep on the Barrowlands (Session 2 of 4)
An heir apparent gets punched, a stableboy gets injured, a strange southerner acts suspiciously, the wine cellar is reorganized, a hug lingers, a smith’s apprentice discovers the value of free alcohol, and Lady Lyssa proves she can listen to farmers as intently as she listens to crows.
– Dungeon World: Beneath Cartannah (Session 2 of 4)
The party safely arrives in Rift-Town after a few encounters in the sewers. Their dwarven guide is replaced by a backstabbing ratkin who brings them to the Diggers Sorrow Inn.
The Big Easy – The crew navigates through a much changed, futuristic New Orleans akin to Venice during Mardi Gras in order to find their new fixer, Michael Hart.
Check out all the great videos on The Gauntlet’s YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9QoUve1LQHu_feDx0snd4w and be sure check out the playlists to catch up on all your favorite Gauntlet Hangouts games. If you’d like to play in games like these, check out the Gauntlet Hangouts Google+ Community at https://plus.google.com/communities/116329047011220562548 where game signups are announced! To support The Gauntlet and Gauntlet Hangouts, please visit the Gauntlet Patreon at https://patreon.com/gauntlet where $7 and up patrons get priority RSVP for Gauntlet Hangouts games. Enjoy, and everyone have a great weekend!
This was pretty cute – a play-through of Tomb of Horrors using a ‘party’ of 30 kobolds.
This was pretty cute – a play-through of Tomb of Horrors using a ‘party’ of 30 kobolds. I think this is the Paranoia-esque version that Tom McGrenery has been waiting for. 😛
Trying to get back in the design of this game by sharing it with more people, and maybe get back to the more complex rpg version.
“Xenophon ” is a storygame for 3-6 players. It let’s players create their own take on the Ten Thousand’s Persian Expedition. Players go through six Stations, facing different challenges, defying fate and developing – or stressing – bonds with each other.
The themes of the game are companionship and sacrifice – will you return to Hellas and how much have you changed during your voyage?
In the newest episode of The Gauntlet Podcast, I am joined by Joshua Fox of Black Armada to discuss his new game,…
In the newest episode of The Gauntlet Podcast, I am joined by Joshua Fox of Black Armada to discuss his new game, Flotsam: Adrift Amongst the Stars. We also discuss a lot of RPG theory and other topics. It’s a really wonderful, warm conversation. NPR AF, really (or Radio 4 AF, I suppose).
