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Hello humans!
Hello humans!
I’ve got a line of inquiry that requires some really creative minds like yours. I’m gonna run a game of DW here in the next week for the podcast and a friend wants to play a Druid. I’ve been thinking about the moves for the Shapeshifter and how to make them engaging instead of something like extra damage or piercing because they have teeth or something. In short: what created moves for the shapeshifter have been evocative for you?
Thanks team!
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Woot! Thanks Robert Bohl! Looking forward to getting this to the table.
Woot! Thanks Robert Bohl! Looking forward to getting this to the table.
So this is just an observation I’m having as I’m doing my prep for my first Monster of the Week game.
So this is just an observation I’m having as I’m doing my prep for my first Monster of the Week game… The majority of the PbtA games that I’ve read in the last three months are comprise a really amazing set of tools for teaching people how to be GOOD gamemasters (DMs, MCs, whatevers). At first I basically ignored the Monster Hearts MC prep work and just relied on my experience as a gamemaster. About halfway through I sat down and did the work. Yeah, I understood the basic concepts and how they worked in play from my own “rules soft” approach to gaming, but man I wish I’d had these back in the 90s! Plus, after doing the work I came away with a much more… I don’t know useable framework. Useable isn’t really the word, the idea I’m thinking of is something like portable. It helped me to get done only what I needed to get done, and in such a way so as to be able to keep the whole of the frame work of the rules and the fiction available to me as my group created the story.
Sitting here doing the work for tonight’s game I’m finding that, while I have a general idea of how to do things, there are some really good lessons implicit and explicit about how to “stay on target” during prep, including how to leave plenty of room for the unknown specifically useful for MotW sure, but having started to gnaw on them, I am definitely seeing how some of this game’s perspectives will help my D&D monthly game.
I have to say though, I owe a lot to using what I’ve heard in the various podcasts here from The Gauntlet crew, and I have blatantly stolen some of the tricks I’ve observed. So thanks for those 😀
Hey y’all, I’m about to run my first game of THE VEIL soon for a group.
Hey y’all, I’m about to run my first game of THE VEIL soon for a group. It isn’t my first PBTA (mostly DW) or roll20 game but I was wondering if anyone had any tips they wish they’d heard when they ran it.
Edit addition: also using a google doc for touchstones, world/group notes, and the realization we want way too much synthwave
Here is the first gameplay episode of Children of the Eight-Legged She!
Here is the first gameplay episode of Children of the Eight-Legged She! Lord Caspian Gal, Keeper of the Crying Mirrors, is throwing a masquerade ball. Which mask will you choose to wear?
Cc: Gerrit Reininghaus David LaFreniere steven watkins Fraser Simons
Enjoy!
Hi All
Originally shared by Goblins Henchman
Hi All
I had a go at making another Spreadsheet Adventure Module, this time to support Shane Ward’s Dusty Door module for BLUEHOLME. Below are some screen capture images, with some examples pop-up texts.
The Excel file (working copy) can be downloaded from this Dropbox folder:
I’ve experimented with ‘box-text’ pop-ups in purple, ‘monster text’ pop-ups in red and ‘DM text ‘ pop-ups in yellow (see images).
Interested in making your own Spreadsheet Adventure Module, please see this How-to-Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_MwzFeqLbw
The original PDF file can be downloaded from DriveThru:
http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/234962/Dusty-Door
Shane’s blog:
http://3toadstools.blogspot.co.uk/
I’m keen to get this idea out into the RPG public domain – please consider sharing in da Geekhood.
History of Universal RPGs (Part Eight: 2014-2015)
History of Universal RPGs (Part Eight: 2014-2015)
Woot! Just in time for Easter, we have a new list. It is a doozy. I don’t know how many universal rpgs you thought there were: there are more. Some on this list use classic approaches, but many bring to the table new mechanics and dice tricks. This installment includes Cypher System, a game I’ve been trying out this month via The Gauntlet Hangouts. This is part of my Patreon; if you dig it, considering supporting or resharing the project.
The latest episode of Monsterhearts: Mercy Falls ’83 is here!
The latest episode of Monsterhearts: Mercy Falls ’83 is here! This one contains the infamous darkroom scene that we still make reference to from time to time.
Enjoy!
Cc: Gerrit Reininghaus Lauren McManamon Tomer Gurantz Philipp Neitzel Fraser Simons
http://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/pocket-sized-play/monsterhearts-mercy-falls-83-05-darkroom
Greetings, and welcome to the weekly Gauntlet actual-play and video roundup!
Greetings, and welcome to the weekly Gauntlet actual-play and video roundup! Don’t miss any of the great new APs in the updated playlists and video links below.
Pocket-Sized Play
– Monsterhearts: Mercy Falls ’83 (Session 5 of 11), Jason Cordova runs for Fraser Simons, Gerrit Reininghaus, Lauren McManamon, Philipp Neitzel, and Tomer Gurantz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeis1uMJA90
All episodes in this series are available now to Patreon supporters at the $2 level and above! Visit https://patreon.com/gauntlet for details!
TGI Thursday
– Predation (Cypher System) (Session 3 of 3), Lowell Francis runs for Ellen Saxon, Kyle Hodnett, steven watkins, and W Michael Möller: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fva8rvI4fOc
Star Wars Saturday
– Apocalypse World Tatooine (Session 3 of 4), Richard Rogers runs for Lowell Francis, Steve Moore, Tomer Gurantz, and Tyler Lominack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C3FxcI0zWU
Gauntlet Quarterly
– Mutant: Year Zero (Session 13), Lowell Francis runs for Fraser Simons, Keith Stetson, Matthew Doughty, and Auzumel S: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5aq3sw4AN8
Gauntlet City Limits
– The Bat Hack (Opening Day Edition), Richard Rogers runs for Jesse Larimer, Jim Crocker, and Mark Causey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy-nKIMQWLA
– Monsters and Other Childish Things (Session 2 of 2), Richard Rogers runs for Asher Silberman, Derek Grimm, Larry S, and Paul Edson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gv3hJi1nc_E
Gauntlet Hangouts
– Hack the Planet: Blue Oolong (Session 3 of 4), Fraser Simons runs for Aaron DeRosa, Jesse Larimer, Lauren McManamon, and Lu Quade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLp76NmbWcQ
– Into the Odd/Electric Bastionland: Operation Underground, Richard Ruane runs for Bethany H, Catherine Ramen, Jennifer Erixon, and Vincent Eaton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBYHxkEPVn8
– Dungeon World: The Sisters Crow, Oli Jeffery runs for Alex McManamon, Lauren McManamon, and Sophie Middis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1qCuR5h_wE
– Night Witches: Season 1 (Session 4 of 6), David Rothfeder runs for Bethany H, Bryan Lotz, Donogh McCarthy, and Horst Wurst: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfAOXfBSXAM
– Urban Shadows: The Forsaken Metropolis (Session 4 of 4), Maria Rivera runs for Jesse Abelman, Kate Bullock, Rory MacLeod, and Zak Soeria-Atmadja: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIdJFfXLtmI
– Unmasked (Cypher System) (Session 4 of 4), Lowell Francis runs for gerwyn walters, Richard Rogers, Auzumel S, and steven watkins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pU7lb-zGyk
– Worlds of Adventure: The Slaying Stone (Session 2 of 2), Kyle Thompson runs for blaise hebert, Mark Causey, Spencer Paskett, and Taejas Kudva: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuTM-n84Wjk
– Legend of the Elements: Tales of Central City (Session 3 of 3), gerwyn walters runs for Ellen Saxon, JM Campbell, and Lloyd Gyan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej5cfhhGQDc
– Broken Worlds (Session 4 of 4), Michael G. Barford runs for Daniel Fowler, David Heyes, Matthew Doughty, and Slade Stolar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZaq7boeCYw
– Space Wurm vs. Moonicorn (Sessions 1 and 2 of 2), Tyler Lominack runs for David LaFreniere, Michael Mendoza, Patrick Knowles, Richard Ruane, and River Williamson:
Session 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAaT5kNKhns
Session 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGDLccnpOjY
– Blades in the Dark: Silkworms (Session 1), Kyle Thompson runs for Ary Ramsey, Lu Quade, and Ryan McNeil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFrEVFWUN3I
Check out all the great videos on The Gauntlet’s YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9QoUve1LQHu_feDx0snd4w and don’t forget to subscribe! Check out the playlists to catch up on all your favorite Gauntlet Hangouts games. 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 piece by Kate Bullock made me cry. There is so much truth in it. So much.
This piece by Kate Bullock made me cry. There is so much truth in it. So much.
Just speaking for myself, I am still being punished three years later for a social media post that, while poorly conceived, certainly did not warrant me being doxxed for it and banned from participating in convention panels. It did not warrant the cold shoulder I still get from so many game designers in the indie space, game designers whose work I still champion despite the fact they are assholes. Honestly, that the Gauntlet is even still here is a testament to my grit, because a lot of people, like Kate says in her piece, would have said “fuck it” and walked away from the hobby.
(Here is the part where my better angels won out and I decided to not tag all the people from the above incident into this post. You’re welcome.)
Anyway, this piece is really great. I highly recommend it.
http://www.bluestockings.ca/2018/03/girl-gamer-path-of-perfection.html?spref=gp