Hi, I’d like to share a story and a request.
Hi, I’d like to share a story and a request.
This Saturday (June 17th) is Free RPG Day (http://freerpgday.com/), and it holds a special place in my heart. You see, I played my first Story Game on Free RPG Day several years ago.
I’d been listening to this fantastic podcast about gaming (Paul Tevis’ “Have Games, Will Travel”), and I’d been hearing about all these games that were new to me. I had a few friends who had been playing Story Games, and one of these people happened to work at a local gaming store.
This guy, Nick, told me to stop by the store on Free RPG Day, as he was running Burning Wheel. Once I got there, there were only two of us who were interested, so we played Polaris instead (Polaris is crazy good!).
I also asked for a quick demo of Burning Wheel’s Duel of Wits, and came away with the impression that it was way crunchier than I’d expected.
Anyway, for the past few years, I’ve been organizing some friends who are “Rock-Star” GMs to run Story Games at that same store.
You see, there aren’t too many Story Games in the offerings for Free RPG Day because it’s expensive to participate for a small indie company.
This year, there are some Paizo, DCC, and TORG offerings–as well as a Lamentations of the Flame Princess supplement.
So, if you are free on Saturday and have a local gaming store, please think about running a Story Game–especially at the stores that are participating in the event because they will have an audience.
This will give players an option to try out a Story Game as well.
Thanks.
