Here's a blessed event insofar as I can finally talk about role-playing content and procedures that are ordinarily kicked down the road. For me, Adept Play is a rousing success insofar as ideas can be introduced and resolved enough so that "next ideas" can actually be addressed, and I don't have to spray down the entry point with fire-extinguisher foam or, for that matter, disinfectant.
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Seminar
What is this table-top role-playing thing? How does it work, what does it do, what kind of designs do which things? I've got some ideas, and so do you. This is where we talk about it - like this!
Some of my posts here present a concept, game title, or a historical hobby event for discussion in the comments, so join in with a will. You'll also find interviews and conversations.
I'm also recording what I guess I call "labs," which are organized and prepared at the Patreon. I run them on Mondays using Discord, and anyone pledging there can participate when they feel like it.
Posted by: Ron Edwards
07 Jan 2021
Games: Marvel Super Heroes, Legendary Lives, In Nomine Satanis, Champions, Kult, Rolemaster, Melee, Against the Darkmaster, Undiscovered, Forge: Out of Chaos, GURPS, DC Heroes, Godsend Agenda, RuneQuest, Burning Wheel, Zero, The Mountain Witch, Star Trek Adventures
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Pretty much what the title says! General or specific, important or unimportant, obvious or not so much ... doesn't matter.
Posted by: Ron Edwards
16 Dec 2020
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Part of hobby mythology concerns role-playing's origins as bringing tighter focus into table-top wargaming, such that within this or that battalion, or aboard this or that vehicle, the group can look closer and see Sergeant Bob or whoever running around, being a character, having opinions, and doing things.
Posted by: Ron Edwards
24 Nov 2020
Games: Sorcerer, Warhammer, Crimson Empire, Burning Wheel, Burning Empires, Legend of the five rings, Circle of Hands, Dreams of Fire, Godsend Agenda, Mausritter, Savage Worlds, Legendary Lives, Pendragon, Dogs in the Vineyard, Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition, Reign
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I initially composed this as yet another reflection upon the game of Undiscovered that I'm playing with Sam, Helma, and Lorenzo, but decided it was more generally relevant to bring into Seminar as its own thing.
Posted by: Ron Edwards
23 Nov 2020
Games: Undiscovered
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Metatopia 2020 was an online event held on Nov. 5-8. This is an annual conference that focuses on small press and independent game designers. Panels covered a wide variety of topics, and the quality, as is to be expected, was varied.
Posted by: robowist
11 Nov 2020
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A big lab this time on a big topic: failed resolution, of any kind, for any given set of rules. This is no small thing and may rate as the single most undeveloped topic in the entire activity, to date. Before talking about bad, good, constructive, unconstructive, fun, not fun, or any such thing, we had to back way up and discuss what it even is.
Posted by: Ron Edwards
19 Oct 2020
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Recorded on Wednesday, September 23, 2020
This is an in-depth look at the Adept Play website and at Adept Press. This lengthy interview opens with an overview of the site and its features, then moves into specific examples of how those features are put to use:
Welcome - Actual Play - Seminar - Consulting
Posted by: Runeslinger
25 Sep 2020
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Hi everybody, at Ron's suggestion I recorded a video conversation with the players of my recent Champions Now game. This kicked off as a text discussion, with Manu asking me after the close of the game if I had any insights, and me saying this:
Posted by: Rod_A
14 Sep 2020
Games: Champions Now, Trollbabe
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I posted the Phenomenology presentation in January 2018, as my first Adept Play contribution to thinking about this activity of ours. What you're seeing there is actually my second version; I'd posted the first to the Patreon back then, and re-shot it following their comments.
Posted by: Ron Edwards
08 Sep 2020
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Here's one of those days when I feel like "it" (and what other "it" could I be talking about) was worth it. When people actually play and actually design, and put some thought into what others may have thought or done. When they care more about those things than about new hotness or hordes of backers.
Posted by: Ron Edwards
26 Aug 2020
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