Adept Play
Restarting GM-ing My child, Tabitha, expressed an interest in gaming after having gone to the Phantasm convention in Peterborough, Ontario. She played in a Bushido game I ran, and in a Mouse Guard game run by anyone else. She was leafing through the Monster Burner supplement to Burning Wheel and saw the really cool images…
It was good to play out the consequences of actions that the players had initiated in the previous session. And to step back from crowding out player decisions with a blast of content from myself. There were two religious deeds: Gin the Gakusho won the attention of a Kami but did not attempt to Placate…
I have been using HW to run a fantastical & high-powered Glorantha game. I have been ruminating about how to treat failures. I tried to start a discussion about Simple Contests for HW/HQ but ended up doing a lot of reflection on a play episode and set out some best practices for myself. Hopefully others…