Adept Play
After some preparations discussed at the Discord (quoted below), I’ve finally run InSpectres. It was a mixed success, but I’m dying and preparing to immediately play it again — not least due to prior discussions: The course “Playing with the Pool” (which includes a section and activities regarding InSpectres) and several discussions and Actual Play…
After 2.5 years of development, Im Reich der Nibelungen is finished & available at DriveThruRPG in German — and French (core book only), courtesy of Greg! Ron’s greenlit a link, so here it is: Im Reich der Nibelungen | DriveThruRPG No promotion (e.g. no pitch or blurb), as befits this place, but some information and…
I recently ran The Pool on short notice for three players, using a ‘start file’ I created as part of Ron’s course, Playing with The Pool. The players Carl and Kevin are old friends of mine and in their 50s like me; Russel is Carl’s 19-year old son, who joined our regular (much larger) roleplaying…
For the last couple of weeks, I’ve had the pleasure of playing my game In the Realm of the Nibelungs for the first time because a friend has taken over GMing! Yesterday, another player’s character died — and the GM ignored the rules and said the PC might still be saved by cure light wounds…
Inspired by a discussion as part of Ron’s current People and Play course, here are some of my thoughts about when and if to use resolution systems, specifically the dangers of going there too early. I’ve run Gunther must die, the introductory adventure for my game In the Realm of the Nibelungs, three times now.…
I’m getting closer to publishing my game, In the Realm of the Nibelungs, so here’s my current thinking on pricing and marketing (phrased for, though not yet published on the game’s blog): Pricing My game’s [planned] price is €6,50. You’ll get five documents (S&WCL, Im Reich der Nibelungen, the optional booklet Rheingold, a GM Screen,…
I recently ran a mini-campaign of Eis & Dampf, a German steampunk setting for FATE. I had offered the game as a break from two recent campaigns: a heavily railroaded bit of Call of Cthulhu by a friend and my dungeoncrawling game In the Realm of the Nibelungs. I had deliberately offered Fate as a…