Adept Play
Adept Play
Author: John Willson
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We Crossed Off Death
This post is about D&D and the tendency of DMs to go through acrobatics and contortions to (seem to) challenge the characters while taking care to not actually kill them – or let them fail. I’ve been playing in a group for a few years that’s made up mostly of my old high-school friends, so…
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Arkham City, NY
I’m sharing this actual play experience from 2013 as part of an ongoing discussion of the Gumshoe RPG system and whether it can support real play. I agree that the game text of Trail of Cthulhu, for example, which uses the Gumshoe system, is full of non-play advice to the GM about writing a plot…
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The Masked RPG
I ran Masks of the Mummy Kings by Nathan D. Paoletta on the weekend; it was my first time playing or running this RPG which was published in 2015. It worked perfectly as a zero-prep one-shot, but I am unsure about the distribution of authorities. MotMK is a fun, light, storytelling game. Players play nameless…
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Last Breath
I ran this 3-session game of The Pool with some friends while taking the Adept Play course Playing with The Pool. It was everybody’s first time with this system. I’m going to talk about our experiences with The Pool, particularly the perceived death spiral, and how players used Monologues of Victory (MOVs). My start file…
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Sorcerers of Old Toronto, Session-1
I just held session-1 of a Sorcerer game with a small group of old friends. They’re all new to Sorcerer and have only played a handful of other indie games. This was the character generation session, and it went so very well! We’re all really excited for the game to come. I’ll talk about the…