Adept Play
Adept Play
Author: Ron Edwards
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Finding D&D 4: Essentially
Finding D&D, part 4! This one is scaring me. Remember how I warned that the one about fundamentalism and the OSR wouldn’t be insulting? I fear this one can’t say the same, and even if it doesn’t go too far, I know it’s going to gore a lot of oxen. One point I develop in…
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Monday Lab 1: Engine Rev
It’s given: “Powered by the Apocalypse” is an effective brand, and “Apocalypse Engine” is common usage for a presumed mechanics base. I’m not challenging either of these. I’m investigating what they may mean, and whether meanings differ. This is the first formal seminar activity for the new structuring of Adept Play. The activity was announced…
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Say “syzygy” three times fast
Into much kooky mayhem! This is where my ongoing skill challenges and prepped situation and announced character quests all collided, producing plenty of “this is how our story goes” with not a single intended or planned effect to be found in in my preparation. It’s also a good opportunity to discuss that preparation in more…
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A bit of a mind flip, into a time-slip
This session of our Champions 3rd edition game concerns our two heroes, ARC and Agent One, in their roles as soldiers from a future war. The former is a deserter who’s decided he likes modern (our) life, and the latter is on a mission but with malfunctioning “chip” and whatnot so he doesn’t really know…
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Conversation: the Abomination that Shall Indeed Be Named
I ran into a post at G+ which turned out to have been partly prompted by the Barbaric Psychedelic game, and then my comment got replies … well, social media was actually social for once, and the outcome was this conversation with the very kind Gregor Vuga about this-or-that about Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition.…
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Discuss: Primetime Chat
I’d really like to recover the nearly-unique power and fun of playing Primetime Adventures. This video is intended to help people join me. It’s about scenes and real-play as opposed to workshopped-play. I have a long history of discussing this issue, as I recognized it as a problem all the way back in 2005, and…
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Harmony and human wreckage
The Kickers are concluded, and the story is done. To my knowledge, this is the only game of Sorcerer that I’ve been in which is now visible start to finish on record (OK, granted, one session is a verbal account). I’d certainly love to learn what an observer thinks of it. One sorcerer ending with…
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The road to Green Rock
This is when something really complex develops and expands right within my grasp, while I’m learning just what it is we’re making only at the last possible moment, and knowing I’m not quite good enough to do it justice at the moving margins. Now I know that the area is called The Haven by its…
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Manticores R us
My latest consult with Tor brings us his working title, “Belitsunnu’s Manticore,” and extensive discussion of winning/losing, procedures for player input into preparation, and improvised tactical play. Please add the collective intelligence to this one. We raised tons of questions and I tried not to drive toward answers – help me round out and deepen…