Adept Play
Adept Play
Category: Actual Play
These posts include recordings of play.
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The Fading of a Revolution
Although this was not the first Champions Now campaign we finished, it was the first one we chose to share on Adept Play. Considering how profoundly this game shocked all participants, I believe it is an appropriate beginning for our sharing. Since we are not native English speakers, the following relies heavily on large language…
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Lincon 2025
Gothcon was tough without Helma, and Lincon even more so. Over the past few years, I’ve relied on her entirely for many things: logistic reminders of all sorts, a welcoming presence for people while I’m setting up, opinions and observations which aren’t mine, her own experiences of other things at the convention, and basically understanding…
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Gothcon 2025
I always enjoy Gothcon, and this time I received some much-needed exercise as the play-area was located a few blocks away from the main convention buildings. I may even have managed to navigate the larger layout of the city via the trams without embarrassing reversals, for the first time in my travels here. As usual…
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The gods must be evil
We’ve continued with our Harnmaster game throughout the past two months, originally discussed through session 7 at One bad harvest. As of last week, we played the twelfth and final session, so I have a lot of catching up to do. My concepts and preparation for this game do have a fundamental flaw. I never…
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Towns are scarier
I’ll stand by that claim even though we lost three (3) characters in the dungeon. This post is the sequel to The architecture in this town, playing B/X at Spelens Hus. I’m trying to catch up with the editing as we’ve played six sessions total at the time of this writing. Session 4 This session…
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Chicken counting
Drakar och Demoner (Dragons & Demons), originally published in 1982, serves as a cultural reference point for role-playing in Sweden, and many people encountered it in some form as their first-ever introduction to the activity. I’ve been looking into playing for a while but it’s been slow due to the plethora of versions and variety…
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The architecture in this town
When we played the first session of Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set/Expert Set (1981, styled “B/X”), I didn’t present any. I had gravitated to northeastern Africa via the dungeon map I wanted to use, which in turn affected my monster picks (crocodiles, baboons), but there wasn’t any context or presentation in play about it. I…
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One bad harvest
We’re finally playing Harnmaster for the long game, with four sessions so far. You can see my slow and deliberate prior uptake in Dialing down the fantasy and Grit and focus. If you’re not familiar with it (people seem to be 100% or 0% with hardly anyone in-between), Harn is a set of isles at…
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The Great Claim
(said somewhat defensively) I have never seen an episode of Dallas and, back then, I managed to avoid most information that seeped around as cultural references. You might have heard that it was a terrible flop, implied to be poor design, and the financial disaster that led to the publisher’s demise. However, the actual business history…