Adept Play
Adept Play
Category: Twosie play
Twosie play means that two people are playing. It might be a game designed for more people but only two happen to be playing, or it might be a game specialized for two players only. Fun fact: until 2008, I didn’t think good two-player roleplaying design was possible – but changed my mind entirely due to experiences in play.
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Epilogue: down in the dark
There was one thing left to discover: what happened with Karva, priestess of Oome, devotee of Qar, and Jynathon, who is simultaneously the greatest threat to her power and its best immediate shot at restoring it – perhaps re-making it. After all, the first few minutes of our game brought these two characters face to…
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A new Mars, born in struggle
The conclusion to our 39 Dark game, in two videos: Lane Novack, good guy or bad guy? I’m interested in your opinion. Some things to talk about include: What’s going on when players bypass the imagined situation, announcing actions or making statements without any reference to location, characters’ presence, movements, or anything similar. Whether 39…
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Treason for a reason
Here’s our first session of 39 Dark,with me and Moreno, for what looks to be a multiple-session event. I’ve been looking forward to that, as I think this and its prequel, Mars Colony, are both worthy of extended investment, characterization and character development, and reflection between sessions. I know these games well, because Tim and…
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Mars Colony in Australia
The two guys from the “Insert Quest Here” podcast recently played and recorded their game of Mars Colony. They’re from Australia, and so all the political parties are based on the Australian divisions, but getting a taste of foreign politics always makes it more interesting for me. Perhaps for you too? I also found it…
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Cold Soldier: Shambling along the avenue
My recent games of Cold Soldier – with Zac, Santiago, Ángel, and Moreno – make a powerful comparison.The first, in real time, is the session I played with Zac about a year ago, when I visited him and his wife Jann in Washington DC. I mention her as well because she was supposed to be…
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Cold Soldier: Crusader horror
Moreno and I have been meaning to do this for a long time, and finally got around to it: Cold Soldier, knives out.[see the attached file for the rules we’re using; rewritten but mechanically unaltered. This is the third instance of recent play I’m posting as a rapid-fire experiential bath in the game.] Riffing between…
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Cold Soldier: I am the Zombie Woof
Hey, more Cold Soldier in action! This time with Ángel, for a slightly less intercontinental session – Sweden and the U.K. But also, like the session with Santiago, placed in reference to a Spanish-speaking setting, based on Angel’s home city of Madrid. Our starting context used genius scientist and the past, specifically early 19th-century Spain.…
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Cold Soldier in La Plata
A couple of months ago, I invited patrons to play Bret Gillan’s game Cold Soldier with me, using my slight re-write of the text (no rules revision; see attached), and to talk about it. Santiago and I did so shortly afterward, via Skype between Sweden and Argentina. The question at hand, based on the points…