Adept Play

Adept Play

Tag: Bacchanal

A myth and romance game by Paul Czege, first published by his company Halfmeme Press in 2005.

Excess and excitement

Character death, Emotions in play, Events, Lines and Veils, Spelens Hus

November 16, 2024

Ron Edwards

Bacchanal, Hell 4 Leather, Om Natten Alla Katterna Är Grå, Zombie Cinema

At the Happening, I played several games which share some features: characters at extreme risk and at least some are not expected to survive, circumstances which pit them against or with another as players decide, formal shifts in immediate content or theme, a lot of backstory content created during play, and a lot of inspiration…
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Monday Lab: How Long …

Monday Labs, Situations, Solo play, System Matters, Twosie play

September 3, 2018

Ron Edwards

Amber, Apocalypse World, Bacchanal, Burning Wheel, Chronicles of Skin, Clover, Dungeons & Dragons sensu lato, Everway, Fiasco, Hero Wars/HeroQuest, Kult, Monsterhearts, My Life with Master, Primetime Adventures, RuneQuest sensu lato, Sorcerer, Spione, Stock Birmingham 0:0, Swords of the Skull-Takers, The Beast, The Mountain Witch, The Quiet Year, They’re Onto Me: Red, Zombie Porn

… Has This Been Goin’ On? Alternative equally music-meming title: My Only Friend, the End. Or, wait, how about, Stop! In the Name of What? This is about how long we play, in real time. It can refer to the length of a session, how many sessions relative to a given fictional situation, how long…
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