Adept Play
Adept Play
Tag: Cosmic Zap
A psychedelic superhero game by Ron Edwards, in publication development by Chaosium.
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Q and A at the Patreon
During December, I asked patrons if they wanted to throw me some questions, especially pretty specific to games that I’ve published or perhaps know well enough to say anything about. The idea was to collect a few and make a little video response, to be posted and discussed at the Patreon. A quick point: if…
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On Adept Play – An Overview with Ron Edwards
Recorded on Wednesday, September 23, 2020 This is an in-depth look at the Adept Play website and at Adept Press. This lengthy interview opens with an overview of the site and its features, then moves into specific examples of how those features are put to use: Welcome – Actual Play – Seminar – Consulting The interview…
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Tales from a recovering I.C immersionist
Well only one tale and a small snippet (or two) of actual play. It happened about a year ago. LukeA was GM, I (Alex) was the Inquisitor and Chris was the Lackey. The Inquisitor approaches the temple steps with the Lackey beside him. He bows his head piously and out of the corner of his…
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Tuning in and turning on
 The learning process is a whole phenomenon of its own to watch, which is why I left in most of the considered silences so you can get an idea of the processing, especially since it typically resulted in inspiration. In the first turn, you can see them tune in and turn on, if you…
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My dream in your probability, your probability in my dream
I got over a mental block and managed to say “this game’s done!” in design terms at least, so it was time to introduce Cosmic Zap to some intrigued people at Spelens Hus. I’ve decided to collect the characters used in playtest so far, made up by me or by others, as well as a…
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Hero and nemesis, the perfect pair
I’d given some thought to this playtesting group, including how it had inadvertently stress-tested the lower limit of player number. Difficult as that was, because I do not like stress-testing, it wasn’t the main thing on my mind. I was worried that the actual editor of the game and its interiors artist were still not…
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Sten, meet Jane
This is always the toughest time for playtesters, because it’s no longer about “cool, an idea,” but about “oh crap, saying/teaching it this way is pure miscommunication.” The poor players are like my hands which are trying to read Braille but are unfortunately picking up the waffle iron instead. The better one of my games…
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The ontological concept of happiness, among other things
Second session of the current Cosmic Zap game, displaying one of the game features that it’s robust relative to player attendance. Rod mentions at one point that it’s the most self-indulgent role-playing he’s done, either lately or maybe ever. That’s why this time the lead image for this post is a link. I call attention…
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Chaos against criminality, as Law struggles to know itself
Here’s the first of three games I led at Gauntlet Con 2018! A Cosmic Zap playtest. When I initially signed on for playing it months ago, I was unsure about how well-developed the game would be, or even how playable/failed at all. But it turned out to be a decisive validator of the project. I…