Adept Play

Adept Play

Tag: Lovecraftesque

A horror game by Becky Annison and Josh Fox, published by Black Armada Games in 2016.

Workshop: The Plot Thickens

Events, Intuitive continuity, System Matters

November 11, 2018

Ron Edwards

Apocalypse World, Circle of Hands, Dogs in the Vineyard, Dungeons & Dragons 3rd edition, Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition, Fate, Ganakagok, Hong Kong Action Theater, Lovecraftesque, Savage Worlds, Sorcerer, The Call of Cthulhu

Here’s one of the two workshops I presented at Lucca. It was prompted by two short videos I posted here in the past few months: The role of the roll and Emergent plot techniques, which have led me to a generally larger argument. The main point is that, there are two primary ways to play…
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Monday Lab: [AA]IIEE[EE]!

Combat rules, IIEE, Monday Labs, System Matters

July 9, 2018

Ron Edwards

Amber, Blades in the Dark, Burning Wheel, Castle Falkenstein, Champions sensu lato, Circle of Hands, Comme il Faut, Dirty Secrets, Dogs in the Vineyard, Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition, Dungeons & Dragons sensu lato, Exalted, Hero Wars/HeroQuest, InSpectres, Lace & Steel, Lovecraftesque, Mongrel, My Life with Master, Over the Edge, Primetime Adventures, RuneQuest sensu lato, Sorcerer, Spione, TFT: Melee, The Pool, The Riddle of Steel, Undying, Zero

Intent, Initiation, Execution, Effect – fictional things, probably the single most direct fictional content to be interfaced with real-people speaking and using rules, in the hobby. In a recent dialogue with Zac Porcu, he called it “the beating heart of role-playing.” Briefly: design zone 1 is to establish a linear order and then to carry…
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