Adept Play
A horror drama game by Ron Edwards, first published by his company Adept Press in 1996 (PDF 1998, book 2001).
Done and available! The workshop addresses investigation (detective, mystery) at a deeper level than merely technique or entertainment qualities, well beyond anything I’ve presented in the past. The topics include fiction and puzzle media, the diverse functionality of what can and cannot be done, the diverse origin of backstory, the diverse distribution of knowledge, and…
Here’s the beast: all the things I think we should collectively consider as the social and commercial platform for role-playing’s history … and content, and emotions. Distribution, political context, money matters, subcultural effects, and more: presented not as momentary justifications, but as a layered history with a deep structure of cause and effect. Many thanks…
Erik Steiner is a PhD candidate at York University, studying the economics and marketing of role-playing. He’s apparently talked to a lot of people and eventually came around to me. Before you understandably anticipate a disaster, I’ll tell you the payoff: a great conversation and opportunity to articulate important ideas. Because, at his invitation, I…
At the discord, as part of another conversation, Ron said this: Here’s what I’d like to see more: plain Sorcerer, with no sorcerers beyond the player-characters, and at the start, few if any demons beyond those they’ve bound, with any other fantastic elements of the situation being considered normal within the fiction. Significantly as well,…
For the last few years the topic of inspiration has increasingly become both noticeable by me and important to me. I wanted to talk about it with others. Jon and Claudio wanted to as well, so we recorded it. Note: we focus here on inspiration as the necessary first step that launches into preparation and…
We’re playing Sorcerer, online. Social context: I’m GMing and T, D, and P are playing sorcerers. I’ve played a good amount of 1-on-1 stuff with T, and a decent amount with T and D together. P joined us for a game of Hero’s Banner that didn’t get off the ground due to scheduling issues. My…
I’m six sessions into running a Sorcerer game with an interesting social context. There’s my partner Tracey, her friend from college Dawn, Dawn’s husband Jeff and their (adult) son Storm. We play online because Tracey and I are in Southern California and they’re in Northern California. Context The game is set in the Greater Los…
Just got home from a thrilling Sorcerer one-shot and I wanted to post something while it’s still fresh. The situation was, we’re together for the holidays and today was our only chance to play an in-person game. Four of us have played together before in multiple games and campaigns. One player was new to the…