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Revisiting TRPGs…

Posted in Gaming, Storytelling, tagged , , , , , , on 8 February, 2012 | Comments Off

Two months ago I was very close to quickly wrapping up Rediscovery and all-but quitting TRPGs altogether (my work helping Ann as a playtester and scenario-writer for R3 notwithstanding). Now… Well… This week I might be playing or running a game Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The Thursday game is to be a weekly event; [...]

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Freewrite Story

Posted in Storytelling, tagged , , , on 7 February, 2012 | Comments Off

I provide this with minimal editing and no context. Enjoy. :P IT SQUEAKED FROM UNDER THE COUCH Charles Groves sat in the corner of his tiny studio, hunched over a thesis of which he had spent many months of his life composing. And then he heard it. A squeak. One of perhaps terror or surprise. [...]

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More About 5e

Posted in Gaming, Storytelling, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on 21 January, 2012 | 2 Comments »

So to head off any misconceptions of WTF I meant in my post yesterday let me clarify a few things. I figure some of my points are pretty straightforward, so let me talk about the others. I hope we can legitimately play without map or minis. I said, “The last time this was actually legitimately [...]

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Magic: the RPG, Part Two

Posted in Gaming, Storytelling, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on 8 December, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Back in late October I proposed the idea of using Magic: The Gathering as a conflict resolution system for a story game. I un-creatively called it Magic: the RPG. Consider it an alternative method of playing Magic. :) Anyway, all two of my readers both weighed in. Shadawyn asked me “So when are we going [...]

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Magic: the RPG

Posted in Gaming, Storytelling, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on 27 October, 2011 | Comments Off

Note: This is just a thought experiment and not something I’ve actually tried. It’s basically just an excuse to tell a story and play a bunch of Magic at the same time. What could be better? ;) Adam Styborski’s Serious Fun column last Tuesday talked about several variant forms of Magic. All of them seem [...]

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Productive Weekend

Posted in Storytelling, tagged , , , on 24 October, 2011 | Comments Off

Let’s see… on Saturday I only managed to write about 2,000 words. On Sunday, though… 7,000. I’d call that a fairly productive weekend, all things considered. :)

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ComiPo! in English

Posted in Fanboi, Storytelling, tagged , , , on 9 September, 2011 | Comments Off

The manga-drawing software ComiPo! is about to launch in English. It will be available at both the ComiPo! website and Crunchyroll’s ComiPo! page. I am looking forward to this release and plan on picking it up eventually. At $50 it’s about half what the Japanese version costs. I suspect that means it has fewer features, [...]

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Recommend Me Horror!

Posted in Storytelling, tagged , , , , , , on 29 August, 2011 | 2 Comments »

My Kindle affords me the opportunity to read a great deal of Gothic horror now in the public domain. I’m currently reading Algernon Blackwood’s “The Damned,” which I suppose is more ghost story than Gothic horror, but anyway… I’d like to expand my reading: 1. Modern Gothic horror, ghost stories, haunted house stories, &c. I [...]

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