FreeMarket Actual Play Session 2

Posted in FreeMarket, Play Sessions, RPG Only on May 14th, 2010 by Kevin Weiser

Session two kicks off with a Thin Slicing challenge to rid the group’s MRCZ area of an annoying rock band, and from there CJ, Dan, and Brandon launch into a negotiation with a local MRCZ to test out some new technology for them.  We spend some time getting used to the nuances of the challenge system, and set things up nicely for some exciting challenges next session. Stay tuned!

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Tags: Blink, , Bungie, ChatRoulette, , , DRM, Edward James Olmos, Grand Theft Auto IV, Hal Jordan, Hong Kong, Independent Insurgency, Japanese Capsule Hotels, , Jump 255 Trilogy, , Lexx, Luke Crane, Mad Men, Malcom Gladwell, Marilyn Manson, Mashup, Penny Arcade, Peter Steele, Ronald D. Moore, Smoke on the Water, The 5th Element, The Segway, Twiggy Ramirez, Typo O Negative, Valve, Welch Ave Station

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Interview 13: Vincent Baker

Posted in Dogs in the Vineyard, In a Wicked Age, Interview, Non-Actual Play, Poison'd, RPG Only on April 17th, 2010 by Kevin Weiser

After running three of his games back-to-back-to-back, we were pretty excited to sit down with D. Vincent Baker to chat about our experiences. We spend some time talking about aspects of Dogs in the Vineyard, In a Wicked Age…, and Poison’d, as well as cover some of his basic design philosophies. Unfortunately our first attempt to conduct this interview met with some nasty technical difficulties. There are a couple references to the fact that this is the 2nd attempt, but we only got about 10 minutes in, so no worries, you didn’t miss anything. This interview was great fun, and we can’t wait to have Vincent on again to talk about abandoning games!

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Tags: , Brigham City, , Clinton R Nixon, DexCon, Dogs in the Vineyard, Dragon Magazine, Dread, Drew Baker, Duel of Wits, Dungeons and Dragons Cartoon, ed Healy, , GenCon, Graham Walmsley, GTAIV, Jack Vance, , Judd Karlman, Kill Puppies for Satan, Matt Snyder, Matt Wilson, Mechaton, No Country for Old Men, Oo! Let's Make a Game!, Poison'd, rec.games.frp.advocacy, ROCK OF TAHAMAAT SPACE TYRANT, , Storming the Wizard's Tower, Tanith Lee, The Cheap and Cheesy Fantasy Game, The Dragon Killer, The Forge, The Gaming Outpost, , True Blood, , Universalis, , Wicked Nights, Willow Pallacek, ZORK

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Interview 9: Ryan Macklin and Leonard Balsera on the Dresden Files RPG

Posted in Dresden Files RPG, Interview, Non-Actual Play, RPG Only on January 30th, 2010 by Kevin Weiser

Due to some lucky circumstances, I managed to land an interview earlier this week with Ryan Macklin and Lenny Balsera. This was a serendipitous event, as Evil Hat had just released their official press release announcing the release date and info about the Dresden Files RPG. I sit down with these two and BS about the challenges of creating a game from the Dresden Files license, then we dive into some of the nitty gritty about how FATE was used to create the world of Harry Dresden.

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