( Preliminary KApcon game thoughts. Not really spoilers...... )

Themes: Conflicting responsibilities; Choices and consequences; Isolation; Loss

I find it interesting, and a little worrying that White Rabbit has filled so fast. I wonder what people are expecting from the game and what it will deliver.

White Rabbit has had a long gestation... It's the game I started planning after my first Kapcon 4 years ago. If my ( Read more... )

Probably too long? Too clumsy? Let me know what you think :-) Still awaiting feedback from the other GM

White Rabbit

Admiral Kim: So she’s absolutely determined to remain in active service for the duration? Can’t be tempted with a choice teaching position at the Academy or a promotion? Can’t we just tell her that cosmic radiation will harm the ( Read more... )

"It's really hard to explain. It's like The Wood Between the World... A slow, sleepy, in-between place with tunnels opening into scattered star systems. Some are dark and empty, the star is burnt out, it's hard to tell if anyone was ever there. Some are filled with abandoned artefacts, relics of something... someone. And some are bright and filled ( Read more... )

Tania Shaw

Detective Inspector, Homicide unit, Wellington Central

You’re 2 months pregnant with your first child, and feeling constantly queasy, especially with unpleasant smells. You’re trying to hide it as you want to make a good impression on your new team. You were recently promoted to Detective Inspector and granted a transfer to homicide ( Read more... )

Please read and make suggestion on these character backgounds if you have already played or are unlikely to play So Cold in Alaska (running at Kapcon in rounds 2 and 5)

( Spoilers for )

It appears that the con version of Alaska is not so much about finding out what's going on , but about whether or not some or all of the characters decide to kill Stephanie. Stephanie is a coma patient on life support, a lifelong victim of domestic violence and sexual abuse, who is the focus of the supernatural killings. She remains uncoscious ( Read more... )

Dear Aunty Lottie,

I know you were sorry you couldn't make it to Jack and Kelly's wedding, but as it turned out it was probably just as well... The service went fine and they both looked beautiful... Kelly was stunning in her red dress... you know I wasn't sure about the red, but it really is her colour, and you should've seen my handsome little boy ( Read more... )

One of the things I love most about gming is that the game you have in your head is almost never the game you run... It fascinates me how the story changes when other people start fossicking around in it... Another thing that I'm discovering is that games can change their intentions and meaning if my worldview is changing while I'm running them. ( Read more... )