Actual Play: Golden Sky Stories, The Little Shrine in the Forest ( Read more... )

So yesterday we had a picnic called on account of rabbit, an upset human girl, mysterious desecration of strawberry fields, and lots of amusing bickering.

*Part 3: In the Greenhouse*

So, big crashing in greenhouse. Tomo, Suzune and Pixel flew ahead, while I sensibly took my time. When I arrived at the greenhouse, There was a huge, tear in the ( Read more... )

*Actual Play: Golden Sky Stories, The Little Shrine in the Forest*

Part 2: The First Scene
Last time, we wen't through character creation, which was very much a group effort.Now, we find a mystery, bicker a lot,  and make new contacts.
*SO, THE STORY*
It started off with me, Mako hanging out at the fox's shrine, because sometimes fish or fried tofu ( Read more... )

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Golden Sky Stories: Actual Play, "The Little Shrine in the Forest"

"Not that I care or whatever, but this is the story about me, the most important character in the story, and how I, OK, with the help of some other animal spirits, saved the world- make that a town- OK, a strawberry patch. And made a young girl's life better. Not that that's ( Read more... )

Currently watching a game designer do a complete meltdown on Google+. AutoGoodwinating, self martyrdom, deleting all his old posts. It's fascinating to watch.

This was originally intended to be a Metafilter post, but since Metafilter won't take posts about current kickstarter projects, I'm posting it here.

The Fantastic Adventures in Tabletop Entertainment (FATE) system has produced notable games ranging from the pulp themed Spirit of the Century, to the hard science fiction Diaspora, to the adaptation ( Read more... )

A recent article on declining poverty rates in Africa referenced over on James Nicoll's livejournal made me think of the old SF rpg Trinity. It's common in Science Fiction to either assume that it will always be a hellhole, or that it will depend on the largesse of the West. The Aeon/Trinity setting was unusual in that Africa was developing into a ( Read more... )

In which bad grammar leads to my worst character concept, ever.

As a test of the PDQ system, a poster on rpg.net presented us with a challenge: create a character based on one of a list of concepts he gave us. Well, I looked at the list, and though most of them didn't appeal to me, one caught my eye:

4) a 1920's cthulhu detective

OK, I'll bite. In my ( Read more... )

In retrospect, the Under the Green Moon game last Saturday went pretty well, considering that a) I changed my mind about the scenario four days before the game, b) I lost a day to a computer virus and c) it was a party and there were a ton of distractions. It seems that people. Had fun, and the Heroquest system worked well, even though I forgot the ( Read more... )