GenCon Loot

[adamdray]

I owe a more detailed account of my GenCon trip but, for now, l will only brag about how much booty I brought home.

Purchased

3:16 Carnage amongst the Stars
Elfs
Grey Ranks
Hellas Quickstart Rules
It's Complicated
Mist-Robed Gate
Solar System (ashcan)
Sons of Liberty
Spione: Story Now in Cold War Berlin
Sweet Agatha
Tales of the Fisherman's Wife

Comments

[yeloson]

Huh. I was going to ask about "Things We Think about Games". Any highlights?

[adamdray]

Here's an example, the entirety of page 019:

Scientific study tells us that humans find it excruciating to close off options, even when it costs them demonstrable losses in the immediate term.

To make a game design or roleplaying adventure feel punishing, make the players close off their own options frequently. To make it feel permissive, offer ever-increasing choices without ever eliminating any.

[yeloson]

Huh. That's neat. I see what you mean by agree/disagree.

Like, I find the closing off options thing isn't punishing, as much as "the hard choice" I often enjoy in Gamist play. Excruciating? Yes. Punishing? Not really.

[greyorm]

Oh, man, I've been watching Tales develop and reading the AP reports, and I'm really excited to see/buy the finished game.

[animadversio]

Count me in for some Annalise.

I'm going to inflict 3:16 on some folks here pretty soon -- I get the sense that it's a game that dikaiosunh would most definitely dig. :)

[animadversio]

No worries -- 3:16 is a campaign play style game that doesn't suffer by long stretches of interruption, I'm guessing. I'm happy to come up and run it for you and Adam and anyone else that wants to exterminate all the non-human life in the Galaxy! :)

[zamiel]

Plus, you can run it online with frightening ease. I know, I do!

[indie_insurgent]

It was a pleasure to see you, Adam. Too bad you didn't join in in Under my Skin.

[adamdray]

Wasn't in a mood to dredge up personal stuff. ;)

[buddha_davis]

Adam, sounds like you had some serious fun! I love that you put links up for the games... tres cool!

PS- Lemme know if you need the links for "Trial & Terror" and UnWritten (although, now that I look for it, I can't find UnWritten's link...)

[adamdray]

Sure! I can edit!

[buddha_davis]

Hey Adam!

Here's the url for Trial & Terror

http://imaginationsweatshop.com/?cat=27