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chadu

Camp Nerdly 3: The Blogging

Jun 01, 2009 10:16

This past weekend was Camp Nerdly 3.

Short form: Had great conversations, played fun games, drank regional sodas (Cheerwine and Dr. Enuf FTW!), and made silly faces at well-behaved babies. An all-around win.

Also, for the vid-inclined, Jason Morningstar's One Cool Thing I Saw At Camp Nerdly 3 on YouTube.

Otherwise, the ( long day-by-day breakdown behind the cut... )

work journal, vitamin u, game design, asmp, evilhat, s7s, conventions, flash, silly, dc-metro, firefly, cartoons, mad rpg theory, spop, batman, mental health, gaming, trip, freelance, pdq

Comments 6

fenriss June 1 2009, 17:36:16 UTC

Sounds like a blast. I really enjoyed the video.

Did I ever tell you that I used to know Nathan McQuillen, the creator of 1000 Blank White Cards? His mother was a NOW person, and friends with my mother back when we were living in Wisconsin. I remember being a toddler when he was an infant.

chadu June 1 2009, 18:10:27 UTC

I think you've told me that before! I remember something, yay!

Spiffy.

Coffee this week?

fenriss June 2 2009, 01:41:44 UTC

Sure. 10? Same place?

nikotesla June 4 2009, 15:32:25 UTC

Now that you've had time for some reflection, can you tell me how Xenon: felt?

chadu June 4 2009, 15:38:09 UTC

There's just something about the set-up that I don't dig.

I'm all for exploration of a setting, but I feel I need some overarching rubric to explain WHY I'm exploring that setting... "Looking for new sources of gold/furs/spices" or "Surveying a planet for colonization" or "learning about the F'tang culture for diplomatic reasons."

Sort of a signpost to tell me what the session/campaign is about.

nikotesla June 4 2009, 16:36:40 UTC

Yeah, the challenge is that we can't know that until we're into the setting a little bit. I took your crit to heart and wound up writing a bit about the home society into the rules, which is that your home society is by definition conservative. Your character is either non-conservative and wants to leave and see the world, or is conservative and must leave against their will. That needs exploration ( ... )