This honor still goes to Lady Blackbird, John Harper’s excellent little game about the adventures of runaway bride Lady Blackbird and the crew of The Owl. First, the game uses an excellent, lightweight dice-pool mechanic for simple conflict resolution. Second, the document is gorgeously designed and laid out. Third, the story has just enough hooks […]
#RPGaDay 6: Most Recent Game Played
At GenCon, I wanted to play an RPG on Sunday at Games on Demand, but didn’t get a chance. So, my last RPG was the one I ran at GoD, Saturday evening at 6. This was my first time running at GoD, even though we’ve done it at Strategicon in LA. The room was huge, […]
#RPGaDay 5: Most Recent Purchase
Well. Because I only bought board and card games at GenCon, this answer is a little silly given yesterday’s post about larping at GenCon. See, on Tuesday before GenCon, I bought the ebook version of Cthulhu Live 3rd Edition, just so I wouldn’t have to carry the paperback with me, in case I thought I […]
ConTessa Wins the ENnie for Best Blog
Contessa won the ENnie for Best Blog! Not much else to add, here, except congratulations to Stacy, Sarah, Ethel, and all the Contessa writers (myself included!)
#RPGaDay 4: Most Surprising Game
For today’s RPGaDay, I’ll go with a game I played on Saturday at Gen Con, a Cthulhu Live! scenario called People in Your NeighborhoodĂ‚Â (link to Facebook photo album, because why not). There be spoilers in this writeup, so if you are going to play this excellent scenario by Elder Entertainment… stop reading now.