Entries tagged with wwawm

robin_d_laws continues to be brilliant in this entry on Risk in RPGs.

What's clarified for me here is something I find very frustrating in play, but never found a definition to fit it.

Years ago (in the late 1980's) I started advocating for a play-style I called "cinematically correct". If it would look good on film, it was good.

If I was playing, I'd seek out mechanics that would let me crash through the skylight and land on my feet, or at least have something really interesting happen if I failed. If I was running, I'd flat out tell players that if they could persuade me something would look good on film, and frame it like a shot, I'd do my best to help them find a way to make it happen in the game. Or at least have something really interesting happen if they failed.

Go read it. Robin Laws is Brilliant.

In other news, halfway through the month all I've done on Toccata and Fur in A Minor is develop a map of the neighborhood and begin drafting personalities for sample cats. I do have an outline of the events, but it needs fleshed out big time.

World Wide Adventure Writing Month begins today - 31 days, 32 pages.

The challenge - write an adventure scenario (to share) in the space of a month. I've certainly written modules faster, and as for slow... well, I never did finish Safari, my homage to Man-Eaters of Tsavo.

My scenario for the month is: Toccata and Fur In A Minor, a scenario for the Cat RPG. I'll be running this at both Origins and Gencon this summer, so it seems like a good candidate. I'm infamous for finishing my module as I run it - I'll be trying to avoid that, for a change.
Here's the blurb:

A new family has moved into the neighborhood, and from the melancholy music you hear it seems that not all is well. Misery & Boggins - always together, and you're just the cats to deal with both. Cat is set in a mythic suburbia where the player characters are feline pets that are our secret guardians, keeping humans safe from an unseen world of gremlins and evil. This simple system encourages family play and all age groups' participation.

My 32 pages will include maps and pre-generated characters.

So far, though, all I have are some sketchy ideas based on a session I ran for some friends in DC.

Robin Laws continues to be brilliant

World Wide Adventure Writing Month Begins!