Getting in your own way
A game, when it is going well, has a certain flow to it, almost a cadence. Unlike a scripted tale, however, story beats are not always, or at least not entirely in your hands. I have purchased but not yet read the inimitable Robin Laws’ renowned treatise on this issue, Hamlet’s Hit Points, and wish … Continue reading
Saturday Seed – 19 (All for One)
This seed has been planted for All for One: Regime Diabolique, and I am certain it will grow well, and flourish into an enormous tree with many branching stories as it is to be set in Paris, and as everyone knows, the streets of that noble city are lined with so much fertilizer produced by … Continue reading
Mechwarrior: Dissecting a Contender
Once things got moving with BF’s Mech-Breeding Genetic Algorithim the fur really started to fly. Spurred on by random memories framed in spontaneous theorizing and questioning, BF narrowed down the fitness function to one which did not fly in the face of what we consider to be reason, and began to produce fairly fit fighters … Continue reading
Mechwarrior: Initial Comparison of 3rd and 4th Edition
First Impressions: In an initial run through character creation using Mechwarrior 3rd Edition, and Mechwarrior 4th Edition, those who have kept current with the game line will know that I did not find too many differences in terms of fundamental approach and content. What I did find, though, was a trade-off in terms of how … Continue reading
Casting Shadows 