I have seen the King, and he has Six Strings
Recently, I managed to record a series of talks with Jason Connerley of the Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast Blog and Podcast about the film, Six-String Samurai, and part of that included taking my BRP adaptation of it out for a spin like a beloved platter from the days when music mattered.
Chaosium’s Basic Roleplaying
…BRP hits a precise point where it makes a clear and resonant kind of sense. It is grounded in the experience of being human and the underpinning logic of the imaginative worlds we create. It surges with brutal magic and the even more brutal harm people can inflict upon each other – and receive in turn. It finds ways to make risk easy to run yet pleasantly agonizing to choose. It has a lot to say about who the characters we play are, yet has the room to listen to our ideas as well. It is incredibly responsive to the ongoing events of play… It has a boldness about how it limits characters to a human mold, yet expects better of them. Anyone can be a hero, the pages of BRP whisper, they just have to act…
#RPGaDAY2024 Day 18: Memorable Moments
During the preceding days of #RPGADAY2024, I have been reviewing our collected Actual Play videos looking for a short and compelling moment that could be shared without too much context in a YouTube short or a short blog post. I was doing this in preparation for today’s response to the standard prompt for Day 18: … Continue reading
Call of Cthulhu Rises Again~
In the imagined situation these characters and their decisions create and keep in motion, I have presented the players with some curious and upsetting details. As the clock ticks on, Terrence and Callum have followed their motivations, their curiosity, and their urge to find fame and fortune in breaking this case open in the papers. Smalls has found the secrets of the bloodthirsty book and its intimations about one Ludvig Prinn to be so fascinating it is worth heaving his massive bulk out of his shop and apartment on Newbury Street to uncover the truth of them.
#RPGaDay2022 – Day 9: What 2?
#RPGaDay2022 Day 9, wherein a simple question becomes both detailed and complex~
Casting Shadows 