Grace Under Pressure #2

nedjer — Mon, 21 May 2012 23:13:30 +0000

Using the phrase grace under pressure to begin to define the intuitive, improvisational skills and actions often associated with free-flowing, open-ended gameplay calls for some further explanation. In particular, it immediately becomes necessary to situate these intuitive or improvisational skills alongside, rather than in opposition to, other valuable and essential cognitive skills.

Grace Under Pressure

nedjer — Sat, 12 May 2012 10:01:41 +0000

At the point when the original RPG was first being developed the game was, for the most part, a movable feast of continual RPG homebrewing and invention. This was hardly surprising, as the game’s designers and GMs had to rely as much on their own imaginations as on the short, moving-target of a [...]

Hope for Hope?

nedjer — Sat, 05 May 2012 16:10:20 +0000

Last week’s post on RPGs For Kids and Big Kids has been updated and converted to a page. It’s in the menu at the top level and HERE. The page includes a downloadable .doc version under Creative Commons.

Next up – is there any progress on scenario – become setting – [...]

RPG Advocacy Facebook Group

nedjer — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 21:23:46 +0000

This is kind of way ahead of schedule, as some trigger-happy clicking sent the Fbook RPG Advocacy Group live in an instant. Not to worry.

Please feel free to join-up if you’re up for showcasing what’s good about Tabletop RPGs.

So far [...]

Now You Want A 3D Printer

nedjer — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:20:51 +0000

Following years of research at the University of Exeter we can at last see the true purpose of 3D printers: Choc Creator Who needs plastic figures when you can eat the monsters straight off the table after you’ve stolen all their treasure. Equally, how many e-commerce opportunities and promotional options does this kind [...]

Intuitive Gaming

nedjer — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 17:52:36 +0000

Hold on a minute! A system for skills checks? Surely that’s heresy for those who prefer open-ended RPG gameplay based on player choice. Well, yes and no, as open-ended, intuitive gameplay seems to result neither from ‘kitchen sink’ rule sets nor limitless improvisation.

Instead intuitive gameplay appears to result from rules [...]

Sub- or Sub-Sub-Classing Skills?

nedjer — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:37:23 +0000

Just uploaded a PDF with a straightforward RPG skills check system that’s being tried-out on Corruption and Renegade. It’s a straight slot-in, slot-out – linked to the existing information about Hiring Followers. It should work with most clones that don’t include skills systems and is intended only as an option.

The [...]