RPGaDay (Day 1)


I've seen this go around a few times, and decided that this time I'd give it a go.

People seem to read my blog, so they seem to enjoy what I've got to say. Maybe my responses here will generate a bit of interest.

Starting with...

#1 Forthcoming Game I'm Most Looking Forward To

There are two ways I'm looking at this. On the one hand I'm looking forward to the development and eventual release of +John Harper's Blades in the Dark which has been seeing a bit of interest in indie circles over the past couple of months. I can see it being the next interesting rule set that everyone ends up adapting to every other genre and thing, but it hasn't reached that critical mass yet.

The other thing I'm most looking forward to is the output from +Paul Czege's Threeforged challenge. It's a fascinating concept and I can't wait to see how different people will riff on one another's ideas to develop a complete game package.

There are so many new games coming through the various channels these days that it's hard to get excited about just one. More often than not, I'll have a dozen games that I'm following the development of...then when the game finally come out, it feels anti-climactic and I transfer my interest to something else that is congealing in the aether.

It probably doesn't help that I haven't had a solid group willing to experiment with new gaming products in quite a while. So I can't get overly excited about something that I'm probably not going to see hit the table at any time in the near future.


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

A Guide to Geomorphs (Part 7)

Image
A working computer and scanner...that means it is time to get back to work on the geomorph sequence. A lot of the discussion in this set of tutorials has been focused around square geomorphs. They're the easiest for most people to wrap their heads around.  But my preferred form of geomorph is based around the hexagon, these tend to produce more organic and interesting shapes. This is true for natural environments, but it's no less true for urban environments. The example set of geomorphs above as a simple two-phase system. One edge type is plain, the other edge type has a road piercing the centre. There could be dozens of combinations and permutations for each of the two phases around the hexagonal edges, but a quick look at the variety of buildings and road shapes shows that there could literally be hundreds of possible options when drawing these map fragments. But you certainly don't need to create hundreds of designs for the system to be effective. Usin
Read more

A Guide to Geomorphs (Part 1)

Image
After numerous requests to get back to map tutorials, it's time to start our new series. This time focusing on the concept of geomorphs, modular map fragments that can be mixed and matched. We'll start with a couple of theoretical tutorials before sinking into a few more practical posts. I'm predicting a dozen or so posts in this sequence, but let's see how long it lasts.
Read more