Author: Smiorgan
The Zeppo is one of my favourite episodes of Buffy. (It doesn’t seem to feature in many top tens, but competition is stiff out of the 144 eps in all 7 seasons.) The Zeppo pushes many underdog wish-fulfilment buttons. It’s a tightly written story that both pastiches the mainstream Buffy and remains true to its … Read More
Author: Smiorgan
“There isn’t anything personal or horrifying in V:tM as a *system*, except what you bring from how hardcore you bought into all the delicious fiction-y bits” That quotation is from Lenny Balsera, commenting on Ryan Macklin’s post. Vampire‘s premise as a “personal horror” game is still as fresh as it was in 1991 (even in … Read More
Author: Smiorgan
This documentary would have you believe that D&D is the most influential game in history. Whether you believe that or not, petitioning Wizards of the Coast for art with better gender and racial balance in D&D 5e is a good thing. The nice folks at Black Armada started the petition, I’ve signed it, and other friends … Read More
Author: Smiorgan
My players have a habit of asking for experience points at the end of a session. What, my company isn’t enough? Jonathan Tweet never felt the need for experience points in Everway – although he retrospectively calls the lack of an experience mechanism a “problem”. Everway works on a system of boons in lieu of experience points … Read More
Author: Smiorgan
It’s easy to discuss realism in systems when it’s about a property you understand. I can go on ad nauseum about realism in rpg combat. A doctor will know a lot more about injury. An equestrian will know all manner of details about horse riding and a physicist will know about quantum mechanics. We (hopefully) then … Read More