Friday, September 11, 2015
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
#SoloGamingAppreciationMonth2015 #SGAM2015
#SoloGamingAppreciationMonth2015 #SGAM2015
This is what I've got for the description of the group. If anyone wants to tinker with it, offer some suggestions, or write it differently, please be my guest as I've been abusing the exclamation point!(!!!)
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Welcome to the Solo Appreciation Gaming Month 2015 site on G+! This is a group effort to revive the efforts of +John Fiore to get people to show solo gaming a little love. The Lone Wolf Roleplaying community has voted to have the following activities this year:
-Freeformpalooza: Post your SGAM2015 RPG and wargaming actual plays! Do them your way!
-1 Page DYI Tools Challenge: Got a great idea for a solo tool? Share it here, and get feedback!
-3 Ingredient Solo Play: For each week of SGAM2015, three Story Cubes will be chosen randomly for you to use in your solo games. They could be main themes, plots, NPCs, locations or anything you can think of. As a bonus, a major real life event will be chosen at the start of the month for you to include in your games.
This is what I've got for the description of the group. If anyone wants to tinker with it, offer some suggestions, or write it differently, please be my guest as I've been abusing the exclamation point!(!!!)
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Welcome to the Solo Appreciation Gaming Month 2015 site on G+! This is a group effort to revive the efforts of +John Fiore to get people to show solo gaming a little love. The Lone Wolf Roleplaying community has voted to have the following activities this year:
-Freeformpalooza: Post your SGAM2015 RPG and wargaming actual plays! Do them your way!
-1 Page DYI Tools Challenge: Got a great idea for a solo tool? Share it here, and get feedback!
-3 Ingredient Solo Play: For each week of SGAM2015, three Story Cubes will be chosen randomly for you to use in your solo games. They could be main themes, plots, NPCs, locations or anything you can think of. As a bonus, a major real life event will be chosen at the start of the month for you to include in your games.
After Alex Yari asked about solo gaming during his commute I've been kicking the idea around in my head. I don't have a long commute, and the commute I do have occurs behind the wheel, but I would like to get to the point where my solo gaming can be done comfortably on the couch rather than at my desk with my various tools laid out.
After Alex Yari asked about solo gaming during his commute I've been kicking the idea around in my head. I don't have a long commute, and the commute I do have occurs behind the wheel, but I would like to get to the point where my solo gaming can be done comfortably on the couch rather than at my desk with my various tools laid out.
The thought I've seized upon is adapting LARP rules. It is a bit foreign to me, having never participated directly, but I've read a fair bit about the hobby. LARPing by necessity requires the players to sort a lot of things out for themselves due to the fact that they are creating the story to a degree that may exceed typical tabletop game. Additionally the game runner(s) may not always be on hand when the action takes place.
I haven't had a chance to try it out, but it might work if I used something like this larp system I found called "You Are Your Own GM" in combination with Mythic GM Fate Chart (as the Objective Third Party thar YAYOGM calls for on occasion.) I may use it to expand on my mini game I've mentioned before, "It Began Here".
Because LARPs are played on the move in physical space, they typically involve conflict resolution mechanics that are intentionally quick, handy, and designed to be mobile. I'm still kicking the whole concept around, but I thought I'd throw it out the the community to see if anyone else has any ideas for how to evolve this from an idea and into something useable for us all.
http://www.interactivitiesink.com/larps/broadway/doclib/Players/YaYoG%20Summary.pdf
The thought I've seized upon is adapting LARP rules. It is a bit foreign to me, having never participated directly, but I've read a fair bit about the hobby. LARPing by necessity requires the players to sort a lot of things out for themselves due to the fact that they are creating the story to a degree that may exceed typical tabletop game. Additionally the game runner(s) may not always be on hand when the action takes place.
I haven't had a chance to try it out, but it might work if I used something like this larp system I found called "You Are Your Own GM" in combination with Mythic GM Fate Chart (as the Objective Third Party thar YAYOGM calls for on occasion.) I may use it to expand on my mini game I've mentioned before, "It Began Here".
Because LARPs are played on the move in physical space, they typically involve conflict resolution mechanics that are intentionally quick, handy, and designed to be mobile. I'm still kicking the whole concept around, but I thought I'd throw it out the the community to see if anyone else has any ideas for how to evolve this from an idea and into something useable for us all.
http://www.interactivitiesink.com/larps/broadway/doclib/Players/YaYoG%20Summary.pdf
Hi
Hi,
I was thinking about this idea again of having actual persons act as the facade of an oracle for players. The idea is for the asking players to be unsure whether the result is from an actual oracle, or if the person acting as a facade picked the answer themselves.
I was thinking of adding a section to this group for players to ask oracle questions that can be answered by any member here. For example, a player could ask of the group:
"Is the door open?" and then receive yes or no.
"What does the door look like?" and then receive a Mythic style answer like "Heal/Misfortune"
"Roll me a random event," and then get "NPC action -- Lie/Dreams "
"Roll me a pair of story cubes or zero dice" and get a link to an image.
Etc.
The cool thing is that the person answering the question could at any point choose to answer the questions themselves, instead of passing the question to an oracle. This can keep the asking player wondering if their adventure is being partly driven by an actual person.
I can add a section to this very group if this would make you more likely to use it, though I'm concerned about spamming other members with notifications. On the other hand, you can use what was called the "Un-Solo" g+ group for this purpose, if you're interested.
Let me know what you think.
I was thinking about this idea again of having actual persons act as the facade of an oracle for players. The idea is for the asking players to be unsure whether the result is from an actual oracle, or if the person acting as a facade picked the answer themselves.
I was thinking of adding a section to this group for players to ask oracle questions that can be answered by any member here. For example, a player could ask of the group:
"Is the door open?" and then receive yes or no.
"What does the door look like?" and then receive a Mythic style answer like "Heal/Misfortune"
"Roll me a random event," and then get "NPC action -- Lie/Dreams "
"Roll me a pair of story cubes or zero dice" and get a link to an image.
Etc.
The cool thing is that the person answering the question could at any point choose to answer the questions themselves, instead of passing the question to an oracle. This can keep the asking player wondering if their adventure is being partly driven by an actual person.
I can add a section to this very group if this would make you more likely to use it, though I'm concerned about spamming other members with notifications. On the other hand, you can use what was called the "Un-Solo" g+ group for this purpose, if you're interested.
Let me know what you think.
Friday, September 4, 2015
Playing on the go: Give me your strategies, recommended systems and tips
Playing on the go: Give me your strategies, recommended systems and tips
I'm finding myself with very little time to play nowadays. My only quiet time is often while on public transportation which unfortunately is also my time to catch up on other important stuff. This means that I usually can count on maybe 20 minutes of free time to get my RPG fix while on the bus or train with only my trusty smartphone.
The only RPG so far that has been a good fit is a micro game called Mythos Tales. I'm open to recommendations along those lines.
Still, I would love to be able to miniaturize other systems or supplements that I'm interested in such as d20 and it's settings, GURPS, AS&SH (OSR system), including less heavy systems that are still too heavy to play on a smartphone effectively.
Failing this, i'd love to try micro games that capture the spirit or feel of such systems.
Thoughts?
I'm finding myself with very little time to play nowadays. My only quiet time is often while on public transportation which unfortunately is also my time to catch up on other important stuff. This means that I usually can count on maybe 20 minutes of free time to get my RPG fix while on the bus or train with only my trusty smartphone.
The only RPG so far that has been a good fit is a micro game called Mythos Tales. I'm open to recommendations along those lines.
Still, I would love to be able to miniaturize other systems or supplements that I'm interested in such as d20 and it's settings, GURPS, AS&SH (OSR system), including less heavy systems that are still too heavy to play on a smartphone effectively.
Failing this, i'd love to try micro games that capture the spirit or feel of such systems.
Thoughts?
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