Sunday, December 30, 2007
Hiatus
Goodness! Seems like things have slowed down to a crawl here during the break. Probably because they have. We've all got reasons why we've been extra busy, sure, but things have started to slow down a little for me anyway, so let's relight the pilot here and get some things cooking. Does anyone have anything BW they'd like to bring up? I would also like to get the ball rolling on the discussion concerning the video conference BW game that Brent and I are going to get set up.
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Burning Bridges Game #9
Allright, guys, the game was amazing and I couldn't have hoped for a better finale. I am especially amazed at how everyone really strove to attend the game and give their all: Brent was sick and had a railing cough; Dave was there playing for 3 hours after he said he'd have to stop to study for his final in the morning; Weston missed half of the game and still hauled ass over to have a super-dramatic finish. I'm not sure about Jenna, but I'm sure she had to fight zombies or something on her way over. You guys are super and I am proud.
The game itself was extremely dramatic, and a lot of stuff started happening that we decided we'd have to bring up here on the blog. First of all, I'd like to mention that I don't intend for the season 1 finale to be the end of the game. So long as Brent and I are able to coordinate some kind of online something or other, it'll continue to live on. Last night he and I were talking on Skype chat just fine despite his connection being SIUE dial-up, so I am hopeful.
Right, quite a list. First of all, there are people whose beliefs need to change. Jack had one or two we thought might need to be modified, as well as the Duchess and Count Tristam, if I remember correctly. Father Gregory, also. Wow, I guess that's everyone! Amazing. I don't remember the exact Beliefs that were changing, so whomever had one that they had considered, throw it out here. I'll probably drop a post later just to go through each character's sheet to reexamine their beliefs.
What else was there, though? We need to finish writing up Anna, but that's the only other point of business I recall. I get the feeling that I'm forgetting a lot, though, because honestly I was falling asleep at the wheel on the way home. Hey, sometimes it happens.
Hey, I just want to say that this game was extra, extra dramatic. I don't think I've played with any group who is this excited about just getting down to raw characterization, and it is brilliant. However, I'm left with glowing curiosity about what direction the characters will move in now that they've broken out of their molds in so many Artha-producing way? Brent mentioned that Jack is going to become more revenge-minded; this is the sort of thing I'm talking about. Also, how hard does everyone think it should be for Count Tristam to become Marquess? It'll definitely make it harder for him to chill with the Green Men at all, so his promotion would have to mark a radical shift in the scope of the game. Who knows how long the Green Men are even going to be around, though? It could be that they no longer hold with the goals Jack has in mind.
Lastly, I don't know how long it's even going to be before we have another game. I'm sure that everyone's going to be busy over break, since Dave is going to be gone for a chunk of it, and Brent has to get settled in at his new home before we even start testing out different ways to connect. But, even without any games, I know that at least Brent and I will be on here talking about Circles tests.
The game itself was extremely dramatic, and a lot of stuff started happening that we decided we'd have to bring up here on the blog. First of all, I'd like to mention that I don't intend for the season 1 finale to be the end of the game. So long as Brent and I are able to coordinate some kind of online something or other, it'll continue to live on. Last night he and I were talking on Skype chat just fine despite his connection being SIUE dial-up, so I am hopeful.
Right, quite a list. First of all, there are people whose beliefs need to change. Jack had one or two we thought might need to be modified, as well as the Duchess and Count Tristam, if I remember correctly. Father Gregory, also. Wow, I guess that's everyone! Amazing. I don't remember the exact Beliefs that were changing, so whomever had one that they had considered, throw it out here. I'll probably drop a post later just to go through each character's sheet to reexamine their beliefs.
What else was there, though? We need to finish writing up Anna, but that's the only other point of business I recall. I get the feeling that I'm forgetting a lot, though, because honestly I was falling asleep at the wheel on the way home. Hey, sometimes it happens.
Hey, I just want to say that this game was extra, extra dramatic. I don't think I've played with any group who is this excited about just getting down to raw characterization, and it is brilliant. However, I'm left with glowing curiosity about what direction the characters will move in now that they've broken out of their molds in so many Artha-producing way? Brent mentioned that Jack is going to become more revenge-minded; this is the sort of thing I'm talking about. Also, how hard does everyone think it should be for Count Tristam to become Marquess? It'll definitely make it harder for him to chill with the Green Men at all, so his promotion would have to mark a radical shift in the scope of the game. Who knows how long the Green Men are even going to be around, though? It could be that they no longer hold with the goals Jack has in mind.
Lastly, I don't know how long it's even going to be before we have another game. I'm sure that everyone's going to be busy over break, since Dave is going to be gone for a chunk of it, and Brent has to get settled in at his new home before we even start testing out different ways to connect. But, even without any games, I know that at least Brent and I will be on here talking about Circles tests.
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Burning Anna
Brent and I have had a few BITs discussions for characters here, and they're all, you know, tough-as-leather men-at-arms and ex convicts/sailors/military etc. So, I'm looking forward to having one for Lady Anna! Now, really, a discussion oughtn't to be had without the contribution of the man whose Belief created Anna in the first place. But... maybe just this once we'll leave Dave out of the loop. I don't want a lot of Beliefs like "Count Tristam is strong and handsome and I want to have his children" or Traits like "smoking hot" and "sex addict." :P
Hold on a second, I might be putting the cart before the horse here. Does Anna even have her lifepaths yet? I know Brent sent me a link to her Google Page, but it was empty save for theme music. What have you got for me, Brent?
Hold on a second, I might be putting the cart before the horse here. Does Anna even have her lifepaths yet? I know Brent sent me a link to her Google Page, but it was empty save for theme music. What have you got for me, Brent?
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Burning Bridges Game #8
I would have posted sooner, but this is the first time I've had reasonable access to the internet in several days.
Anyway, not to belabor the subject, since we did spend some time twittering already, I thought the last game was absolutely a blast. Despite some holdups (entirely my ungracious fault) we were able to really have an explosive game. Like I said to Brent, I see no reason why they can't all be good; I will continue to strive to provide a fertile ground for this.
I think I went through everything I had scheduled for the last game, so I'm thinking the next one will be properly climactic. Surprisingly, there isn't much homework for the next game, which makes Brent's workload easier I suppose. But, that leaves us to discuss how the game is going to end next week. Does anyone have any strong feelings about how they want things to turn out? I already have a flowchart worked up, and a scenario that I have in mind, but I don't like to be the kind of GM who thinks his ideas are better than anyone else's. Be assured, I'll be examining all the characters' BITs, but I thought the season finale warranted some extra discussion.
Also, I would like to welcome Jenna to the inner circle of active contributors here on the blog. Cheers! You may have started posting right before the last game of the semester, but that just gives you extra integrity.
Anyway, not to belabor the subject, since we did spend some time twittering already, I thought the last game was absolutely a blast. Despite some holdups (entirely my ungracious fault) we were able to really have an explosive game. Like I said to Brent, I see no reason why they can't all be good; I will continue to strive to provide a fertile ground for this.
I think I went through everything I had scheduled for the last game, so I'm thinking the next one will be properly climactic. Surprisingly, there isn't much homework for the next game, which makes Brent's workload easier I suppose. But, that leaves us to discuss how the game is going to end next week. Does anyone have any strong feelings about how they want things to turn out? I already have a flowchart worked up, and a scenario that I have in mind, but I don't like to be the kind of GM who thinks his ideas are better than anyone else's. Be assured, I'll be examining all the characters' BITs, but I thought the season finale warranted some extra discussion.
Also, I would like to welcome Jenna to the inner circle of active contributors here on the blog. Cheers! You may have started posting right before the last game of the semester, but that just gives you extra integrity.
Duchess's New Belief?
Look! I'm contributing!
Regarding the Duchess's new belief, I'd like it to be something that would at least come in play a little in the next game. Except, I don't have any direction in mind to take the belief/the character. Does anyone have any ideas? Like, any?
By the by- I love the current song choices for Jack and Madeline. Yeah Yeah Yeah and Azure Ray FTW.
Regarding the Duchess's new belief, I'd like it to be something that would at least come in play a little in the next game. Except, I don't have any direction in mind to take the belief/the character. Does anyone have any ideas? Like, any?
By the by- I love the current song choices for Jack and Madeline. Yeah Yeah Yeah and Azure Ray FTW.
Sunday, December 2, 2007
In anticipation of game # 8
I just want to stop to say how much I appreciate all of you participating in this game with me, and how much I'm looking forward to the next two games. Hopefully they'll both turn out as well as I'm imagining. It'll be hard to do everything I want to in just two games, but I'll try. I do wonder how much more complicated things can get for Count Tristam before his head explodes. XD
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