The Intersection of System and Story

"Emergent Gameplay": About 85,600 results.

"Emergent Storytelling": About 4,920 results.

That was not a well-balance Google Fight. Maybe we could write some sort of story about that...

The Slightly Drunk, Clownish Older Cousin

It started yesterday (as I write this) as a result of this blog post over at The Angry DM, talking about how Wizards of the Coast dropped the ball by not making some sort of proper introduction to D&D. I kinda... think it might exist already.

(checks the time) Aw geez, I've only got an hour until I've got to leave for my own gaming night. Can I get this hammered out in time?

State of Play

Not that anybody asked, halfway to keep it straight in my mind, halfway to present a good example...

Introductions All Around

How well could you introduce someone to the games you play?

This one is almost synchronicitous₁. A posting on G+ referencing a blog post on the subject, a certain local store's smorgasbord initiative... I feel I must join in. And I do have some stories to tell.

Your Comfort Zone is Evil

Of course, of course, in the grand scheme of roleplaying games you've tried a great many systems. You are an encyclopedia of game mechanics, the go-to guy for the way any given ruleset works.

But how many different ways do you play? Because if you interact with all those rulesets with one type of character and demanding only one type of action, your repertoire isn't nearly as wide as you think it is.

The Inferior Super(iority) Complex

So as of April 30th, Margaret Weis's license on the Marvel name goes away, and with it, the PDF and books on that system.

At the risk of sounding callous, good.

Campaign #2, And More Than A Little Ranting About <i>The Cliché</i>

Last night at the FLGS, I opened up a new can of worms. Or a campaign of worms, as the case may be. Not the smoothest of starts, but as I say, these things gotta start somewhere. This particular thing has started, and this is its story.