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FWIW, Gleemax was not developed in house. And I don't think anyone at WotC is under the illusion that it's anything but a complete disaster.

The Shadow out of Tim, by the Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, an HP Lovecraft tribute band. The first track on Shadow out of Tim: Theme to an Earthquake. You can hear it as background music to the opening monologue on this youtube vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjdxCVaJhbk

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And I'm guessing they wouldn't have made it without the Helping rules, right? If you can remember, what skills did they use to muster enough dice? One of my favorite things about BW is the inventive ways players can pile on dice with good narration.

Btw Buzz, kudos to you for taking my criticism so well. There should be more people like you on the internet. And I should probably have said that privately. ;)

eyebeam, I can't follow what you're saying about Let It Ride. The main way that it differs from a game like D&D is that D&D specifies how often to roll. For example, Climbing has to be re-rolled every x feet. The bummer here is that a) it's boring to roll five times to scale a 100' cliff...

The flaw for Fiona Devereaux should be Reckless. The plucky heroine always specializes in getting herself in trouble! Also, since it's a one-shot, I suggest a traitor. At the beginning of the game, randomly select one player to be the secret traitor. At a moment of their choosing, they signal...

p.s. This won't work if your players will just dump her in the ocean and proceed to fence the rest of the contraband.

The double-cross is classic. Even more classic is that the contraband is even more trouble than having Avos mad at them. For example, the contraband is actually a Princess on a diplomatic mission. Now she won't make her appointment with the local govt, and war will break out. Unless the PCs get...

How'd they get the XP for the survey if it was anonymous? :)

Actually guys, I don't think there's anything in the BW rules that specifically says "conflict resolution" vs "task resolution" (opening a safe being a classic example). It's really a very traditional game, as written.

Hi, I've played BW a few times and I like it, though its not my be-all end-all game (nothing is). It's a really simple system with a couple of complicated, scripted, optional subsystems, including Duel of Wits for social combat and Fight! for combat combat. I've had a lot of luck with DoW, but...

The importance of pacing. Knowing when to cut away and fast forward to the good parts. That immersive play isn't all it's cracked up to be. That the Big Reveal isn't all it's cracked up to be. That the worst kind of roleplaying encounter is the ambiguous kind. There's nothing worse than seeing...

Awesome. Thanks Flynn. I'm going to hit my FLGS on my way home from work today and get the Explorer's Edition and check it out. Looking forward to the next installment.

I vote for The Bad Penny. Or since he's a cleric and you throw it, how about The Hail Mary? :)

At the risk of offending the very nice guy who ran a one-shot of Ars Magica at a local hobby shop, here's one of my worst. He was a really nice guy who I could tell genuinely liked the system, but didn't have a lot of experience running one-shots.

Hey Flynn, I really enjoy reading these after-action reports. The game sounds like a lot of fun, as do the players, and the commentary is excellent. I'm seriously considering SW for a D&D inspired game now. Which books do you recommend for running an overland/dungeon-crawl game? Cr0m

Question about your starting point: are the players scared to fight the guys pursuing them? If they know they're overmatched and are fleeing, have the bullette attack be why the scary bad guys stop following them. "They're dead. No way anyone could survive that collapse." But they do survive...

Thanks for all your responses, folks. Special thanks to Scurvy and Klaus for yours--they're exactly what I was looking for. Cheers.

My very, very good friend ran his first D&D game for our group. He was all on about how epic it was going to be, how he'd planned it out until 20th level, etc. We were pretty pumped. The first session we found out our 1st characters had all been named as beneficiaries of a murdered wizard who...