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Apocalypse World remains my current favorite. It plays fast, has evocative characters (play books), and the system provides a lot of drama. And it's designed for short campaigns so you can tell a comprehensive story in six to twelve session. I have a soft spot for Mage the Ascension. I think...

Oops, I mean "he" as in Moffat and Chibnal, not the Doctor. I was wondering what narrative reason brought about bringing these extra characters along. The only thing I can guess is that it's supposed to show that the Doctor is trying to move on to new companions

My girl and I really liked it for some reason. I think it's 'cause all of the human characters actually did things and had attitude. And it was a fun action piece, so it's like watching a B-movie, but a good one. But I still have no idea why he brought Queen Nefertiti along. The Big Game...

Love them all, except maybe for the Colin Baker era, but I have no ill feelings to Colin Baker himself due to all the background information about that era. I pretty much don't have the reaction that other people have when a new Doctor comes about. Some people get upset, but I see it as a sad...

For the OP, another resource would be the hardcover book, Beyond Countless Doorways. It's a planar book with a Planescape feel written by the people who made Planescape. And Southern Oracle, your article convinced me to send in mine! Thanks!

Yeah, in fact, I would have bought it more that perhaps her experience from Demon's Run scarred her emotionally and made her reluctant to have children, instead of being physically unable to have children. That would have given their split a little more emotional weight. I'm a little concerned...

If the OP wants more Planescape-related material, these articles might help: Dragon #287: Fractious Factions Dragon #339: Dead Factions (this one is mine! Hee hee!) Dragon #351: Gatetown of Ecstasy Also, Paizo's Savage Tide's last 4 adventures has a lot of planehopping. Their Shackled City...

I think y'all are thinking the wrong direction. You are trying to use our baseline reality to justify up for giant robot suits. If you want giant robot suits, you have start with the base assumption that they exist and are practical, and then tech down and try and figure out what new...

I think my point was that throughout the history of both old and new Doctor Who, the Daleks have been attempting to merge human material and Dalek material. Ah! Another episode! In the 2nd Doctor's The Evil of the Daleks, they are actually attempting to isolate the "Human Factor" to combine...

I think you are misusing Chekhov's Gun. But if you mean the central conceit of their divorce completely 180s two seasons of constant reinforcing that Amy and Rory will go through anything, even the end of the universe and the end of time, in order to be together and thus prove their undying...

A writing instructor and mentor taught me the technique of paring down your idea, be it movie, book, rpg adventure, down to a 30-second elevator pitch. That's something akin to three to four sentences, a paragraph, that conveys the plot/conflict, villain, setting, and consequences. If you can...

I think Planescape could make an excellent miniseries. It has a visually distinct style that would "pop" (or confuse audiences). It can take place anywhere, but the initial setting would be Sigil, and thus urban. This way you can film indoors or on a set and avoid the Lord of the Rings...

I checked wikipedia and found out that "dragon" is an English from French from Latin from Greek word, and thus is totally inappropriate for my games, since there is no English, French, Roman, or Greek culture in the games I run. So I'm gonna call it an "EatAnAdventurer" from now on. :p P.S...

Yeah, I think "Start of Darkness" really establishes Redcloak's motivation and sacrifices to show that he is going/has gone down the wrong path. His story arc is pretty much similar to Dr. Horrible in "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along-Blog".

I sat in on a talk by Scott Kurtz of PvP, and someone asked him about Order of the Stick and whether or not Rich Burlew's use of copy/paste stick figures devalued "real art". I don't remember the specific quote, but pretty much Scott said that he could tell that Baker put time, effort, and...

I'd add a couple that I've found important: Rule #0(?): Buy-In: Make should your players not only know up-front what the campaign is all about (tone, flavor, even what you want out of the game), but that they are excited at best or interested at least. For example, if no one wants to play your...

Title: Steal This Mechanic! or Cross-Pollination Dungeons & Dragons has given birth to so many other games, so why not take the best of these children and bring them back home? This column will examine a single mechanic from a video game, social game, indie RPG, board game, card game, and even...

For Apoc World, here is the official-but-not-so-very-descriptive website: Apocalypse World or maybe try rpggeek's page: Apocalypse World | RPG | RPGGeek And here is Luke Crane's page for Freemarket: Project Donut I've run over a dozen sessions for Apocalypse World, and I have played three...

I've been rocking Apocalypse World lately, and even ran it at a local convention. I've ran Mouse Guard and would love to play it. I've ran Dogs in the Vineyard, and would love to run it with the right group. I've played Freemarket, and would love to run it with the right group. I've never...