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I haven't voted in the poll as I've lost all interest in the playtest. This isn't because I dislike it, I'm simply apathetic. I'm also lacking people to play it with.

Yes, your Insight Rank is a measure of how much xp you've earned, rather than something that increases over a set interval. It's interesting to me that the "original" RPG is one of the only games that use this mechanic. I'm fine with it and it works well (and allows players to keep their...

I like the D&D style levelling system in D&D as it's an old sacred cow and works well. However, I'm trying to think of another game that uses the same mechanic. Anyone? From my own experience nearly every other RPG I play characters improve by incremental methods, gaining skills or...

I'm on the verge of taking a massive leap into the dark as I'm being made redundant from my current job. I'm planning on going back into performing/acting/voice-over/film extra/singing. Like you've said, the idea of earning money doing stuff that I love is something that does fill me with...

There's only one thing I'm concerned about - what will you do if they pursue the goblins? It sounds like you've already decided they're "undetectable" and this doesn't sound like a wholel lot of fun for the players. This sounds like a great way to annoy your group. There doesn't seem to be...

Time to put the moderator hat on. Using words like "w4rrior"? Not cool. Make your point, make it nicely without denigrating someone else's game, and move on.

The actual missions would make a great boardgame, I think, perhaps in the (mechanical) style of something like Super Dungeon Explore! Obviously the art-work would be different. ;) The research/base building/manufacturing side of things would lend itself well to the kind of players that like...

You're not the only one. I have a real thing about family, it seems. I found that very emotional - the mixture of deep sadness at knowing you'll never see your son again combined with the unexpected joy of finding out you had a grandchild. I can picture that final, awkward hug perfectly in my...

Some friends and I had a running joke a few years back that Whoopi Goldberg would make a fantastic Doctor. Plus, the added bonus of watching bits of the Internet explode in fan-rage. :) Other than that I'm totally open to anyone playing the Doctor. So long as they're good at it, and get decent...

I'm in a Legend of the 5 Rings (L5R) game at the moment and each gaming session in the real world is covering between 3 and six months of in-game time. We're running a city as a collective (the Emperor created a new clan and we're it). It means the events that take place in-game are the most...

Parody has some specific protection in copyright law. And as Dannyalcatraz says this contest is incredibly low profile and there's almost no chance anyone will notice. I might have to dig up and rewrite some old filks. I'm trying to think of something to reference the Perturbed Dragon directly.

Hmmmm. It's hard to think of what else to write about. One thing I do want to do is go through the process of how I wrote the Discworld LARP I was involved in recently and compare it to a standard RPG. It was a LOT of work. There's also details of boardgames I've played, but I don't know how...

I've not played it but it sounds like an interesting game. How does the stability / sanity thing work in game? What are the consequences of losing it?

More than a few! Count me in the list of people that's been reading this for years. When it's done I'm certainly going to get the PDFs and read through the whole thing again. It's wonderful story-telling, and even more wonderful to know that it was done as a collaboration.

I'm enjoying it on XBOX. Having a few different people playing together but building separate "homes" is a really fun trick, by the way. You end up emerging from your house only to find that someone else has built something astonishing, or brought you some ore or tools that you didn't have. I...

Right now I have Unexpected Story Hour Update Glee. Thanks, Sagiro! And best wishes for the game release, too.

This looks and feels a lot like a Dredd story to me. Fingers crossed for it.

It's not a song title but I did use to go past a place called the "Salvador Deli" on my way to work.

Seconded. I ran a game for an all-female group recently that were all new players and didn't really notice any difference in playstyle that I could attribute to gender. The types of players as laid out by Robin Laws were pretty much all in evidence as usual. Good luck with your experiment and...

Looks like my Friday playtest has fallen through. :( Still, it was a good read and I'll get together some thoughts to send back to you.