Hive: Musings about Crothian

[Crothian]

thanks, so what PDFs do you have so far? What do you like?

With the review site down, I'm posting new reviews on the appripriate boards. So far its only like 5 different ones, but all of them are linked to this thread:

http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=99962

I use that thread as a gernal place I can talk to publishers and get a bit of feed back from them, and it is open to everyone.

 

[Ao the Overkitty]

Hello hive.

I've had a nice long 13 hour rest, so I'm back on the right sleep schedule again. Lots of fun yesterday.

 

[Crothian]

lucky, get to go to sorta near by game days.....

 

[Ao the Overkitty]

yup. the lack of sleep was worth it. I had a great group for my zombie game.
kidcthulhu was the chearleader, gospog was the nerd, fluffaderm was the tough chick, zog was crazy larry, and evilkittygrrrl (guedo's gf) was the clueless teen. The only character that wasn't taken was the girlfriend of the clueless teen, so she got zombied at the beginning. The clueless teen didn't mourn for long with a willing cheerleader around.

There were lots of great quotes during the game; fluffaderm was keeping a list. She actually said to zog at one point, "I can't write that fast!"

But yeah, this time the game ran a lot more shaun of the dead, which is always fun. They saved three extras (a cop, a nurse, and the slaughterhouse keeper) and completely torched the town and slaughterhouse (and kitty).

 

[Crothian]

cool, one of these days I'll have to try out that game.

 

[Ao the Overkitty]

All Flesh Must Be Eaten is a great little game. It is set up for your classic horror, but my personal tastes run more towards Evil Dead or Shaun of the Dead. It all depends upon the players how the game goes, really. It is the first system where I literally only had two pages of notes (which consisted two different types of zombies). Letting the players set the pace and winging it can be lots of fun.

I'm thinking the next oneshot I write is going to have to take place in a mall. Kind of a Malls & Morons meets Dawn of the Dead kind of thing. Either that, or a 'the players are the zombies' game.

 

[Crothian]

of course, the mall. Wiull you use the fast zombies or the slow versions?

II've heard Eden is working on a suplement that allows play in a world after the likes of Dawn of the Dead or other zombies take over earth movie. I think that could be quite interesting for a game.

 

[Ao the Overkitty]

I've used the slow zombies. Players quickly learn they can just run around them, so I think I'll try the fast zombies next time.

the supplement sounds interesting. They have so many setting supplements it is hard to keep track of. I still have a hard time seeing All Flesh as a campaign type game.

 

[Crothian]

I think it can be a campaign type game when it becomes about the horrors people do to survive in a very bad situation. the zombies become the constant threat but the other survivors become the real danger.

 

[Nightcloak]

thanks, so what PDFs do you have so far? What do you like?

With the review site down, I'm posting new reviews on the appripriate boards. So far its only like 5 different ones, but all of them are linked to this thread:

http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=99962

I use that thread as a gernal place I can talk to publishers and get a bit of feed back from them, and it is open to everyone.

Eveything Arcana Unearthed. Book of Iron Might. Most of Creative Mountain Games line, some stuff from The Le Games (from the server drive), some of the E.N. Arsenal line (still reading the two I have, but looks very good), and TFT.

Mostly, I enjoy game flavor enhancements. I don't need more feats or prestige classes. But shoring up something small and overlooked (like the Arsenal line) hits me right. So flavor is the driving factor, followed by inovative and different (the manuver section in BoIM was great).

I sold some old magic cards off on ebay recently so I was going to grab some more this weekend, but I put that on hold until the reviews section comes back up.

But I'll be sure to check out your review threads in the interum!