Lounge Larp.Hen(tai)Toon.The Pirate Larp.“It’s just a con game.”Drunk Illuminatay.“I know it isn’t on the schedule; but ~ can you run another Houses demo?”The Lap Game.“Next time, leave me a towel.”Magician’s Vow tested.“Could you run 7th Sea?”“Too hot in the hot tub!”Another Play Dirty/HotB Chapter: Foreshadowing.Sadly, no Dune.“Can you sign this for me?”“I know it isn’t on…
Your Score: Daedalus 66% Extroversion, 100% Intuition, 27% Emotiveness, 66% Perceptiveness You are most like Daedalus. You are extremely clever and inventive, but your methods can be very unorthodox. When faced with a setback, you’re more likely to try to defeat it with sheer determination, rather than finesse. You’re argumentative, but don’t tend to take…
We believe Imagination is a vital and necessary ability of the human mind to communicate with Ideas. We believe in the blissful and sublime moment of Communication with the Invisible World, the World of Ideas, the World of Imagination. We believe Communication with Ideas gives us richer, fuller lives. We believe Communication with Ideas is…
One again, the redoubtable gobi has provided me with incredibleness. Check out the heraldry for the Houses.
Whenever I write, I pick a soundtrack. I play it between writing. I try not to listen to music when I write. My love of music is too great. I get distracted and can’t focus. So, when I take my ten minute break between thousands of words, I hit “Play” on my iTunes and let…
First big news thing. Houses will not be at GenCon. I’m not done yet and if I wanted Houses to be at GenCon, I should have been done a month ago. This also means I won’t be at GenCon. Frankly, I have too much repair work to do on my life to get up and…
Devils and DetailsGamers seem obsessed with details. They ask a general question, you give a general answer. They ask a more specific question, you give a more specific answer. Then, their questions start getting really small. Like fit in your pocket small. Here’s an example. Question: The ven seem to have very particular rules on…
I’m a Special Guest at CON GAMES in Mesa, AZ. June 14-17. I’ll be running Houses of the Blooded games all weekend — and a “top secret” game as well. (E-mail me for the password. Slots fill up fast.) I’ll also be running a game design workshop similar to the one Jared runs every year…
When it comes to justice, nobles don’t get a free ride. Yes, they are the most influential class in society. Yes, they are the wealthiest. Yes, they own armies, capable of destroying entire villages and cities. Um, wait. No. No armies. (We’re getting to it.) Nobles also have an obligation to those who serve them,…
Now that evolution has become an issue in the presidential campaign (in the May 3 debate among Republican presidential hopefuls, when moderator Chris Matthews asked if any candidates did not “believe in” evolution, three hands—Tom Tancredo’s, Sam Brownback’s and Mike Huckabee’s—shot up), it is always amusing when biologists put another brick in the solid wall…