I just finished watching the first four episodes of Luke Cage and after the first, I came to a realization. I could not write this show. The other two Marvel shows, I could have taken a swing at. I could write about Daredevil, I could have written about Jessica Jones. Whether or not the shows…
EXT. DAY – TWO DAYS AFTER DIANA’S FIRST APPEARANCE AS WW IN NY PANEL ONE JESSIE WILKINS, a professional ambush reporter, approaches DIANA after she stops a bank robbery. He rushes up, putting the microphone directly in her face. DIANA looks confused. WILKINS Wonder Woman! Can you answer a few questions for me! Why are…
A desperate plea to all screenwriters. Please stop trying to destroy the Earth. Or, if you’re gonna do it, have some guts and actually do it. I have a notion for a Star Trek campaign for my friends. They’re Federation cops on the fringe of Federation space handling smugglers, renegade Klingon captains and other miscreants. Their ship…
Before I begin, I feel the need to reintroduce my concept of an “unreview.” I write reviews using e-prime, a linguistical tool that excludes all uses of the verb “to be.” In other words, I can’t say “the movie is bad” or “the plot is confusing” or anything like that. I put this limitation on myself because I feel most…
(from the forthcoming 7th Sea: Second Edition Game Master chapter) People always ask me how I feel about hearing GMs change the rules of games I’ve published. I always say the same thing: “Great! I’d love to see what they came up with.” That answer tends to confuse people, so then I often have to explain that…
After consulting with Mike Curry, here are answers to your questions. Can you please clarify how Wounds now work as a Consequence? The explanation seems clear in the rules, and the adventure Risk box seems to have been adjusted to reflect Wounds as a group consequence, but then the walk through of how the risk…
Hey folks! This is the place to ask questions about the new Quickstart. I’ll try to answer as many questions as I can. Post them below.
Here are the biggest questions. We’ll be adding/updating/editing them as we go. If you have a question we didn’t address, just add it as a comment! Who goes first in Contested Risks? Whoever has the most Raises spends the first Raise. By the way, we are re-designing contested risks in a big way. You should…
(Be sure to read the counterpoint piece: The Worst Adventure of All Times) When I do game design seminars—where I actually take time to listen to you talk about your game, give you advice, challenge your assumptions, etc.—there’s one question I ask that usually knocks people off their feet. “Can characters die in your…
(Be sure to read the counterpart piece: The Best Adventure of All Times) This, right here, is a symbol. A personal symbol of mine. It represents all the wrong, backward thinking that people have about being a GM. I first encountered it in the early ’80’s when I was a player and not a GM.…