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  • I use the following term from LARP into table-top

    Bleed to talk about how in game drama impacts your emotion, it’s usually positive, but need clear discussion to not end-up in horror stories

    Black box for flashback/workshop where you roleplay something happening before the actual game. It can be used either to clarify link between characters (especially in one shot) or be used in games like Blades in the Dark to have PC jumping to action directly and doing the preparation latter

    Then the obvious IC/OOC to clarify what happens. And some game-term which I export everywher like talking about the Malkavian or the lawful good






  • D&D night

    4 persons are playing D&D and sit around a table.the first one is a female elven rogue holding a crossbow, the second one is a male barbarian holding a large sword, the third one is a mage wearing a purple ceremonial dress and a pointy hat, the fourth one is a halfling smoking a pipe while looking at the barbarian.

    On the fifth chair, a large monstrous dragon acts as a game master and throw fire at the party

    Flux

    Some dices, candles and a slice of pizza are lying on the table







  • That’s a tricky question, but let’s try-it

    1. A D20, level based, high fantasy game, so let’s say D&D/Pathfinder or one of the many clones

    2. A prompt based, narrative immersive game with a lot of bleed potential let’s say Alice is missing

    3. A horror games, I would say Call of Chtulhu because it’s the classic one, but also to show player a percent-based skill mechanic

    4. Iron-sworn in GM-less mode, as it ticks both the narrative consequence driven game (PBTA) and the GM-less box

    5. A sci-fi game, in order to get a recent design, and a sample of dice pool I would say Coriolis

    Only 5 games is actually quite restrictive, especially to show different game type and mechanics. I am a bit annoyed that I didn’t found any slot for Vampire/World-of-Darkness (considering how popular is the franchise) and that Iron sworn is the only PBTA (especially considering it’s not the classical PBTA) I would also love to add a Cyberpunk game (Shadowrun or Red) as it’s also a popular franchise, extend the D&D clones with OSR, and add Blade in the Dark considering it’s massive influence on the recent RPG scene



  • This is the complicated part with water consumption, saving water in the Netherlands won’t make rain in Morroco.

    However, there is only so many rain water stored in the ground at a given time and brought by the rivers. This water need to be used mostly for agriculture, then human consumption, and finally industry. Once it’s back in the cloud we don’t fully know where it will fall again, let alone if it’s polluted.

    Sure it’s a renewable ressource, the problem start when you the water faster than the rate at which it renews, especially during summer. In Europe the problem will be even worse with the global warming. The alpine glacier are disappearing meaning that we’ll loose a major water reserve for summer


  • guess if you’ve played one variation you at least get a bit of taste of the mechanics

    The thing is that there is more than just the rules, I feel like a Shadowrun or DnD player, the kind who enjoy crunch and gear will find Eclipse phase system quite OK, while a COC player will struggle with it (despite the base being almost the same, a percent roll under a skill). A bit like heavy metal and Flamenco heavily relies on guitar but are very different.

    However, the more rpg you played the easiest they’re to get, with 4-5 questions, you know enough to pay a session without fooling stupid