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Mechanics Musings – As Tiers Go By
Posted on 2011/10/12 | 1 CommentMechanics Musings will (potentially) be a new, infrequent series of posts where I throw around a few thoughts on various game mechanics and see where they go. Today’s post was […] -
Leveragin’ the Black – Stressin’ the Story
Posted on 2011/10/06 | No CommentsRob Donoghue introduced an idea on his blog using Stress tracks for tracking ideas other than “wounds,” such as Insanity for a game of eldritch horrors, or an Enemy Alertness track […] -
Leveragin’ the Black – Stressin’ The Rules
Posted on 2011/10/05 | No CommentsOne of the innovative ideas that the Smallville RPG brought to the table was to have five categories of Stress that characters could suffer from: Afraid, Angry, Exhausted, Insecure, and […] -
Leveragin’ the Black – Stattin’ the ‘Verse
Posted on 2011/10/04 | No CommentsWe’ve covered what dice the players roll for their characters, from the assignment of their statistics to covering which dice to roll and when. But what about the GM: what […] -
Leveragin’ the Black – Gettin’ to the Point
Posted on 2011/10/03 | No CommentsFate is a fickle mistress (that’s Fate, not FATE; I refrain from hazarding a guess as to the gender of the RPG) and were the success or failure of the […] -
Leveragin’ the Black – Gettin’ Things Rollin’
Posted on 2011/09/15 | No CommentsWe’ve now got our characters for our Serenity Plus game, with their Stylin‘s, their Refinements, their Values, and the rest of the attributes rounding out their sheets. But how to […] -
No Luck Atoll – a Fiasco Playset
Posted on 2011/08/19 | 4 CommentsA while back, a post on RPG.net gave me the inclination to play a Gilligan’s Island themed playset for Bully Pulpit Games‘ Fiasco, but I was unable to locate anything […] -
Leveragin’ the Black – Making the Distinction
Posted on 2011/08/18 | No CommentsAs mentioned last time, Distinctions in Serenity Plus are largely based on the structure found within Smallville, but with a number of tweaks, making them almost like feat trees, for […] -
Leveragin’ the Black – Challengin’ Beliefs and Appealin’ to Ideals
Posted on 2011/08/03 | No CommentsSo, we have our Values for our Serenity Plus game, but how do we use them to achieve our goals, not to mention, how do we use our opponent’s beliefs […] -
Leveragin’ the Black – The Value of a Man
Posted on 2011/08/01 | No Comments