:hmm: suddenly chamber play sounds as dungeon esque as master does next to conductor. Conductor sounds.. Solid. Worthy even, but story Game, Story Play.. I do still think that 'play' is the thing :wink: Game means contest. Most people start asking 'how do I win' if you use the term game. Play is much more the thing about Story Games. Play Games could workish, but is also effectively taken by casual usage. People say 'play games' to sorta/kinda mean sumthin. Whereas Story Play has a sorta theatrical flair to it. Unused as far as I am aware. You have stage play, screen play, and story play, and game play. Game play being.. Sports and videogames. Arcade? :hmm:
Story Play?
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Friday, March 11, 2011
What is in a name?
A whole lot of less annoying if you have a good one. D&D. Its all D&D to me. I really mean that. To me the name of the game is D&D. I will call it that until.. the end of time. To infinity and beyond.. to myself at least. However, the craft needs a better name than an a convenient acronym that seems reminiscent of small chocolate candies. D&D needs a name by which it can be studied and understood. Like when you write a good adventure. The title should say it all. That is true for anything. A good title really tells the story. I played in an adventure titled World's Largest Dungeon and that title really prepared me for what I was embarking on. My character died walking around a corner. Looked right at a death rune on the wall - poof. Poor ex-paladin wererat human. I was going to redeem him.. ah well. Sadly I don't remember his name off the top of my head.
Chamber Play? Game Play? Table Top Game?
Why don't I like Table Top? It makes me think of a dance club. Role Playing Game makes me think of people dressing up and having a costume party. More like Who's Line is it Anyway? than what I mean by D&D! Storytelling seems too sacrosanct. A storyteller takes you into a story. A story starts and finishes. There is a beginning and and ending, a protagonist and a trial. The storyteller tells the story. Thats storytelling. D&D is too free form to be allowed into this ancient fireside art. I like the term running and conducting games. At the very least as the verbs for the action that I am performing when I am 'administering' the game world of a TTRPG.
Game Play.. something seems so nice about that term. I plan on tossing it around for a ..while.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Saturday, February 20, 2010
nWoD
Aha! "nWoD" thats how you abbreviate the 2.0 horror setting from White Wolf.
in reference to: http://www.eyeofthevortexonline.com/articles/nwodessentialsantagonists.php (view on Google Sidewiki)VP of Marketing?
:smile: Last night I was offered VP of Marketing for EoV. I should message one of these guys about getting my face on here!
in reference to: http://www.eyeofthevortexonline.com/Archives.php?view=Authors (view on Google Sidewiki)Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Shealis?
Man, 4th ed with its treasure packages. 4e seems so ... unusual. I really should get some practice with it before I run it at Super NERD night.
in reference to: http://www.enworld.org/forum/war-burning-sky/271786-errata-war-burning-sky-campaign-saga-d-d-4th-edition-perceived-otherwise.html (view on Google Sidewiki)Sunday, January 31, 2010
Complete SRD Sacred Fist
This is why I made Complete SRD. While the description of the PrC will be listed separately from the name "Sacred Fist" there will be a legal table listing connecting the trademark "Sacred Fist" to an OGL "PrC" that I plan on naming something like "Holy Fire Fist Monk Prestige Class" or "CompleteDivinePrC13" or something like that.
in reference to: Sacred Fist - Google Search (view on Google Sidewiki)
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