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The Independent Insurgency
Jun. 2nd, 2008
03:32 pm - [Misspent Youth] Death of the Tag
So I was running the first-ever multi-session game of Misspent Youth this weekend, and I realized that while I can make the Tag* work, I have to work at it, and others probably aren't going to want to. So out it goes.
This was tough for me to do. I kept thinking that there was a magical way I could phrase things to make it work,but in the end I came to realize that it just wasn't going to happen.
In other news, Mickey ran the second-ever never-played-the-game-with-me session of Misspent Youth (she also ran the first) at Go Play Northwest. It sounds like it went mixed, but ok. I'm waiting on actual play, which Mickey says that she can probably provide soon.
* For those who don't follow my game slavishly, the Tag is this thing in the game where you get it when you treat other characters like friends (rely on them, come to their aid, compliment them, etc.). When that happened, you were very lightly in charge in-character, and The Authority would direct its attacks at you.
May. 29th, 2008
04:48 pm - [Misspent Youth] The Shepherd and the Infiltrators
I'm about to start running a series of Misspent Youth. Here's the Story Games thread about the game.
May. 22nd, 2008
07:17 pm - [Misspent Youth] Non-me-there playtest #3
The too-awesome-for-words and new-dad Daniel Levine ran the third=ever session of Misspent Youth that I was not present for. I'm enormously stoked. His LiveJournal post on the playtest includes the perfect playlist for a session of this game, and also the almost-three-hour audio file. If you're interested, head on over and check it out.
Thanks Daniel, you fucking rock.
May. 20th, 2008
05:03 pm - [Dresden Files] PoliCon session 2
The Game Master Show has released the second episode of the AP recordings I made of my Dresden Files playtests at PoliCon. This is the full 3 hour and 48 minute recording.
Thanks, guys.
May. 19th, 2008
11:11 am - Dresden Files AP on The Game Master Show
The Game Master Show just released an episode where they played AP recordings I made of my Dresden Files playtests at PoliCon. I'm not sure whether this episode has one of the two sessions I ran in its entirety or if this is an amalgamation of the two sessions I ran with excerpts. It's three hours and 18 minutes long.
(PS: Thanks to Phil for letting me know about this.)
EDIT: I just listened to some of this and it sounds like it's going to be the complete audio of the first of two sessions I ran on that day.
May. 4th, 2008
05:59 pm - [Misspent Youth] AP on Virtual Play podcast
Mel White has an excellent Actual Play podcast (the only one I listen to) called Virtual Play. I was delighted to learn that in episode 28, he chose to include some AP from the Misspent Youth session he played with me at PoliCon (last month?). It was great to hear how the game plays outside of my own head and I'm really excited that clips from this game were used in this particular episode, since it was about making other players awesome. The fact that my game is relevant for that topic means that at least one of my design goals has been satisfied.
In particular, this focuses around the use of The Tag, which is a thorny bit of mechanics that I have at times considered dropping from the game because for some reason people have been resistant to it. Listening to this piece and hearing what Mel said about the mechanic helped firm my confidence in it.
The Misspent Youth stuff comes in at the 25:34 mark but I encourage you to listen to the whole (33 minute) show. It's quite interesting and he does a great show.
Thanks Mel!