So I had the opportunity to play another game of Finding Haven with three excellent role players. I’m doing this write-up here not so much for purposes of game design feedback, but more to focus on my decisions as a GM (in Finding Haven, that stands for General Manager), including the details of prepping situation, and how one scene flows into the next.
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Posted by: Dreamofpeace
02 Jan 2022
Games: Finding Haven, Traveler
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Into another game of The Pool, this time with Jerry, Renee, and Helma. I've been prepared for this one for a long time, with a lot of accumulated images. You'll spot the particular sort of pop science fiction right away: tons of implausible aliens as stand-ins for human concerns or outlooks, a completely transparent political moment, and an attempt to be one step beyond what current TV/film tech can currently do, visually.
Posted by: Ron Edwards
01 Dec 2021
Games: The Pool
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Manu's Finding Haven began as a contest entry and runner-up in the 2013 Iron Game Chef, and the accompanying tale is familiar to me. Briefly, these contests degenerated quickly into a takeover process in which game designs disintegrated. I have a fairly reliable procedure in my pocket for this situation. The underlying logic goes something like this.
Posted by: Ron Edwards
19 Mar 2021
Games: Finding Haven
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In his series of G+ posts based on reading/reflecting on games, Jason D'Angelo mentioned he'd be going through Dungeons & Dragons (1977), by J. Eric Holmes. Unable to resist, I asked him to chat me with about that, and so here we are.
Some of the points in there bear further deep-dives. If you agree, find one or two and say so.
Posted by: Ron Edwards
27 Oct 2018
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Science fiction is a vast squishy thing spread throughout all sorts of media and culture/subculture. Got it. I wanted to examine its content in two pretty-specialized media: mainstream television series and table-top role-playing. You’ll see three dialogues: first with Ángel, then Ivan, and finally Moreno. I’m first to admit, the result is a mess: not much more than dialogue, spitballing, trying to stay on track, with a couple of difficult variables in play.
Posted by: Ron Edwards
23 Apr 2018
Games: Albedo, Shadowrun, Mars Colony, The Babylon Project, Headspace, Remember Tomorrow, Traveller, Mekton, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Robotech, The Veil, Bughunters, Fading Suns, Lacuna, Manhunter, Justifiers, Tsyk, Durance, 3:16, Psychosis: Ship of Fools, Hunt the Wicked, Broken Rooms, Ocean, Noumenon, Star Trek Adventures, Heavy Gear, Bliss Stage, Tears of a Machine, PSI World, The Book of the New Sun, Cyberpunk
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