I just ran a game of Labyrinth Lord with some friends of mine. Holy crap that was fun. The system got right the fuck out of my way and let me run a fun game. The PCs inspected some stone pylons that erupted through the ground and fought some goblins, because every good D&D games starts with goblin fights right? Then some stirges and a trip home for some oil to wipe out the stirge nest.
Good times.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Monday, August 15, 2011
Cults cults cults.
I'm part of a preparedness network here in Manchester. One of the things we like to do is reach out to other preppers and share resources, bulk deals, skills, etc...On a not so recent trip to Concord we met up with a group called 2012 and beyond. The lady who runs the group immediately began talking about multidimensional invasions and a death star. It was pretty wild. For the record I went with Survival John who's a devout and true Christian. At one point the Christian and the Atheist slowly turn to each other and decide this lady is bonkers. Check out their site, Wacky Space Friends. Read through it if you like, but it's not easy. I visited their site thinking I could use this wild amazing story in a RPG I was running, but the site isn't laid out very well. You probably have to go to their special school in order to understand it properly. That's how they get you of course. Long boring marathon indoctrination sessions where they wear you down voluntarily. The scary thing is how this poor conditioned woman would absolutely defend this fiction as science. She even claimed to be, herself, a physicist, and said that the aliens shared new kinds of science that backed up their claims.
The story in a nut shell (as far as I got before getting bored by the horrible layout) is that aliens found metal tablets of some kind on earth 200k + years ago and formed a guardianship over the information. They select "speakers" before conception to teach this info to humans in modern time. There are several other alien races that are naughty and try to usurp our spiritual resources. I can't figure out why though.
I plan on revisiting this woman's group in 2013 and asking her what the new story is though. Bear in mind that through the entire meet and greet John and I were nothing but polite and friendly. We did not insult, or belittle this woman. We offered to share our knowledge and skills towards any preps that don't involve our spiritual essences. Hopefully she'll meet with us again, and I'll post about it at that time.
The story in a nut shell (as far as I got before getting bored by the horrible layout) is that aliens found metal tablets of some kind on earth 200k + years ago and formed a guardianship over the information. They select "speakers" before conception to teach this info to humans in modern time. There are several other alien races that are naughty and try to usurp our spiritual resources. I can't figure out why though.
I plan on revisiting this woman's group in 2013 and asking her what the new story is though. Bear in mind that through the entire meet and greet John and I were nothing but polite and friendly. We did not insult, or belittle this woman. We offered to share our knowledge and skills towards any preps that don't involve our spiritual essences. Hopefully she'll meet with us again, and I'll post about it at that time.
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Retro gaming, and some political advice
I just picked up a copy of Labrynth Lord (Which you can find here Goblinoid Games) And I'm dying to run it. I have a GURPS Supers game running toward a conclusion, so I think it'll be next. What is so attractive about such an antiquated system?
1) Relative simplicity. Lucky for me a lot of the gamers in my gaming group are new gamers. They haven't played hard core 3.5 or something all encompassing. LL uses classic rules that are easy to pick up, and get out of the way of the RP.
2) Nostalgia. For me especially. These rules are based on the original D&D basic and advanced rules, with some sensible twists. It's like that scene in Ratatouille at the end where the crotchety food critic takes a bite and is blown back into his childhood. I love it when that happens. Maybe I'll wear diapers while we play.
3) Power Gamer resistant. One of the players in my GURPS supers game can copy all of his friends powers. In order to make the game challenging for HIM I have to up the ante for everyone. This is a pain in the ass, and it's really hard to do in LL. In fact the level system in LL makes things really easy to scale for the entire group.
4) The downloadable Character Sheets are just friggin awesome. There are pillars on either side of the info, a troll in the upper right corner. A place for a character sketch. A CHARACTER SKETCH! When was the last time you made a character sketch for no other reason than there's a spot on your sheet to do so?
So yeah. I'm totally rocking this game next. And yes Zach, I'm ripping off your Giga Dungeon Idea for a setting.
And now, as promised, political advice. Stop electing the same assholes who lie to you every week. Stop checking R or D on your voting documents. Stop hiring professional Politicians. None of you are politicians. Why would you want a politician to represent you? Politicians lie to you so that you will elect them. They prey on our short attention spans. Their only job skill is getting elected. Hire people who do what you do. Vote in good local reps who actually represent human beings. End of rant.
1) Relative simplicity. Lucky for me a lot of the gamers in my gaming group are new gamers. They haven't played hard core 3.5 or something all encompassing. LL uses classic rules that are easy to pick up, and get out of the way of the RP.
2) Nostalgia. For me especially. These rules are based on the original D&D basic and advanced rules, with some sensible twists. It's like that scene in Ratatouille at the end where the crotchety food critic takes a bite and is blown back into his childhood. I love it when that happens. Maybe I'll wear diapers while we play.
3) Power Gamer resistant. One of the players in my GURPS supers game can copy all of his friends powers. In order to make the game challenging for HIM I have to up the ante for everyone. This is a pain in the ass, and it's really hard to do in LL. In fact the level system in LL makes things really easy to scale for the entire group.
4) The downloadable Character Sheets are just friggin awesome. There are pillars on either side of the info, a troll in the upper right corner. A place for a character sketch. A CHARACTER SKETCH! When was the last time you made a character sketch for no other reason than there's a spot on your sheet to do so?
So yeah. I'm totally rocking this game next. And yes Zach, I'm ripping off your Giga Dungeon Idea for a setting.
And now, as promised, political advice. Stop electing the same assholes who lie to you every week. Stop checking R or D on your voting documents. Stop hiring professional Politicians. None of you are politicians. Why would you want a politician to represent you? Politicians lie to you so that you will elect them. They prey on our short attention spans. Their only job skill is getting elected. Hire people who do what you do. Vote in good local reps who actually represent human beings. End of rant.
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