For this upcoming #SundayAMSwords I'm going to play at a time a bit more hospitable to the Pacific time zone, around 9 AM PDT.
Who's with me?
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
Sunday, August 27, 2017
Sunday Morning Swords: 27 August 2017
Sunday Morning Swords: 27 August 2017
#HouseFullOfBasilEdition
Good morning!
Here's our organizational thread for #SundayAMSwords. All are welcome regardless of familiarity with the game! Comment below if you're interested in playing this morning and mention if you're comfortable being an Overplayer and whether or not you have play Swords before.
When we get an Overplayer and three or four Rogue Players, those players will run off and start their hangout. For now, let's focus on getting everyone into a group. We'll probably wait until 9:30 EDT to start the last group. If you can't make that, check back in a few hours.Occasionally there are other games firing up later in the day for those who wake at a more civilized time. If you don't see one, feel free to fire on up yourself.
Use the hashtag #SundayAMSwords should you desire to chat about your game on the social medias. And bring your breakfast or brunch. Adventurers need their sustenance! And coffee.
P.S. Got some tips on how to do this and links to useful files here: http://www.worldswithoutmaster.com/blog/2014/7/14/sunday-morning-swords
http://www.worldswithoutmaster.com/blog/2014/7/14/sunday-morning-swords
#HouseFullOfBasilEdition
Good morning!
Here's our organizational thread for #SundayAMSwords. All are welcome regardless of familiarity with the game! Comment below if you're interested in playing this morning and mention if you're comfortable being an Overplayer and whether or not you have play Swords before.
When we get an Overplayer and three or four Rogue Players, those players will run off and start their hangout. For now, let's focus on getting everyone into a group. We'll probably wait until 9:30 EDT to start the last group. If you can't make that, check back in a few hours.Occasionally there are other games firing up later in the day for those who wake at a more civilized time. If you don't see one, feel free to fire on up yourself.
Use the hashtag #SundayAMSwords should you desire to chat about your game on the social medias. And bring your breakfast or brunch. Adventurers need their sustenance! And coffee.
P.S. Got some tips on how to do this and links to useful files here: http://www.worldswithoutmaster.com/blog/2014/7/14/sunday-morning-swords
http://www.worldswithoutmaster.com/blog/2014/7/14/sunday-morning-swords
Sunday, August 20, 2017
I can't do #SundayAMSwords this day because I'm preparing for a journey across the eclipse, but I shall return next...
I can't do #SundayAMSwords this day because I'm preparing for a journey across the eclipse, but I shall return next week!
Wednesday, August 16, 2017
So I made a thing...
So I made a thing...
It's a dice roller that creates a custom URL for your "room." You can then send that to the friends you are playing with and you can all watch/use the same dice at the same time... You can move the dice around real-time, group them, delete some or all of them, reroll some of them, etc. (It should make playing games like Dogs in the Vineyard and In A Wicked Age easier...)
I think it would work great for Swords Without Master too. My reasoning being that you can create labels which you could have for each character and the Overplayer. You could put those around the screen and then just have the two dice get moved around between the labels depending on who was "holding" them...
Other cool things it does:
* Supports open (ie not hidden) playing card draws (no jokers though)
* Safety Tools! Buttons for using John Stavropoulos' X-Card and Brie Sheldon's Script Change tools
* Double click already rolled dice to reroll them (perfect for SWM)
* Set a background image (great for maps or play mats or eidilons!)
* See totals of last rolled dice and of all dice on the table
It is still very much in beta, so if you run into issues, take a look at https://github.com/shanel/roller/issues to see if your problem is there, and if not log it!
If you get some use out of the site please consider making a donation to http://www.shantibhavanchildren.org/
Happy rolling!
https://rollforyour.party
It's a dice roller that creates a custom URL for your "room." You can then send that to the friends you are playing with and you can all watch/use the same dice at the same time... You can move the dice around real-time, group them, delete some or all of them, reroll some of them, etc. (It should make playing games like Dogs in the Vineyard and In A Wicked Age easier...)
I think it would work great for Swords Without Master too. My reasoning being that you can create labels which you could have for each character and the Overplayer. You could put those around the screen and then just have the two dice get moved around between the labels depending on who was "holding" them...
Other cool things it does:
* Supports open (ie not hidden) playing card draws (no jokers though)
* Safety Tools! Buttons for using John Stavropoulos' X-Card and Brie Sheldon's Script Change tools
* Double click already rolled dice to reroll them (perfect for SWM)
* Set a background image (great for maps or play mats or eidilons!)
* See totals of last rolled dice and of all dice on the table
It is still very much in beta, so if you run into issues, take a look at https://github.com/shanel/roller/issues to see if your problem is there, and if not log it!
If you get some use out of the site please consider making a donation to http://www.shantibhavanchildren.org/
Happy rolling!
https://rollforyour.party
Monday, August 14, 2017
Part two of the look at the design of Epidiah Ravachol.
Originally shared by Richard Williams (Epistolary Richard)
Part two of the look at the design of Epidiah Ravachol. Rob and I question the designer with all our problems (and some of our enthusiasm) around his intriguing, yet challenging game Swords Without Master.
0000 Why has Swords taken so long?
0125 What has pro-wrestling to do with the Perilous Phase?
0209 How each phase shares responsibility for the narrative
0333 The Rogues Phase and Playing your character in the face of demands that go against your vision of the character and framing demands
0650 The Discovery Phase as driver of the game
0820 The Phase for ending the game
0933 The design origins of the Phases
1335 The Overplayer’s sense of wonder in the Discovery phase
1437 Stymies and “Just call it failure!”
1636 Morals and amoral tales
1810 Mysteries and the world is weirder than you think
1840 Motifs, echoes and chapter breaks
2242 Motif recorporation and ending the game
2439 Epilogues and hopes for multi-session play
2643 Changes to the finished version
Games mentioned
Sorceress Bloody Sorceress
Apocalypse World
The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen
The Black Hack
Annalise
Invisible Empire
https://axthetable.wordpress.com/2017/08/14/epidiah-ravachol-and-swords-without-master/
Part two of the look at the design of Epidiah Ravachol. Rob and I question the designer with all our problems (and some of our enthusiasm) around his intriguing, yet challenging game Swords Without Master.
0000 Why has Swords taken so long?
0125 What has pro-wrestling to do with the Perilous Phase?
0209 How each phase shares responsibility for the narrative
0333 The Rogues Phase and Playing your character in the face of demands that go against your vision of the character and framing demands
0650 The Discovery Phase as driver of the game
0820 The Phase for ending the game
0933 The design origins of the Phases
1335 The Overplayer’s sense of wonder in the Discovery phase
1437 Stymies and “Just call it failure!”
1636 Morals and amoral tales
1810 Mysteries and the world is weirder than you think
1840 Motifs, echoes and chapter breaks
2242 Motif recorporation and ending the game
2439 Epilogues and hopes for multi-session play
2643 Changes to the finished version
Games mentioned
Sorceress Bloody Sorceress
Apocalypse World
The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen
The Black Hack
Annalise
Invisible Empire
https://axthetable.wordpress.com/2017/08/14/epidiah-ravachol-and-swords-without-master/
Sunday, August 13, 2017
I don't know how Epidiah Ravachol recreates his lovely #SundayAMSwords posts, so I am just sharing his and saying:
I don't know how Epidiah Ravachol recreates his lovely #SundayAMSwords posts, so I am just sharing his and saying:
Rogues! August 13th, report!
Originally shared by Epidiah Ravachol
Sunday Morning Swords: 30 July 2017
#FireInMyBellyEdition
Good morning!
Here's our organizational thread for #SundayAMSwords. All are welcome regardless of familiarity with the game! Comment below if you're interested in playing this morning and mention if you're comfortable being an Overplayer and whether or not you have play Swords before.
When we get an Overplayer and three or four Rogue Players, those players will run off and start their hangout. For now, let's focus on getting everyone into a group. We'll probably wait until 9:30 EDT to start the last group. If you can't make that, check back in a few hours.Occasionally there are other games firing up later in the day for those who wake at a more civilized time. If you don't see one, feel free to fire on up yourself.
Use the hashtag #SundayAMSwords should you desire to chat about your game on the social medias. And bring your breakfast or brunch. Adventurers need their sustenance! And coffee.
P.S. Got some tips on how to do this and links to useful files here: http://www.worldswithoutmaster.com/blog/2014/7/14/sunday-morning-swords
http://www.worldswithoutmaster.com/blog/2014/7/14/sunday-morning-swords
Rogues! August 13th, report!
Originally shared by Epidiah Ravachol
Sunday Morning Swords: 30 July 2017
#FireInMyBellyEdition
Good morning!
Here's our organizational thread for #SundayAMSwords. All are welcome regardless of familiarity with the game! Comment below if you're interested in playing this morning and mention if you're comfortable being an Overplayer and whether or not you have play Swords before.
When we get an Overplayer and three or four Rogue Players, those players will run off and start their hangout. For now, let's focus on getting everyone into a group. We'll probably wait until 9:30 EDT to start the last group. If you can't make that, check back in a few hours.Occasionally there are other games firing up later in the day for those who wake at a more civilized time. If you don't see one, feel free to fire on up yourself.
Use the hashtag #SundayAMSwords should you desire to chat about your game on the social medias. And bring your breakfast or brunch. Adventurers need their sustenance! And coffee.
P.S. Got some tips on how to do this and links to useful files here: http://www.worldswithoutmaster.com/blog/2014/7/14/sunday-morning-swords
http://www.worldswithoutmaster.com/blog/2014/7/14/sunday-morning-swords
Thursday, August 10, 2017
Across the Table podcast returns with an "interseasonal season" of recordings around indie rpg design.
Across the Table podcast returns with an "interseasonal season" of recordings around indie rpg design. First up, a look at the development of the design of Epidiah Ravachol in which we cover Dread, Worlds Without Master and all the games in between.
Originally shared by Richard Williams (Epistolary Richard)
Across the Table podcast returns with an "interseasonal season" of recordings around indie rpg design. First up, a look at the development of the design of Epidiah Ravachol in which we cover Dread, Worlds Without Master and all the games in between.
Thanks to the following for allowing us to use audio from their interviews with Epidiah:
Joshua Jones on Tableplay
http://www.tableplaypodcast.com/episode034/
Josh T Jordan and PK Sullivan on Tell Me Another
http://tellmeanother.net/podcast/episode-3-epidiah-ravachol/
Robert Bohl on The Independent Insurgency
https://player.fm/series/the-independent-insurgency/episode-26-ttmn-epidiah-ravachol-on-playstorming
And Epidiah Ravachol
https://axthetable.wordpress.com/2017/08/09/the-development-of-the-rpg-design-of-epidiah-ravachol/
Originally shared by Richard Williams (Epistolary Richard)
Across the Table podcast returns with an "interseasonal season" of recordings around indie rpg design. First up, a look at the development of the design of Epidiah Ravachol in which we cover Dread, Worlds Without Master and all the games in between.
Thanks to the following for allowing us to use audio from their interviews with Epidiah:
Joshua Jones on Tableplay
http://www.tableplaypodcast.com/episode034/
Josh T Jordan and PK Sullivan on Tell Me Another
http://tellmeanother.net/podcast/episode-3-epidiah-ravachol/
Robert Bohl on The Independent Insurgency
https://player.fm/series/the-independent-insurgency/episode-26-ttmn-epidiah-ravachol-on-playstorming
And Epidiah Ravachol
https://axthetable.wordpress.com/2017/08/09/the-development-of-the-rpg-design-of-epidiah-ravachol/