The Utopiales is one the biggest SF Festival in France.

The Utopiales is one the biggest SF Festival in France. And there is a Gaming Area in it. Some 40 games simultaneously at some time. And here I was, creating a fine tale with four rogues ... The article is in French, and I took the "Fictive Fun" style for exposing the Motifs.

Also, I ran two games of "The RadX Orphans", a Diesel-punk / kids with powers hack of SWM (more on that on my blog in french, but I can talk about it in english), and one more game of Ghosts Without Master, a lighter "hack" with mainly two other Tones : Calm & Sinister. This one will soon be presented ^^. Think Dark Souls, Ravenloft, Castlevania, Darkest Dungeons, Seven to Eternity ...

French people, in the west, start to know how good SWM is ^^.

http://www.gulix.fr/blog/2018/11/05/utopiales-2018-swords-without-master/
http://www.gulix.fr/blog/2018/11/05/utopiales-2018-swords-without-master/

Here are the visual threads of our game during Gauntlet Con 2018. Jason Cordova Pawel Solowczuk V C Anders Smith

Here are the visual threads of our game during Gauntlet Con 2018. Jason Cordova Pawel Solowczuk V C Anders Smith
https://fictivefun.com/visual-threads-swm-gauntlet-con-2018/

A thing I’ve been doing for the last few SWM games I’ve run.

A thing I’ve been doing for the last few SWM games I’ve run.

Problem - SWM and RPGs in general are very open. Without a grounding in a setting it can be very difficult for all players (GM included) to have a shared vision of an encounter, scene, or heck even a predefined setting.

I’ve played and run SWM games where player perceptions never really line up. I’ve seen this in more traditional RPGs too. One thing I’ve been trying that seems to help is:

1) before play begins every player including GM states a single word or short phase that epitomizes Sword & Sorcery for them.

2) everyone then provides a brief explanation of “why”, including any details of what they hope to bring into the game from their term or phrase

This process seems to then have an effect on the phases as we move forward - even if it were subconscious or unintentional.

Example list for a recent game:

Hyborea
Scheming Guilds
Forming Bonds w/ Strangers
Magical Travel
Unexpected Transformations

And another:

Hyborea (ok guess which one is mine)
Low Magic
Finding Home
Camaraderie

Wow.

Wow. We started with epic Rogues (including a psychopomp of the gods) and opened in the realm of the dead, and went...well. You'll see just how far we went. Ready for some of the trippiest Swords you've ever seen?
https://youtu.be/OS-cx7n-zuI

A successful Sunday hosting 2 games of Swords Without Master At Big Bad Con - sharing the game with 7 new players...

A successful Sunday hosting 2 games of Swords Without Master At Big Bad Con - sharing the game with 7 new players who were all enthralled. Good times.

Rogues Without G+

Rogues Without G+

The auguries have been read, and this world is destine for an apocalypse. Where then should rogues such as yourselves find the adventure you crave?

Discord Without Master is a great place to find a game to play in: https://discord.gg/7RWbHM5
It's also got its own alchemical laboratory.

I'm on Facebook, but only rarely, and I'm not super comfortable with its interface. I'm also on Twitter (@Epidiah): https://twitter.com/Epidiah There's no centralize community over there, but that's nothing a few hashtags can't solve. #SwordsWithtoutMaster #SundayAMSwords and #Eidolon are a good place to start.

There's also a bit of a indie gaming community over on dice.camp. I'm over there as well.

If anyone has other suggests of where to find like-minded rogues, please leave them in the comments below.

Another game is kicking off this morning! Come on in to the Discord and we'll show you the ropes. #SundayAMSwords

Another game is kicking off this morning! Come on in to the Discord and we'll show you the ropes. #SundayAMSwords

Originally shared by Josh McGraw

Rogues and Overplayers! Come join us on Discord Without Master this weekend for Sunday AM Swords! We'll be organizing at 0900 GMT-4, with additional opportunity available at 0900 GMT-7. No prior experience or prepared Rogue is necessary; newcomers welcome!

This event is Epidiah Ravachol endorsed! :D
https://discord.gg/u9BxdyY