Fiction Friday is a new series on Intwischa featuring exclusive short fiction, published serially. Our first story, A Daughter of the Moon, was written by yours truly (Charlie White) in 2010. The story will be published in 12 parts here on Intwischa, and when the entirety of the story has been published, the complete work…
Monthly Archives: September 2011
Tuesday I posted a collection of “heist”-related links. Today I’ve got a few for your sci-fi games. Hopefully at least some of these will provide inspiration for a character or plot.
Part the first: A game of villainy I have run, and tried to run, many games in many systems. At least half never got very far, and those that did always hit a point where I felt like giving it up. There is a laundry list of reasons why I felt so, but first on…
I’ve always loved games like Shadowrun, in which you plan the perfect job, whether it’s stealing something, or stopping someone else from stealing it. Admittedly, those plans don’t often survive long, but it’s the thought that counts. The scramble to survive the breakdown of the plan is always good fun anyway. Unfortunately, I lack a…
Ever since I can remember, my paternal grandparents have been a ready font of etiquette, protocol, and just plain good manners. Some of their rules were customs I’ve been exposed to in other social situations, while others seem to be created with the sole purpose of vexing various family members. This trend shouldn’t be surprising,…
Fiction Friday is a new series on Intwischa featuring exclusive short fiction, published serially. Our first story, A Daughter of the Moon, was written by yours truly (Charlie White) in 2010. The story will be published in 12 parts here on Intwischa, and when the entirety of the story has been published, the complete work…
It’s no secret that role-playing is largely a social endeavor. So what better way to celebrate that notion than to include some guest commentary from a loyal reader and fellow gamer? Brad and I have been gaming together since I started rolling dice, and he recently emailed me this response to an article I posted…
Sometimes our characters seem to run together. John the Fighter starts to look suspiciously like his predecessor, Bob the Fighter, just with a battle ax instead of a sword. In fact, maybe some of the other players have unconsciously referred to your character as “Bob.” So what can you do to let everybody know that…
In a post last week, I mentioned a recent game of ours in which we introduced a new PC into the group, and had the most realistic “first meeting” scenario I’ve ever seen. The trade-off, however, was that the majority of a session was lost to player mistrust, mostly involving a personality clash between the…
The fact that it’s the start of the work week isn’t the only reason to be suspicious of Mondays. The origin of the word ‘Monday’ is rooted in the Old English ‘mondaeg,’ meaning “moon’s day.” The Latin word for moon is ‘luna’, which gives us ‘lunacy’ as a poetic synonym for ‘crazy’. (I’m not making…