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Ulta posted:So we got a quarter of the way through a Retrocausality game before real life reared its ugly head. Roll20 chatlog is here Hey, I'm the shitbird who screwed this playtest up. Unexpected IRL stuff. Mea Culpa I'll definitely be around tomorrow at 7. I'd like to help finish the playtest, I'll hit up IRC first. Again, I'm sorry for killing the game, it was shaping up to be total fun.
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ThU/D Deathrow Live! GM: Sc4rs Players: Error 404 Ulta Flaky Biscuit This game was hilarious, I'm pretty sure most of us were cracking up pretty constantly through this. I would totally play this game again, but I don't think I'd recommend it for folks who haven't either done improv or played RPGs before. This game is simple and rules-lite, but I could see it dragging a bit for someone who was shy or lacked confidence to just go for the insane poo poo. Another thing we came across during play was that in order to have the full range of options, you really can't play this with less than 4 people, unless the GM flips a coin or something as a tie breaker. with 3 players that left only two of us able to vote on any given action which meant the only outcomes were critical success, critical failure, or tie. I would suggest having the GM flip a coin in those kind of circumstances to provide more outcomes with >4 players. Summary: Well written, easy to learn and play, loving hilarious. There was an issue with resolving actions with a low number of players. Would not recommend as someone's first RPG, but a solid choice for anyone else. 8/10 Retrocausality GM: Ulta Players: Error 404 Sc4rs This game is a ton of fun, and I think I'm going to try running it for my IRL group soon. The rules were easy to grasp on a first read-through, and it was really easy to jump right into. We played the Fan:Fiction module, and even though IRL stuff had us finishing early, we managed to finish a timeloop, and try at least one of nearly every kind of action. Retrocausality lends itself to a slower and more conversational game, we found ourselves cracking dumb time travel jokes and it just flowed right into the game, instead of being distracting. The skills operate very similar to PDQ (which is very much a compliment) and once we got the hang of it, the matching suits/time maneuvers made a lot of sense and were a lot of fun to mess with. Summary: I think Retrocausality is a solid game that very much achieves what it sets out to do (make an off-the-rails time travel adventure) I loved how this game rewarded you for either trying to fix the timeline, or purposely loving it up, in the case of our game, we had one of each kind of character. It just made the game that much better that we could both achieve what we wanted in character without loving over the other person, or putting the GM in a corner he couldn't talk out of. 9/10
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Aug 30, 2012 22:52
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I have also been making an effort to show up in irc to see if there's games I can help with. I'll continue doing so tomorrow and maybe friday.
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Sep 6, 2012 01:18
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gently caress you, Errol Widget GM: Drugged Dwarf Players: Radioactive Bears Flaky Biscuit Gorbash Error 404 First thing, I'm sorry I had to cut out right before the end. I played Prince Albert. This game has a lot of potential for a fun casual game. The rules are fairly simple in layout, but could have used a bit more clarification, such as more examples of play. Many of us in the test felt that the setting could have used a lot more fleshing out. I personally am unfamiliar with the Amber series that this game is apparently set in, and so I feel like that unfamiliarity contributed to the clashes in tone that others had issue with. The Favor points also had problems, The only way you can gain them is to succeed in contests vs other players. you start out with very few, and when they're gone, you're out of the game (which almost happened to 2-4 of us players in the first couple contests). This puts players into more of a competition with each other (which isn't really very fun) versus a co-operative story. Suggestions:
Final thoughts, I liked this game, it was silly, and and relatively easy to pick up. The voting mechanic is problematic, but with some more work, I could definitely see myself running this for my group or even a party of non-gamers. 6/10
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Sep 7, 2012 06:26
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Roll20 kind of screwed us out of logs when Ulta ran the second (longer) game. And the first playtest was cut way short. Maybe this weekend somebody would want to run/log a fresh one in IRC? Sort of a Winner's Circle, final playtest thing?
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