The Game’s Setting
Posted on | October 23, 2009 | 1 Comment
I think a danger of a lot of RPGs is the cool setting itself. It’s easy to think of the setting and the game as one and the same. When that happens, the story loses.
The game is not the setting. The game is the story.
Tell a story, not showcase the setting. Although, obviously, the setting is part of the story.
I have to try to remember that when I run something because sometimes I get lost in the setting. It happened when I was running Deadlands: Hell on Earth. I love the post-apocalypse, but it was making me depressed, and the story was faltering.
More Gaming Room
Posted on | October 22, 2009 | No Comments
The blinds for the room’s two windows came in today. I ordered them from blinds.com over a week and a half ago. I took them over to the new house along with the TV and DVD player that’ll be in there and the microwave that’ll sit next to the maxi-fridge. It was late by the time I got there so I didn’t get the chance to hang them.
Meanwhile, since it was late, I was able to test whether or not the two lights I had put up will be sufficient light for night time gaming. I think it’s sufficient without being overwhelming; a little dim for my tastes, though. May need a torchiere-style lamp in there as well.
I’m still waiting for the tile to come in so we can get the floor done. Obviously I don’t want to move anything into the room until the floor gets done, but we’re moving on Saturday so I may have to move the fridge in there. We’ll see how it works out.
Category: The Gaming Room
Finding Treasure
Posted on | October 18, 2009 | 3 Comments
So while we’re packing for the move, Laura says, “what about that box you have in the office closet?”
“What box,” ask I.
“I don’t know what it is. It’s your gaming stuff.”
“I don’t have a box in the closet.” But I go look anyway.
Holy crap!
Three or four years ago I thought about getting back into miniatures gaming just like I’m doing now. I had gone to Wal-Mart and bought a tackle box for storing figs and paints. I had bought a Dremel tool with several attachments, brushes, putty, glue, a pack of styrene sheets, and even several paints from Reaper and a few Citadel inks. I had even purchased a bunch of Babylon 5 ship miniatures because that’s the game I wanted to play.
And after putting it all in the closet those years ago, I promptly forgot about it.
What an exciting find!
Category: miniatures games
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