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two weekends, and the week between
May. 3rd, 2011 12:55 amI have been meaning to post about my adventures over easter weekend, but haven't spent all that much time on the computer since then, so haven't gotten to it. However, I know that I have taken too much time to get to it because my mother sent me a facebook message asking about the trip. (Note: oddly enough, I can't actually access FB today, so I couldn't reply to her there if I wanted to. Is anyone else having issues with FB?)
( Easter weekend adventures, including a train trip, family visits, and a gaming con )It wasn't until Sunday evening that we finally got around to actually playing in a role-playing game instead of board games and card games. Part of that was the fact that I am limited to games running in English, and not everyone is interested in running them in English, partly because we were having fun with what we were doing, so didn't really look all that hard for role-playing games. But since it is a role-playing game con, we thought it would be fun to participate in one.
The one we played is called "While the World Ends" (or "Medan världen går under" in Swedish). It was written by a friend of ours, so we travelled 19 hours each way to play a game with someone who lives within walking distance. However, the game was much fun, and totally worth the trip. ( a description of the game mechanics for this game plus some of our story )
This was my first experience in "story based" roleplaying games, and I quite liked it. Unlike traditional role playing games, which have complex rules (usually focused on combat), this game had very little need for dice, and only six-sided dice were needed at all. The emphasis was on creating an interesting story. I have always described myself as a reader, not a writer, so I was a bit sceptical before the game began. However, as it turns out, the cooperative nature and the formula for the start makes it easy for even non-writers to participate in the creation of the story and to enjoy the process. I started out content to let the others come up with the first scenes, but once I'd seen how it worked it was easy to become inspired as to what sort of things my character might try to do to achieve his goal of getting the job in the lab, and then suggest scenes in which he could try them. Perhaps all those years of reading have paid off.
( I bought some books )
The train ride home was just as nice as the trip down, and involved some hanging out and chatting (I am rather enjoying being involved with someone with whom I can spend nearly every waking hour of a long weekend, and we still have plenty to talk about on the journey home), some reading, and lots and lots of sleeping.
( this week's adventures and fitness goals )
( Easter weekend adventures, including a train trip, family visits, and a gaming con )It wasn't until Sunday evening that we finally got around to actually playing in a role-playing game instead of board games and card games. Part of that was the fact that I am limited to games running in English, and not everyone is interested in running them in English, partly because we were having fun with what we were doing, so didn't really look all that hard for role-playing games. But since it is a role-playing game con, we thought it would be fun to participate in one.
The one we played is called "While the World Ends" (or "Medan världen går under" in Swedish). It was written by a friend of ours, so we travelled 19 hours each way to play a game with someone who lives within walking distance. However, the game was much fun, and totally worth the trip. ( a description of the game mechanics for this game plus some of our story )
This was my first experience in "story based" roleplaying games, and I quite liked it. Unlike traditional role playing games, which have complex rules (usually focused on combat), this game had very little need for dice, and only six-sided dice were needed at all. The emphasis was on creating an interesting story. I have always described myself as a reader, not a writer, so I was a bit sceptical before the game began. However, as it turns out, the cooperative nature and the formula for the start makes it easy for even non-writers to participate in the creation of the story and to enjoy the process. I started out content to let the others come up with the first scenes, but once I'd seen how it worked it was easy to become inspired as to what sort of things my character might try to do to achieve his goal of getting the job in the lab, and then suggest scenes in which he could try them. Perhaps all those years of reading have paid off.
( I bought some books )
The train ride home was just as nice as the trip down, and involved some hanging out and chatting (I am rather enjoying being involved with someone with whom I can spend nearly every waking hour of a long weekend, and we still have plenty to talk about on the journey home), some reading, and lots and lots of sleeping.
( this week's adventures and fitness goals )
