[Ordinary Angels] First playtest

So yesterday I had some friends over and we had a quick playtest of Ordinary Angels, my game of angelic cops. Me and Fred talk about it quite extensively on my livejournal, here.

We were going to play it on saturday night but I suggested we watched the Prophecy to get in the right mood (for those who haven't seen it, it's Christopher Walken chewing up the scenery as a bad-ass Gabriel) but it proved to be such a big turn off we ended up playing something else. So sunday afternoon, with the Prophecy fading in our memory, we tried again.

Character Creation

Character creation was painless - distribute 11 points between the 3 stats and then pick a duty. We ended up with:

Leliel, the Sword of God, played by Geoff
Belief in Self 3
Belief in Man 2
Belief in the Word 6

Velon, the Angel of Mercy, played by Dave
Belief in Self 3
Belief in Man 5
Belief in the Word 3

Zagzagel, Protector of Children, played by Jan
Belief in Self 7
Belief in Man 2
Belief in the Word 2

Chapter Briefing<Verse 1<Verse 2<Verse 3<Verses 4-5<Verse 6<Verse 7<Verse 8<Verse 9

The unit closed the chapter by descending on the daughter in her sickbed, Zagzagel closing her eyes and reassuring her before harvesting her soul for the armies of heaven.

Epilogue: The Testament of Leliel<What didn't work<What did work

On the other hand, if I had to point at bits of the game that really sung in play, that I want to tap into and help bring into every game, it would be the point at which the demon and Zag were locked in combat, with Leliel's beliefs tested as to whether they were strong enough to save his friend. Also, Velon turning his back on the Plan to spare the rest of the family from being harvested. Those two moments captured, for me, what the game is all about.