Previous Topics 7/5/2006 Zach Walton: [Sudden Light] Basic Conflict Resolution Mechanics
I've waited until the last possible moment to outline the general conflict mechanic for Sudden Light. I've done so guided by the desire to see as many improv. performances as…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Zach Walton, matthijs.
7/4/2006 Zach Walton: [Sudden Light] Boal's "Theatre of the Oppressed" and Gaming
Recently, prompted by my improv. class, I've been digging into improv. theory in all its surprising permutations. I've found it quite shocking that many game designers do not rely more…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Zach Walton.
7/3/2006 Zach Walton: [Sudden Light] Putting Aspects In Play
I've been doing quite a bit more thinking about how to integrate Aspects into individual scenes. Certainly, Aspects could be added simply through narration alone, but since Aspects are so…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Zach Walton.
6/28/2006 Zach Walton: [Sudden Light] "Yes, but..."
Today, more reflections from my improv. class and some game mechanics for Sudden Light inspired by them. As a side note, I'm quite amazed at the extent to which running…
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Participants: Zach Walton, iain.
6/26/2006 Zach Walton: [Sudden Light] Covert Playtest: Protagonist Generation
I had a chance to try out a very abbreviated form of the first stage of Protagonist generation today in my improv. class, and it went swimmingly well. Of…
In Playtesting
Participants: Zach Walton.
6/24/2006 Zach Walton: [Sudden Light] Protagonist Generation
Can improvisational exercises contribute to RPG character generation? I've seen games, such as Primetime Adventures, encourage group kibitzing for generating individual characters and I've found that process to be particular…
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Participants: Zach Walton.
6/22/2006 Zach Walton: [Sudden Light] Good Thing/Bad Thing
Improv. class today covered in several exercises concerning narrative structure. Perhaps the most fruitful exercise for our troupe was called "Good Thing, Bad Thing" (we discovered later that the professor…
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Participants: Zach Walton.
6/22/2006 Zach Walton: [Sudden Light] Competitive Narrative Complications
Today, in my improv. class we worked with a few exercises concerning narrative. For our first exercise, one writer identified three themes or actions relevant to the story they were…
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Participants: Zach Walton.
6/17/2006 Zach Walton: [Sudden Light] Basic Improv. Vocabulary
Given that my RPG in progress has changed names and that I'm now following Forge tradition to split topics into separate threads, I'm reproducing some initial reflections below (my last…
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Participants: Zach Walton, reprobate, Graham Walmsley, jasonm.
6/17/2006 Zach Walton: [Sudden Light] The Power 19
I've recently (today) changed the title of my RPG in progress. "Epiphany" is now "Sudden Light," until someone else points out that that particular name has already been taken. :-). …
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Participants: Zach Walton, oreso, Roger, anders_larsen.
6/15/2006 Zach Walton: [Epiphany] Twenty Pages in Twenty Days
Greetings All,
Let me say it is quite a thrill to be posting to the Forge for the first time. I've been lurking for years, but was always content to…
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Participants: Zach Walton, matthijs.
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