Previous Topics 9/11/2010 Sebastian: Sebastian's Game Thread
One idea is to use “skin” (as in a tanned hide) to chronicle a war, in which the main character is the war itself, shaped by the recorded actions of…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: Sebastian, Jason Pitre, masqueradeball.
8/19/2010 Sebastian: [Way of the Agent] Help with tragedies
So, your character has been fucked by The Man. Maybe that's the mafia, maybe that's the government, maybe that's the hive-minded slaver aliens.
"What did they take from you?"
That's…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Sebastian, slingshot, Noon, chronoplasm, Ar Kayon.
8/13/2010 Sebastian: [HfL] Heir to the Spy Throne
"What about family of royal spies?" That was the question that got me buzzing at the tabletop.
I wanted to put this up a few weeks ago, to be all…
In Actual Play
Participants: Sebastian.
7/19/2010 Sebastian: Tearaway Pads & Folios -> Whacha call'em?
Did you ever buy any of those character sheet pads in the old days so you didn't have to go to the photocopier everyday? Like a 20 leaf pad of…
In Publishing
Participants: Sebastian, PJK.
6/21/2010 Sebastian: [Hell for Leather] Good coke, bad taste (80s fun)
We got caught stealing drugs from kids.
That was the opening conception for the collection of buff thugs starring in this week's 80s extravaganza. Following up from our 70s, disco-licious,…
In Playtesting
Participants: Sebastian.
5/24/2010 Sebastian: [Hell for Leather] Run & Rest - 70s Narcs
Last week I got another chance to playtest Hell for Leather, this time dressed in golden medallions and gorgeous sideburns.
We built the Frame (world and setting) quickly, but this…
In Playtesting
Participants: Sebastian.
5/14/2010 Sebastian: [Hell for Leather] Hyperviolent Gaming! FREE STUFF!
Hell for Leather is basically finished.
It's stacking dice + messy gore + stoopid fun. Here's a video. And another.
For the next few weeks I'm giving it out for…
In Connections
Participants: Sebastian.
5/14/2010 Sebastian: [HfL] A cereberal game of Polish betrayal in WWII
Three players, three hours, one survivor. Poland in WWII. A story of betrayal and murder under the canopy of early war.
In this report I'll write a quasi-transcript about building…
In Playtesting
Participants: Sebastian.
5/9/2010 Sebastian: [Hell for Leather] Lenin & Socrates, Chrono Vigilantes
The Saturday before last, I got a chance to play Hannibal of Carthage, the mighty chrono-vigilante, on a quest to negate tomorrow's dark dystopia. There were elephants, and everything.
Awesome…
In Playtesting
Participants: Sebastian.
5/2/2010 Sebastian: [Hell for Leather] Statham, Jones & Diesel? (with UCD Games)
I was able to run a playtest of Hell for Leather RPG on Friday afternoon.
It was incredibly ridiculous with an ensemble cast of hateable celebrities (like Davina McCall), and…
In Playtesting
Participants: Sebastian.
4/11/2010 Sebastian: [Hell for Leather RPG] Things You Gotta Do Before Printing
In 11 weeks, HfL is going to be launched but I haven't even spoken to a printers yet. What the fuck do I do now? Where do I start?
Using…
In Publishing
Participants: Sebastian, Tomas, Ron Edwards, Gryffudd.
4/6/2010 Sebastian: [Hell for Leather] Vietnam -> I'm glad I didn't play this one
While I was off doing other things, Pooka, Malcolm Craig and an unknown fella (sorry, I didn't get to meet you), playtested Hell for Leather. As I understood it, they…
In Playtesting
Participants: Sebastian.
4/6/2010 Sebastian: [Hell for Leather] (IN STEREO) Satire Strikes Back!
Hell for Leather goes stereo in Scotland.
If you dig these audio APs, clickity-click here for a three-part, smut free demo recording from Conpulsion 2010.
It wasn't the best-goddam-session I've…
In Playtesting
Participants: Sebastian.
3/31/2010 Sebastian: [Hell 4 Leather] Satanic Bikers + Manga KAPOWWW!
[b]Hell 4 Leather[/b] is [URL=http://www.princeofdarknessgames.com/]Joe Prince's[/URL] Tarot game of satanic revenge. There were six players (including Joe Prince, Gregor Hutton, myself and Daniel Klein). It was nought-to-gaming in 60 seconds.…
In Playtesting
Participants: Sebastian, DanielZKlein.
3/31/2010 Sebastian: [Hammer Falls] Junkie Dystopia
[b]Hammer Falls[/b] is a pocket play game of dystopian storytelling. Together with the author (John aka Pooka), I had a chance to playtest the game at Conpulsion last weekend.
[u][b]Begin[/b][/u]…
In Playtesting
Participants: Sebastian.
3/8/2010 Sebastian: [Contest] Write 7 lines in 10 days
I'm looking for help, so I'm holding a contest. This has been posted over on Story Games too.
I'm looking for sample scenarios (called Frames—read this?) for game called Hell…
In Endeavor
Participants: Sebastian, Ar Kayon, Excalibur, Ben Lehman, Ron Edwards, davidberg, Luminous.
3/1/2010 Sebastian: [Hell for Leather] Sh*tting on the ancestors - ADULTS ONLY
(Warning: Contains offensive ideas and offensive language... like the word cunt)
Last week I witnessed the most anarchic HfL playtest to date, a journey of debauchery and violence in old…
In Playtesting
Participants: Sebastian, Ron Edwards, Noon, Ar Kayon.
2/21/2010 Sebastian: [Hell for Leather] Blow up the Moon & Bean Sprout Murder!
For this week's Grind I'd like to talk a little about the results of a playtest I ran at Itzacon last weekend.
What a bunch of creationizers! The two newbies…
In Playtesting
Participants: Sebastian, Gregor Hutton.
2/8/2010 Sebastian: [Hell for Leather] Igor and the flying castle
In the third of the Warpcon XX playtests, I talk about a six player session of Hell for Leather.
The table was rammed full of creative beacons. Armed with the…
In Playtesting
Participants: Sebastian.
2/6/2010 Sebastian: [Hell for Leather] Two brothers kill Hitler?
In the second of the Warpcon XX playtests, I talk about a two player session of Hell for Leather.
After running the game for 6 strangers, it was nice to…
In Playtesting
Participants: Sebastian.
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