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hecateluna

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Gaming Feb 3
« on: January 31, 2007, 05:48:57 PM »
Mike, are you going to be prepared for this weekend?

If not, do people want to play Dogs, or does someone want to run something else?  If I could find a copy of Unknown Armies to borrow from someone until I get my own (I know two people who own it, so it shouldn't be much of a problem), we could try that.  If it goes well, that could be our next Mage-like game (after this game is wrapped up, unless you all are very attached to WoD).

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Re: Gaming Feb 3
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2007, 06:12:44 PM »
I could run Paranoia too, it doesn't take too much preparation time.

Have you played Unknown Armies before?  I don't know anything about it.

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Re: Gaming Feb 3
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2007, 06:28:30 PM »
I have a couple of times, and some of us played with Adam once--but that  game was sorta atypical of the kind of game I'd want to run (since most of us played characters who didn't know anything about magic).  I could post some general summary of the mythology tomorrow or something, but the general idea is that there are two (relevant) kinds of magic, and the most common kind, you get by going insane and re-forming the world to fit your particular insanity.  The other kind of magic is the kind you get sort of accidentally, by fitting really well to some archetype that society has created.  (Technically there's a third kind of ritual magic, which anyone can do, but most people don't know about it, and it's not generally particularly powerful--and involves LOTS of work and sacrifice, so it's not the kind of thing that would be fun to do as a PC, unless you're doing a street level game, since you can only do something once or twice.)  There's a similar atmosphere as that in Mage, where there are lots of big organizations who have goals that probably hurt PCs.  The mechanic is a percentile mechanic (it's really not as bad as "percentile mechanic" makes it sound), which seemed really simple and intuitive to me--in a good way, as in they didn't add extra complexities that don't buy you anything big.  The sanity check sort of mechanic (through which you can go insane and get magic) is pretty cool, but I don't remember very many details right now.

Paranoia would also be cool, but hopefully Mike has time to run Saturday.

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Re: Gaming Feb 3
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2007, 12:55:44 AM »
I'll be able to come on Saturday, but how prepared I am depends on how motivated I am to stat out a fire-breathing demon goat on Friday night.  I have as much of the plot worked out in my head as is prudent, given how illogical this chapter is likely to be. 

I'll post again about this on Friday.  This quarter, each week seems to bring me new and interesting surprises!  People in jail, a random person from my past showing up and sending me mixed signals, getting to see someone with a bad case of eczema, something that reminds me of watching Rocky Horror Picture Show, a person in my class who acts up in strange ways, and more!  I seriously have no idea what might happen next.

On the plus side, I did finish all 40 of these annoying recursion theory problems.

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Re: Gaming Feb 3
« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2007, 01:02:02 AM »
Well, I'll save my shocking secret revelations for next quarter.   Just so you'll know what to expect from me.

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Re: Gaming Feb 3
« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2007, 01:26:41 AM »
On the plus side, I did finish all 40 of these annoying recursion theory problems.

How many turing machines does it take to change a light bulb?

I can run a short game of Paranoia and we can get in some board games if you're too busy.

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Re: Gaming Feb 3
« Reply #6 on: February 01, 2007, 12:17:35 PM »
Well, I'll save my shocking secret revelations for next quarter.   Just so you'll know what to expect from me.

Lollerskates.

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Re: Gaming Feb 3
« Reply #7 on: February 02, 2007, 07:08:50 PM »
Somehow, completing this assignment means that I have to do even more work than I thought.  Someone else should probably prepare stuff.

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Re: Gaming Feb 3
« Reply #8 on: February 02, 2007, 08:41:24 PM »
I assume Paranoia is on?

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Re: Gaming Feb 3
« Reply #9 on: February 02, 2007, 10:38:03 PM »
Yes, you can look forward to performing a demanding yet rewarding hose job mission for the benefit of Alpha Complex