tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post781992893577570963..comments2024-03-29T06:16:21.012+08:00Comments on Monsters and Manuals: In Which I Am A HypocriteUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-63821923889870896112012-04-13T15:18:38.393+08:002012-04-13T15:18:38.393+08:00So I was going to say "no wait, THIS is what ...So I was going to say "no wait, <a href="http://lurkerablog.wordpress.com/2012/04/11/carcosa-wacky-races-signup/" rel="nofollow">THIS</a> is what I mean by gonzo mashup" but it seems you beat me to it.<br /><br />Run to the hills? Or drive?richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517340075234811323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-25121355360251638282012-03-30T17:49:30.448+08:002012-03-30T17:49:30.448+08:00Yes, that's a nice way of putting it.Yes, that's a nice way of putting it.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-57811492573187972012-03-30T17:49:06.835+08:002012-03-30T17:49:06.835+08:00The Orcs of Thar is legendary to me. I've neve...The Orcs of Thar is legendary to me. I've never been able to get my hands on a copy, and now it's not even available on PDF (if it ever was).noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-6409198544737192182012-03-30T17:48:19.835+08:002012-03-30T17:48:19.835+08:00To be fair, I think I was the one who skewed every...To be fair, I think I was the one who skewed everything by having, in the first scene, an insane Space Marine called Bo Lucas who looked like Ving Rames using a mecha to destroy his own home space station.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-12926734437240569602012-03-30T17:48:11.521+08:002012-03-30T17:48:11.521+08:00I think it was a hoot! There might have been some ...I think it was a hoot! There might have been some sillyness in places (me playing one of the characters as Napoleon Dynamite <i>might</i> have contributed to that) but there was a genuine beautiful tapestry unfolding.<br /><br />One of the great things about Microscope is that the <b>Periods</b> and <b>Events</b> are big, they are epic - but when you get down to it, the <b>Scenes</b> are about people. Sometimes they are gardening dinosaurs, sometimes they are teenagers, sometimes they are mutating psychics. Not everyone is a hero or a paragon (or thinks they are a paragon). I find that quite freeing when it comes down to it.<br /><br />Here are some of my thoughts on the session <a href="http://rpg-maths.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/games-night-microscope.html" rel="nofollow">over on my blog</a>.NathanRyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17963023116440525852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-79489754241097162382012-03-30T17:15:19.100+08:002012-03-30T17:15:19.100+08:00Emergent gonzo (which is superior to 'willed g...Emergent gonzo (which is superior to 'willed gonzo' in every way) happens.<br /><br /><i>ontological warheads [...] HMBTs (Hideous Murdering Bug Things) [...] on a space station in the Oort Cloud with a pseudo-Byzantine culture</i> [...] Hyper-Neanderthals [...] the Jovian hypermind <br /><br />There's no part of this setting that is not relevant to my Moebius-loving interests.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04072272223837426211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-87212156274790761522012-03-30T11:32:37.782+08:002012-03-30T11:32:37.782+08:00Yet another stone removed the Edifice of Noisms. M...Yet another stone removed the Edifice of Noisms. May we someday rebuild.Spawn of Endrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10431848914619887998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-25007524186792710102012-03-30T07:30:56.978+08:002012-03-30T07:30:56.978+08:00I use to love taking a break from serious play, ba...I use to love taking a break from serious play, back in the day. Of course back then it was Paranoia or Toon. Sometimes we would even break out Orcs of Thar, playing a bunch of goofy orcs and goblins out to raid the human village.Random Wizardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16200875405900408519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-12727500610139304622012-03-30T07:23:04.601+08:002012-03-30T07:23:04.601+08:00Of course it was those meddling other players who ...Of course it was those meddling other players who took you from Mass Effect to Spaceballs, right?Roger G-Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594440701279968693noreply@blogger.com