On 2008-01-17, Emily wrote:
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Thanks very much, Christoph. The session went very well. I hope to get to play with them again sometime soon. There is a lot to dig into with this game. I'll post about it in full over at ISS, but for now one great addition to the game from this session had to do with how to describe the world. You use a mad-libs-like process to figure out what the alien world looks like. At the start of the game, you go around and make up some things to start you off. As we pulled the random words out of a cup this time, each of us in turn asked a question about what we wanted to hear about, that related to our character's special training as a colonist. I asked about the landscape, since my character was the agriculture/botany specialist and default nature guy. Then somebody else answered the question, describing the scene. It was simple and satisfying and we used that process throughout when we pulled random words. It creates a great back and forth creative flow. I'm sold. |
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