Musing and articles from Peter Amthor. Usually of a role playing game influence but I do drift into other directions occasionally. You can also find me on twitter at @TrulyRural or on MeWe where I simply go by Peter Amthor as well. Comments and constructive criticism welcome.
Over on DrivethruRPG the Advanced Fighting Fantasy Deluxe Edition is now on sale. Now this is one of the best rules light fantasy games that I've ever had the pleasure of playing and running. The rules are based off of the old Fighting Fantasy books like The Warlock of Firetop Mountain and the Sorcery! series. I highly recommend this one folks.
Over on DrivethruRPG the current deal of the day is the magical girl style ttrpg called "Gemknight". Using the TinyD6 system and coming it at 80 percent off it's only 3 bucks. Now that's a steal! But it's only for 24 hours so you need to grab it quick.
This is very interesting to note since most companies are going POD via DrivethruRPG (SJG already has many GURPS products there in pdf and POD already) so going with Amazon I believe they are hoping for more broad market appeal. So maybe this will breathe some new life into the GURPS line, or maybe not. Time will tell
Having now worked in a game shop for a few years I have a whole new understanding of the dynamic of the people who go there to play. Not all of it good. Most of it is, lots of great people, some enjoyable folks and plenty of opinions on the games but then there are those who make me shake my head.
The GM that nobody wants to play under. Got a couple of these. They are the ones who think they are gods gift to the gaming world. The experts, the know it all, the wanna be elite. Not to mention abusive and a bully most of the time. Always bragging about how epic their games and never leaving the counter as they vomit forth this self congratulatory monologue.
Of course their groups consist of another type of gamer.
The Players that nobody wants in their group. Several of these as well. These are the ultra creeps who leer at every woman who walks into the place, the hygiene challenged, also some abusive bullies who focus on tormenting their fellow players. Oh and the fucking experts when it comes to how to play the game. The guys you don't call chuds because that would be insulting to the chuds. You may also find a few GM's that nobody wants looking to play in some games as well. But, to no surprise, they are also Players that nobody wants.
Also lets now forget about the Self Injectors. They see a group playing a game and they immediately walk up and start talking. Usually telling them how to do it better while interrupting the group nonstop. Almost always leads to them asking if they can have a seat at the table to play. Acts insulted when you tell them to fuck off because you're playing a damn game.
I've experienced these in the past. But damn I get a front row seat now.
Woke up this morning with an idea for a new Little Fears campaign. Haven't thought about that game for a long while. Just been busy doing other things and taking a break from running horror. However the idea I have is a bit different than what I usually do. So I bounced it off my wife to see what she thought and she really liked it.
So as I continue to flesh this out I will be making a few posts on the details. Well not to much into the details as I want to keep some things secret.
The setting will take place in a large old style orphanage which is connected, via old school steam tunnels, to a very large abandoned sanatirium. Will be using the original first edition Little Fears rules (which you can find here) and will need a few props. Mainly a good large sized map of the sanitorium, a notebook that will be used by the 'kids' to keep track of information and a set of old keys.
Also the player group will be limited to six at a time. If, or should I say when, your character dies or is removed from the setting in someway that player leaves the room for the night. There will be a waiting list of people who want to play so when your character is gone you go to the bottom of the list. The next person in line gets called up for the next game. Last time I ran Little Fears I had almost twenty people wanting to play and I ran three different campaigns at the same time. Hoping this outing turns out as popular.
Hoping to maybe get this going in two to three months from now.
