The first Systemless Mechanics piece was on Detective Points, a style of bid-and-create for investigations. While I still feel that is a great system of limited player involvement in an investigation sometimes you might want a more abstract system that emphasizes the time it takes over the clues it gathers. With the release of Rogue Trader there was an interesting mechanical system in there for Exploration and Investigation. There were a couple things about it I didn’t care for but over all I liked the general idea. What follows is a similar system based on the framework of Rogue Trader’s Exploration and Investigation rules. Enjoy. continue reading…
There are all sorts of important resources that you’ll have to manage in a survival situation. Most games simply aren’t built to handle survival issues. It just isn’t a primary focus of very many games. Maybe there is an easy system that can be dropped in, on top of any other system, to help generate that struggle for survival feeling. There should be ways to tie these mechanics into existing mechanics but since the focus of this article is to provide a non-system specific framework those will be left up to the reader’s imagination.
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Yes, the entry below is password protected. Why? Because the last thing I need is for some people poking into my life. The post below is my personal story and feelings about my former employer. It was written for friends, family, and personal piece of mind. This story isn’t for general consumption.
If you’re curious, track me down and ask for the password. I may or may not give it to you. Bear Swarm! listeners can feel free to ask as well, you guys are friends.
Ward wakes up on a warm Tuesday morning in June. He doesn’t have class today and he even traded shifts at work to have the day off. He’s sleeping in, something he doesn’t get to do often when the sun shines onto his face. He yawns, stretches and he rolls over to check the time.
6:56. Blink. 6:56. Blink. 6:56. Blink. 6:57. Blink. continue reading…
The following is an excerpt from a journal found in Miskatonic, MA. It is an personal diary of a survivor in the Great Collapse. The narrator is Howard Robert Phillips, a college student from Midway, PA. The journal details his personal experiences with the Great Collapse as well as his journey from Midway to Miskatonic. The details reveled are startling but have been confirmed by other survivor accounts. We hope that this will shed enough light on the Great Collapse to help us reclaim and rebuild the world. continue reading…
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