LJ Plays

Megagame: Ur in October/November 2020

Yours in Light

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Game Background: This was a play-by-email megagame taking place in the City of Ur. Players took on roles in Academic, Criminal, Divine, Envoy, Noble, or Political functions. The City of Ur itself had a storied history with complex metaphysics mixing magic, religion, and science. A long time ago, it had been plagued by . . .

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March 28, 2021

Megagame: Running Hot on February 27, 2021

All hail Case Aniclog!

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Game Background: This is a "pre-cyberpunk" megagame that's somewhat setting up the foundation for a future dystopia. There are two main groups facing off against each other: Corporations and Runners. Corps are trying to earn as much money as possible, and Runners are trying to steal from them.

 

My Past . . .

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March 25, 2021

Megagame: Running Hot on September 26, 2020

You definitely can't trust the Facers...

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Game Background: This is a "pre-cyberpunk" megagame that's somewhat setting up the foundation for a future dystopia. There are two main groups facing off against each other: Corporations and Runners. Corps are trying to earn as much money as possible, and Runners are trying to steal from them.

 

My Past . . .

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December 26, 2020

RPG/Board Game: Personal Space Day 1

Button Shy 2020 Postcard Game

Button Shy Background: I've been a fan of Button Shy Games for a few years. After hearing about their pocket sized games on my favorite board game podcast of all time (RIP), Low Player Count, I jumped on to Kickstarter to back Circle the Wagons a little over two years ago. When one of my best friends informed me that they had launched a . . .

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December 10, 2020

Megagame: Red Planet Rising on August 29, 2020

3-2-1 Liftoff?

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Game Background: Red Planet Rising is a team megagame built around the exploration and colonization of Mars. When nuclear war broke out on Earth, we were pretty much left on our own. Mars is now inhabited by a number of factions, remnants from the past like the paternalistic USSN Enterprise, nature-focused Biodyne . . .

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October 05, 2020

Megagame: Draft Night 3078 (Sunday GenCon) on August 2nd, 2020

The Captain may have been stolen, but we took the Golden Anchor

Game Background: Draft Night is a Megagame that's 6 hours straight of futuristic fantasy football where you start with all of the stats but don't know what they mean. Is it better to be Swole or Hella Swole? What's the relationship between player performance and their cybernetic operating system? Players are pre-formed into teams that . . .

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October 03, 2020

MegaGame: Den of Wolves (Saturday GenCon) on August 1st, 2020

Please report to the Brig

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Game Background: Den of Wolves is a Megagame that's 8 hours straight of 45 player Battlestar Galactica. It's modeled after one of my favorite episodes of television of all time, 33. Most of the players are part of the Fleet of survivors, spread out across a number of ships. The ships and roles are specialized, so no two players are . . .

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October 02, 2020

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