4 thoughts on “I playtested a little Dark Age…”

  2. I can’t help it… its so addictive 🙂

    I’ve decided since chargen, because I’m fitting in scenes here and there throughout the day, so rather than calling a session ‘fixed’, i’m going with 5-10 moves or whatever feels right before awarding experience.

  3. Can you go into more detail or point me at a resource about using Tarot to ghost GM a game?The mechanics aren’t soaking in:)

     I am recently getting back into gaming and having a hard time trying to knock my friends off the Pathfinder teat.  Would be a great mechanic to use so my wife and I can both learn and play AW/DW ect.  Thanks.

  4. Sure Dani Cox.

    The playtest suggests MC-ful play, but in order for me to not simply choose my MC responses, I have been using the Wildwood and Arthurian themed decks to provide direction.

    I could have easily just made a random table or used Rory’s Story Cubes, or the Mythic Emulator. I REALLY like the art on these cards though and they inspire (and surprise) me quite often when I ask a question. Basically they are the means to introduce AW stakes into play. I roleplay my character (at this stage its only been Veikko) in the way I think he is developing and follow the NPCs instincts.

    The ‘meanings’ of the cards from their respective guides (its included in the app), gives a few sentences that just seem to focus the scene and gel the appropriate response in my mind. I ask a question of the situation/NPC/setting and draw a card… I read the meaning and go with whatever fiction pops into my mind. This usually suggests a new complication and the snowball continues.

    In terms of games, Everway’s GM advice was gold in using the game’s tarot-like deck for providing direction in low prep games.

    Does that help?

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