I wish I had something interesting to say

[thebitterguy]

And time to say it in.

In brief, then.

Last night game: Good. D&D goes well, but I've noticed that we get a lot more distracted playing D&D than when we play, say, Mutant City Blues or Heroquest.

Dinner last night: Good. The Shwarma was delicious, the rice was excellent, the sauce on the veggies was not too watery, and the tabouleh was delicious. All good!

Invincible Iron Man: Good. I like two things in this book: MODOG (Mental Organism Designed Only for Genocide) and the fact that Fraction actually creates a superteam for the Phillipines.

Of course, he creates them so he can blow them up, but that's better than the way Alpha Flight's been treated lately.

Gym: I'm on my way!

Comments

[tenzil.livejournal.com]

Tell me, I beg you, tell me that MODOG is a dog.

It is with a heavy heart that I inform you

[thebitterguy]

He is, in fact, a guy with a giant head who has a lot of rockets.

Re: It is with a heavy heart that I inform you

[tenzil.livejournal.com]

God that's disappointing.

With an acronym like MODOG...

[dewline.livejournal.com]

...what else to expect?

I'm rather sorry that Triumph Division ended up red-shirted like that.

(I wonder what their names would be in Tagalog?)

[viktor-haag.livejournal.com]

See, that's funny. I find that play in our groups gets more focussed with the heavy tactical systems like D&D (or HERO), and much less focussed with the rules light, faff-about-with-story systems, because it encourages some players in our group to constant digress and rabbit-hole. With crunchy games, people are more often making game-mechanical tactical decisions, and so there's less time for socializing, it seems.

Do you think it has something to do with Robin's preferences/strong-points as a GM? I mean, I know Robin is very, very good at what he does, but even the masters have their preferences... 8)

[thebitterguy]

I don't really know; I think it may be because the crunchier the system, the larger the possibility that the game's flow will be affected by rules discussions. Significant ones.

Especially with a game that none of the players have the rulebook for yet.

[viktor-haag.livejournal.com]

Ah, so! Based on Robin's post about minis, things become clear now. So, how's WoW with paper 'n pencils 'n dice?