I'm back after vacation. Looks like the group has been inactive. I guess Paul got flooded. I've been there - it sucks. It sucks worse during the winter. I've...
Im here , steady and unbowed by the atrocious weather and relieved that Liverpool is on a bit of a hill. Simon Chris Engle <hamster@...> wrote: I'm back...
Managed to avoid being flooded (by about half an inch, most of the rest of our street wasn't so lucky) - but have been running round on emergency planning duty...
DRACULA ENGLE MATRIX GAMES AT ORIGINS I put in to run “Dracula: The game you play before the game” for 12, 1 hour slots, each game to take 45 minutes or so...
I'm back. I can't even remember any more. Are people waiting for me to submit a second-round argument for the 100 Years War game, or were there any more...
Chris-- I played in the Origins game with the exceptional ending. I must say that I enjoyed this, my first try at a Matrix game. I'm looking forward to...
Email address: varning1022 <varning1022@...> Comment from user: Hi Chris, this is Tory Valenti. I played the "Dead Man on Campus" game at Origins. I...
I'll restart this with a series of posts reviewing the game. To start it off here are the characters and the full text of the successful arguments. THE...
Paul, we are ready to get the game going again so I’d like you to send in an argument for Ankill. It looks like you have Elly Bron right where you want her...
This year the products I've made for sale at Gen Con are folio games. They consist of a 16x21 inch color map (assembled from four standard printed sheets spray...
I'll give it one last try. I'm going to advance the game to the final question. I want everyone to answer the question..."How does the mansion’s secret get...
As Ankill chased the drugged and giddy Elly down the hallway, her dress snagged a lighted candelabra on a sidetable. The flames set fire to her booze-soaked...
This spring I ran Jack the Ripper. In a single month the game generated over 80 pages of text. It ran at a lightning pace which most players had trouble...
I think there were several problems with this game of The Mansion. Some of these are problems with the game as written, whilst others only arose from the...
... I agree. This one didn't work so well. I think players could impose competition on the game by trying to get Ankill or see if he could kill everyone and...
I'd be curious to see how this same game would have run with fans of something like Soap Operas or Reality shows who were, for the most part, non-gamers. ... a...
As Ankill chased the drugged and giddy Elly down the hallway, her dress snagged a lighted candelabra on a sidetable. The flames set fire to her booze-soaked...
Well that last argument wrapped up the game - Thank you Marcus! This was an example of why games need to move along at a clip and not have any long breaks....
I'd like to get in on something appropriate for a new player. ... -- "During my convalescence I had bought and read for the first time 'The King in Yellow.' I...
Back in May Jonathan Keepers requested that we do a political campaign game. I am open to doing that but I want to hear from Jonathan that he is still...
I wouldn't mind playing Death so I can play chess, lead people away from the light and make statements like" "I have no mystery, I am the great undoer!"...
The Vem Geright was a secret tribunal in Westphalia that basically used secret police tactics to counter out of control violence brought on by petty nobles (My...
"To revenge the misdeeds of the ruling class, there existed in the middle ages, in Germany, a secret tribunal, called the “Vehmgericht.” If a red cross was...
Great to hear from you! MGs can certainly be played solo or with two players. In the case of a solo game the player makes an argument for onw side and gives it...