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Comment on What's something you're passionate about? in ~talk
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Comment on What's something you're passionate about? in ~talk
DoctorBoson LinkGame design, particularly for my tabletop RPG of choice, but design in general. I can spend a whole afternoon just crunching specific numbers, probabilities, typing up flavor text... Seeing...Game design, particularly for my tabletop RPG of choice, but design in general. I can spend a whole afternoon just crunching specific numbers, probabilities, typing up flavor text... Seeing everything come together just right, with just the right feel, at the end of it all really makes me feel satisfied.
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Comment on As per the username: Anyone want to talk about D&D? If you play - what's going on in your game? in ~games.tabletop
DoctorBoson LinkNot D&D, but I'm playing in an alt-history WWII game called Weird War II (in the Savage Worlds system). I've been playing the kid of some German immigrants; super tech-savvy, very smart (drafted...Not D&D, but I'm playing in an alt-history WWII game called Weird War II (in the Savage Worlds system). I've been playing the kid of some German immigrants; super tech-savvy, very smart (drafted in his second year at MIT), stuck as the squad's radioman (as well as mechanic if we're in a pinch) but not a good soldiering type—very cautious and nervous, and early on got a little bit of a PTSD-induced phobia of positions without a readily obvious exit (cleithrophobia, for those curious). He's a wonderful lad.
Campaign started us in November '42, right when the US began landing troops in North Africa, and thus far we've encounter a fair number of zombies, Nazi blood sorcerers, demons, and a few Nazi-engineered monsters (some armored frankenstein motherfuckers and proto-werewolves). We've just gotten to July of '43—playing for almost exactly a year now—and just landed in Sicily with the rest of the troops; Nazis had a Tiger waiting for us, but we got lucky with a narrative card (Adventure Cards, basically give players minor narrative control tweaks once per session) and were able to get a Sherman Howitzer landed in the next wave behind us to take out the Sherman. It's also been heavily hinted that Model is actually a descendant of a group called "The Brotherhood of Solomon" I think, which means possibly a connection to divine powers. It's been a crazy time so far.
In terms of professional stuff, I'm under NDA but involved in a project that's been in development for around 5 years. In terms of personal projects, though, I have a lot of them, with the vast majority being adapting stuff I enjoy into the Savage Worlds system, which is a generic system that works really well with a united set of mechanics. My main projects at the moment are the entire MCU (as noted in the above link), Warhammer 40K (specifically to allow seamless transition between RPG play and wargaming play), Star Wars, Halo, and the Warcraft universe. The MCU is taking priority but there's been a lot of good progress on that front; big updates will be going up on that blog before the end of the year.