Tag: Jason Kottler

I am not a fan of MeWe so far.

I am not a fan of MeWe so far.

I am not a fan of MeWe so far.

I was intrigued by the GitHub backed Spectrum Chat – which seems to share some characteristics with G+ and StackExchange.

In order to test it out, I’ve created a StoryGamers community there – and since BitD falls well within my definition of a storygame, I thought I would share and see if anyone wanted to try it out and see how we like it.

There’s still all of March to decide we’d rather have something besides MeWe.

Please take a look at https://spectrum.chat/storygamers and join if you like what you see!

https://spectrum.chat/storygamers

This all started because Churchill got bad reviews.

This all started because Churchill got bad reviews.

This all started because Churchill got bad reviews.

We were down in London for a weekend and I had intended to check out Churchill’s War Rooms. However, they got mixed-at-best reviews on the internet. So at the last moment I changed my mind and we went to the Imperial War Museum instead.

I knew they had a Secret War exhibit (http://www.iwm.org.uk/exhibitions/iwm-london/secret-war – go see it!) and I thought I would be interested in strolling through the espionage / intelligence stuff.

Instead, I spent essentially the entire day in that exhibit, captivated by the unconventional warfare bits and the stories of the S.O.E.. We barely made it through the WWI trench, skimming as we exited.

I couldn’t get the idea of playing that experience out of my head. The constant pressure, the twin threats of action and inaction, the danger of trust, the impossibility of succeeding alone.

So blame Yelp’s lukewarm response to Churchill for #ablazeinthedark.

Ok, it’s time for me to throw my hat into the ring, to put my flag in the sand.

Ok, it’s time for me to throw my hat into the ring, to put my flag in the sand.

Ok, it’s time for me to throw my hat into the ring, to put my flag in the sand.

I’m developing a Blades hack that focuses on the activities of a small cadre of S.O.E. agents in Axis territory during the second world war.

It’s tentatively titled Ablaze in the Dark, after Churchill’s remit for the S.O.E., “And now set Europe ablaze.”

I’ll be posting more here soon, but with so many hacks appearing, I figured I should stake out my little chunk of story.

#ablazeinthedark

Hey – I went to go buy a Blades in the Dark microbadge over on RPGGeek…and there *wasn’t one*!

Hey – I went to go buy a Blades in the Dark microbadge over on RPGGeek…and there *wasn’t one*!

Hey – I went to go buy a Blades in the Dark microbadge over on RPGGeek…and there *wasn’t one*! Can a BitD fan with teeny-tiny artistic chops remedy that for us?

John Harper Is it still possible to add the novel to a reward tier? I must have missed that update somehow.

John Harper Is it still possible to add the novel to a reward tier? I must have missed that update somehow.

John Harper Is it still possible to add the novel to a reward tier? I must have missed that update somehow.

Had our first session tonight.

Had our first session tonight.

Had our first session tonight. It was all gang and character creation except for one scouting action, but everyone had a great time and is very excited. We noticed one thing: “a brace” of something is a pair. So just have six throwing knives or a bundle of six or a brace of them, but not “a brace of six”.