Perhaps I should have held off on this morning’s blog post about presenting background, as this afternoon Jeremy Keller has expanded on the notion of Transmissions by bringing the goods to the table and showing us an actual Transmission. A thing laden with promise, I’m sure you’ll agree, pulsing with ideas just ready to be used in the pursuit of story.
Posts Tagged ‘Technoir’
Presenting Background part 2: an addendum
Posted: April 29, 2011 in design, games, publishingTags: background, campaigns, Jeremy Keller, mythology, Technoir
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Presenting Background part 2
Posted: April 29, 2011 in design, games, Ordinary Angels, publishingTags: background, campaigns, Enlightenment & Entropy, Jeremy Keller, Matt Machell, mythology, Ordinary Angels, rpgs, Technoir
A while back I thought a little about how best to present background as part of a roleplaying game and I wanted to revisit that topic with some fresh ideas.
Something Jeremy Keller posted a few weeks back as part of his design thoughts struck a chord with me and is potentially the missing piece of the puzzle that I’ve been looking for – how best to present background and get the players to buy into that.
With regard to his latest game, Technoir, Jeremy talks about the role of Transmissions, which are self-contained capsules of information regarding different aspects of the setting (chiefly different cities), principally as a means to generate plot ideas for the GM. This got me thinking – what if these capsules not only delivered plot ideas for the GM, but also in-game background for the players to easily digest?
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