We're a couple actual-play sessions into Shattered City, UFO Press’ latest Legacy-derived game, and it's delivering an interesting experience. Rather than blow-by-blow whaddaydo whaddayado play, each session is a vignette. There's a clear opening with an explicit situation, a nice little arc with miss-generated complications, and closure at the end of the session. They feel… Continue reading Vignettes
There's a good bit of parenting advice that lodged itself in my head once a long while ago, that when possible we should respond to our kids rather than react to them. It's mostly aspirational; parents are human and we totally react to stuff all the time. But it's a good reminder, at the very least, to take a breath when your visceral instincts kick in.
Probably the broadest selection of tools in my facilitation shed all relate back to manipulating tempo at the table. What even is “tempo,” you ask? That’s harder to define than I realized when I asked myself the question! I think it’s a combination of things.
