Posts tagged RPG
Under the Hood: Handlers and Operator...
As we mentioned before, players in Glass Shadows take on multiple roles. Each player acts as a Handler, creating operations and affecting the course of their missions. Players also take the role of an Operator, the people directly involved within a mission. Today, we’re going to discuss what what defines a Handler and and Operator.
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World Building: Drones
While they may not be considered a lynch-pin of the cyberpunk genre, it’s hard to talk about modern warfare and not mention Drones. Already, we see civilian drones being tested for various uses such as package and taco delivery. (http://tacocopter.com/)
Drones, in an Operator sense, are remote operated surveillance and weapon platforms. Drone [...]
World Building: BattleFrames
With BattleFrames, we diverge a little from classic cyberpunk tropes, and into Anime territory.
BattleFrames were first discussed here.
Cyberpunk-styled Anime, such as Ghost in the Shell and Mobile Police Patlabor, heavily inspired aspects of Glass Shadows. Additional inspiration came from reading about military exoskeleton projects. Thus wa [...]
#RPGNet Interview with Paul Caughell ...
Click the link to see a Q&A session we attended with Dan Davenport on the #RPGNet IRC Channel!
http://gmshoe.wordpress.com/2014/04/24/qa-paul-caughell-t-david-silva-glass-shadows/
World Building: The Datasea and Hacke...
Of all the Cyberpunk concepts one of the most iconic is cyberspace. Even cybernetics take a backseat to the way the net defined the genre.
We first talked about the Datasea here.
Glass Shadows ramps up the Net. Here, the Datasea is a ubiquitous, always on, wireless network which permeates all aspects of modern life. On the surface, the avera [...]
World Building: Genegineering
It’s time to look at alternatives to Cybernetics. We originally discussed Genegineering here.
Genegineering began with the concept of cloned bodies, available for sale or rent for digitized human consciousness. Thus was born the idea of the Kevin™ and Kate™ model clones, their faces representative of a generically wholesome brand name. Howe [...]
Fractured Momocon
Fractured Kingdom is going to Momocon!
Today I’m happy to announce that Momocon has invited me to speak on two panels, “World Building and Mechanics Design”, and “RPG Publishing”. Also, we’ll be running games at the con. Don’t have a schedule yet but we’ll get the word out once we know more.
Mo [...]
World Building: The ECILAL
We introduced the ECILAL back in this post, and it has since become the expected default play area. The Easel, as residents tend to refer to it, grew out of my research into Megacities, megaregions, and feral cities.
For those of you unfamiliar with these terms:
Megacity: An urban area that exceeds 10 million residents.
Megaregion: A chain o [...]
Under the Hood: The Network in a Nuts...
In Glass Shadows, the players take on several personas. The first player role is the Handler, someone within one of four factions competing to control the future of humanity. These characters work behind the scenes to advance their faction’s goals.
At the start of a campaign, the player selects their Handler’s faction, motivation, interests. [...]
UPDATE: Where the heck have we been?
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Hello again, faithful readers! After a year of hiatus to deal with my son, work, and attending University, Glass Shadows is back on track and barreling toward publication at a breakneck pace. In the last two weeks, we’ve completed the background setting material, completely re-writte [...]