[UA] UA larp

[James O'Rance]

"Gareth Hanrahan" <hanrahag at iol.ie> said:

 >>>cards still require people to carry around some out-of-character object 
around with them, which I don't like.<<<

I've never had players carry a hand of cards; they were a GM tool.
(except in the Jyhad-based freeform)

As I don't have "GMCs" in the games that I design (if a character is 
important enough to include, give him to a player) GMs are able to act as 
full-time adjudicators. This is a common approach around here.

Using play money in "Very Bad Things" (which was quasi-UA, in a mock English 
kinda way) would agree with your sensibilities, I think.


 >>>Pure Karma resolution. It's what I'd use in most larps, but I'd like 
some random chance in a UA game.<<<

Hmmm. A mostly "karma" based game (that's the term as used in Everway, 
right?) with some random chance here and there would be nice.

If I think of something, I'll let you know.

 >>>I wonder if some sort of bluffing system would work<<<

<snip>

 >>>If you lose, though, you lose points from all the traits involved in the 
contest.<<<

Gak. In-session book-keeping - I hate it. I prefer character sheets to be 
used as a reference,it's annoying to update them during the game. Lack of 
writing surfaces and player cheating make it annoying to me.

 >>>You could fit the basic rules into a small booklet, but converting 
magick and avatars would take a bit longer. I'd also put in stuff on 
situations in the Occult Underground that are suitable for larps, and maybe 
a sample game to show people how the game could be run.<<<

Well, throw in that stuff and write a same scenario (for 15 players maybe, 
so it wouldn't be too hard to find players to run it) and you'd easily have 
a book - especially if it came with pregenerated characters. Sounds much 
more interesting to me now.

Hmmm. I might be doing a freeform for Necronomicon in Sydney this October - 
if so, I might make it UA based.


James O’Rance
“Divine being creates petting zoo. It gets out of hand.”
- The Bible (summarised by John W. Mangrum)

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