[UA] The Lingo

[Edward Parsons]

Having just finished the least successful V:TM campaign ever (its official,
I checked with WW) using game jargon is something I dread. After one of my
players went behind my back and read every WW sourcebook in all the shops
locally (bastard) he was jabbering on about Tzimisce, Anarchs etc.

The other two, totally unused to this, just looked on in terror.

In the end I subsitiuted "Melty flesh guys" for Tzimisce, "Shadow blokes"
for lasombra etc.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Bisaillon" <knightbane at hotmail.com>
To: <ua at lists.uchicago.edu>
Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: [UA] The Lingo


>
>
> >I was just wondering if anybody uses the in game jargon presented in the
> >book?  Nobody in my group can seem to use the jargon.
> >
> >The closest we come is using "Strega" in reference to the magickers.
> >Likewise, we never use the nicknames for the different schools of magic.
> >We do throw around the phrase "Swap Meet Louis" from the song of the same
> >name a bit, but for some reason we feel silly calling other freaks
"dukes."
>
> I guess for me it depends on the group and the game, but right now my core
> group of players will develope a name for each player and the nick will
> usually stick throughout the campaign - names like "Peck" "Fireboy"
> "Sneakygirl" etc will continue on.
>
> Though we do roleplay, get the lingo and jargin down, as in the case of
> "Shadowrun" and "Cyberpunk" makes the gaming experience much more fun.
>
> tjb
>
>
> "Strange things are afoot at the Circle K."
>              Ted Theodore Logan
>              Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
>
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