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The World Famous Crank Report: January 2006
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The World Famous Crank Report. An irregularly produced column, of varying coherency, on general gaming topics by Your Arrogant Correspondent. Friday, January 27, 2006. Long goddamn overdue Friday picture thread (01/27/06). I love this. It does however be-speak an inordinate amount of free time. This photo makes me smile for no easily articulable reason. This picture actually makes me a little twitchy. Although, if I run another horror game, there will definitely be Toddlerpedes running about. In the mids...
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The World Famous Crank Report: June 2005
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The World Famous Crank Report. An irregularly produced column, of varying coherency, on general gaming topics by Your Arrogant Correspondent. Monday, June 27, 2005. Anatomy of a Convention Larp. Well organized Larps will usually try to plan some kind of orientation for newbie players and folks who are unfamiliar with the system. Take notes if you can. Ask questions if you need to. Read everything they give you thoroughly. Or "I KNEW you were working for the other side! So, Day after tomorrow, i'm headed ...
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The World Famous Crank Report: November 2005
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The World Famous Crank Report. An irregularly produced column, of varying coherency, on general gaming topics by Your Arrogant Correspondent. Tuesday, November 29, 2005. A slight change in focus. But, lately it occured to me that i might want to occasionally talk about events and trends and such things here, as long as i can figure out a way to link the ideas and content back to games and gaming. I know this to be fact. I KNOW i'm not alone on this one. Posted by Reverend Peter Sears @ 10:38 PM. Now, i'm...
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The World Famous Crank Report: December 2005
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The World Famous Crank Report. An irregularly produced column, of varying coherency, on general gaming topics by Your Arrogant Correspondent. Saturday, December 24, 2005. Generally speaking, i'm not one to use the Crank as a means to send out a personal message. It's more of a soapbox really for my ideas on gaming and sundry geek topics that strike my fancy. But tonight, I feel that maybe, just maybe it might be worth getting a bit personal. I have a host of good friends. Jah Love to you all. Posted by R...
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The World Famous Crank Report: April 2006
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The World Famous Crank Report. An irregularly produced column, of varying coherency, on general gaming topics by Your Arrogant Correspondent. Monday, April 17, 2006. Jumping the bear holding the shark. Recent conversations with various friends of mine have now got me thinking about games that jump the shark. Now this is not a knock at anybody's game or anything, It's just that it goes along with my idea that RPG's need to be handled much like scripting and producing a television show. You have no idea wh...
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The World Famous Crank Report: September 2005
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The World Famous Crank Report. An irregularly produced column, of varying coherency, on general gaming topics by Your Arrogant Correspondent. Tuesday, September 27, 2005. 6 basic plots for Vampire: The Requiem. 1) The Large and In Charge Plot. 2) The Come To Jesus Plot. For your Lancea players. The Lancea wants, and furthermore, EXPECTS to be the pre-eminent authority on all matters spiritual in the vampires. While the Invictus is about controlling resources. 3)The Fight the Power/Kill Whitey Plot. In ot...
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The World Famous Crank Report: October 2005
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The World Famous Crank Report. An irregularly produced column, of varying coherency, on general gaming topics by Your Arrogant Correspondent. Tuesday, October 18, 2005. The Pro From Dover. There is a tendency among GM's, Myself included to forget basic things. It's only when we have an opportunity to play that they get brought back into our minds with an amount of harshness. Lately, I have found that I am in a game where I am getting swiftly fed up. But on the other hand, it's hardly fair to give the sam...
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The World Famous Crank Report: August 2005
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The World Famous Crank Report. An irregularly produced column, of varying coherency, on general gaming topics by Your Arrogant Correspondent. Sunday, August 28, 2005. So, I developed some guidelines. Unlike other Crank Reports, these guidelines are just for me. But you might find some value in them. I need comfy shoes. Costumes are fun and all but i'm generally not interested in wearing a costume or mask or make-up for long periods. I generaly bring along a swordcane too. Not because i need p...Find the ...
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The World Famous Crank Report: July 2005
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The World Famous Crank Report. An irregularly produced column, of varying coherency, on general gaming topics by Your Arrogant Correspondent. Tuesday, July 19, 2005. How to run a Con Game Badly. Of course, since game time is fairly finite, you'll want to stay away from game systems that are actually fairly easy to make characters in a few minutes. You'll want hours of happy character making action. Another way to stretch this out is by having only a single copy of the core rules. Improv is the soul of th...
