Category: Mick's Journal

This Was Over Before … Before It Ever Began »

[ crossposted from The Harping Monkey ]

… starring Rich Rogers, Chuck Hedden, Arnold Cassell, and Mick Bradley.
I’m writing about our recent pitch session for a new rpg series that the Canoneers planned to play using Primetime Adventures.
Ah, Primetime Adventures, affectionately known as PTA. ‘A game of television drama’, it says on the cover. I find [...]

[Lady Blackbird]: It’s Not Over til the Old Guy Gets His Questions Answered »

I’ve been asked to post about the end of our Lady Blackbird rpg series.
You’ll want to read these two other posts first, for context. Which means three very long posts altogether, just to unpack a wonky ending to a wonderful game.
AP Report from Daniel
AP Report from Rich
It’s been really difficult to unpack this situation in [...]

Mick Gets Taken to the Secret Lair! »

crossposted with the Harping Monkey:
The Secret Lair Episode 29: Storygaming
I’m proud to share this link because, well … I’m going to urge you to follow the link and read what Kris Johnson writes because he explains it in that distinctive K.J. way that I dearly miss.
For my part, suffice to say I went to Cleveland, [...]

[Canon Fodder] Story Games – Dogs is D&D »

Here’s a somewhat out-of context quote from a current Story Games thread that I feel like sharing. Go read the whole thread if you’d like – or just appreciate the general tongue-in-cheek insight of Mark Woodhouse’s comment.
Funny, yes.  But also – in my experience – rather accurate, from a broad point of view. So I’m [...]

[Canon Fodder] Gaming Bruhaha’s RPG Podcast Round-up »

Bi-annual RPG Podcast Round-up from Gaming Brouhaha
Wherin M.J. Harnish calls it like he sees it, including giving a nice bit of love to Canon Puncture. But beyond the obvious self-congratulatory excuse for sharing a listener’s ‘no-brainer’ love for us, I really appreciate the way M.J. explains his rationale for each mini-review. I’ve never listened to [...]

[Canon Fodder] Joe McDonald: Plugging in Scenes and System »

Here’s a link to something I just posted on The Harping Monkey:
[Waypoints] Joe McDonald: Plugging in Scenes and System via The Harping Monkey.
One thing that I’ll add here that I did not put in my Harping Monkey post – I’ve realized in all of this reading and linking that I pushed the idea of sockets [...]

[GenCon 09] And Then Up the Escalator Came Macklin »

… also potentially entitled 25 Hours in Indy: Mick’s GenCon ‘09 Report.
Wherin I provide a highlight-reel overview of my shortened attendance at this year’s GenCon. Read the rest at the Harping Monkey
Note:  Canon Puncture #76 with Rich, Mick, and Arnold is available with an audio report of our GenCon 09 highlights.

Hey, I Wanna Talk to You on Canon Puncture! »

Originally posted at The Harping Monkey
Hello, Puncture Monkeys!
If I’m still on your feed, thanks! I appreciate your desire to keep up with my harpings and I’ll make an effort to honor that by sharing my harpings more often. I’ve been … hibernating, so to speak, for the past little while. Now I’m awake, alert, and [...]

[Canon Fodder] Shout-Out from Shaintar »

Sean Patrick Fannon name-checks us on his LiveJournal, and elaborates a bit on the concept of the Shaintar Consortium that we mentioned in CPS #69:
Notes from Sean’s Mountain – [Shaintar] You’ve Got a Golden Ticket.

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