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PiCast — SPIEL 2011 — Gregor Hutton
PiHalbe — 25. October 2011 - 17:38
Hey, everybody. Here comes the first of a series of four interviews I did on my visist to the SPIEL 2011 in Essen. All of these shows will be in English (since the Germans managed to evade my microphones). I hope, you can cope with my teutonic English for the sake of the interviewees.
I planned to have the interviews up during SPIEL, but it turns out that editing takes a lot more raw hardware power than recording and my mobile equipment was ill-fitted for this purpose. Thus, the interviews are late. I'm sorry for that.
This first interview is with Gregor Hutton from BoxNinja who shared a booth with Arkenstone Publishing. Gregor is a British game designer and best known for his game 3:16 - Carnage Amongst the Stars.
We talk about the meaning behind 3:16, his new game Remember Tomorrow, his approach to game design variety and a couple smaller topics. You should definitely check out his games, if you don't know them already!
I hope you like it! Feel free to leave comments (if it's not about my bad English …) and stay tuned for the upcoming episodes. Hope to hear from you!
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Wanted: Apocalypse World Playbooks
PiHalbe — 7. October 2011 - 11:40
Hey fellow roleplayers!
I just got a hold of D. Vincent Baker's Apocalypse World. After reading most part of it, I want to pitch it to my playing group, but something nags at me:
There's the playbooks for the characters. And while I do like the selection of characters in the main book, Vincent published some more through dark and mysterious ways. And he wants us to come together, talk about his game and trade.
So, being a (and posessing the) HOARDER, I would like to offer you the HOARDER (or the MAESTRO D') in exchange for any other non-standard playbook you can give me. In fact, if you really want the HOARDER, just ask for it, and I will send you the link. Of course, you can also just leave a comment and hope that other people will send you their playbooks.
As of today (2011-10-07), the following playbooks have been released:
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About PiHalbe as a Gamer
PiHalbe — 6. October 2011 - 13:03
So, on to introducing myself to the English gaming crowd. When I say gaming, of course I mean non-electronic gaming.
I'm a physicist doing my PhD in atmospheric science. When I am not working or spending time with my family, chances are I am doing something related to gaming. In fact, I have been a gamer more than half my life; starting with the dreaded Monopoly and then other board games early on, discovering RPGs in 1996 and finally discovering alternative RPGs in 2006. By now, I have looked into pretty much every aspect of analog gaming.
Besides the gaming itself, I have of course designed a couple of games, some of which even saw the light of day. I've been blogging (mostly about games) for roughly 4 years now and started my podcast PiCast 1½ years ago.
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Observations on playing Time & Temp
PiHalbe — 16. September 2011 - 9:04
All of reality never was in the first place.
So, we finished another game of Epidiah Ravachols amazing Time & Temp (which you should pick up if you don't already have it, maybe even in this nice package). Oh, and we also finished with reality.
We had a Skype session. Me as General Management, my old hometown group as temps on the other end. This worked rather well, as the player-GM setup is roughly as asymmetrical as the one-lone-skyper-and-a-bunch-of-guys-in-the-living-room setup. In short, we had a blast.
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