Actual Play – Apocalypse Galactica (1/28/2012)
GM: Sean Nittner Players: Meilin, Sean, Kristin, Ezra System: Apocalypse World Hack: Apocalypse Galactica I…
Actual Play – Death’s Door (1/31/2012)
GM: Shaun Hayworth Players: Sean Nittner, Kristin Hayworth, Justin Dhiel, Noam Rosen System: Burning Wheel…
Dead World
The muddy streets of Deadwood are every bit as inhospitable as the abandoned wreckage called…
Big Bad Con
Big Bad is my solid weekend of awesome gaming. The con focuses on bringing excellent RPGs to the Bay Area. Held in Oakland, CA, my con is home of The Wolf. "The best run convention in the bay area" - Chris Hanrahan, Endgame (Oakland, CA)
Good Omens
Update 7/20/2024: The last Good Omens Con was 2010 (maybe 2011) and since then the…
About Me
I'm Sean Nittner. Gamer. Podcaster. Convention Organizer. Twitch Streamer. Evil Hat Project Manager. Cal Performances…
Actual Play – The Face of God, or at Least a Godling (1/24/2012)
GM: Shaun Hayworth Players: Sean Nittner, Kristin Hayworth, Justin Dhiel, Noam Rosen System: Burning Wheel…
Pedagogy of Play
Willem over at The College of Mythic Cartography and my own podcast on icebreakers led to a discussion about teach people through games, specifically teaching people games through games. Breaking down all the components of a game into easy to digest and fun to learn steps.
I applied this to a Mouse Guard game that I ran at the Endgame Minicon: Into the Wild – Spring 1152. Here are the exercises:
Improv for Gamers
As a gamer I've heard many times that improv is closely tied to role-playing, and from everything I can tell, improv theater teaches all the skills I think role-players need: collaboration, embracing failure, and generally feeling comfortable looking stupid. Yet, there is a divide to cross to get the gamer onto the stage.
Actual Play – 33 (12/11/2011)
MC: Sean Nittner Players: Karen Twelves, Ralph Wolterbeek, Michael Garcia, Kristin Hayworth, Shaun Hayworth, Basil…
