[Churchofgaming] Churchofgaming Digest, Vol 39, Issue 6

Fri Nov 4 02:22:10 UTC 2011

Hi Redmond,

Yep we are on. This Sunday we are playing Diaspora Hard SF with FATE.
Diaspora is very Hard SF, i.e. the laws of physics are not broken and
the implausible is avoided. There is no artificial gravity, no force
swords, no reactionless space drives, no psionics, no humanoid aliens
etc. FATE is a narrative rpg system focused on telling stories and
giving players a chance to affect thje storytelling. That said Diaspora
can handle tactical combat in spacecraft or with rifles.

We'll make you a character during the Q&A phase at the start of the
session. If you start thinking about ideas for your character now it
would really help.
Every character has a home system pick one from the attached camapign
info.
Every character begins the game knowing two other characters (whoever
volunteers on the day). These meetings influence your phases
Every character has five phases that sketch out there life prior to the
start of the game. As other characters influence two of these phases you
can't finalise them before Sunday but it would help to have a few ideas.
The phases are:

phase one: growing up
This phase should establish the character's home system and maybe some
information
about his family and upbringing. 

phase two: starting out
This phase describes the character picking a direction in life. It might
be a career
choice or an education or it might be a circumstance forced upon him,
but it should
be a formative choice that establishes who the character has decided he
will be.

phase three: moment of crisis
Now players will write a brief description of an event that created
change in the
character-something that the character would talk about later (maybe to
his pals
around drinks, maybe only to his wife, maybe to himself while in his
sleep with the
cold sweats and the voices and the screaming). The moment of crisis must
reference
another character

phase four: sidetracked
This phase is about events out of your control. As with life, not
everything goes as
planned, and it may be that your life has taken an unexpected turn. This
phase revisits
the story of another characters moment-of-crisis event from your
character's perspective.

phase five: on your own
In the final phase, write briefly about where the character is now. What
are his
immediate needs and goals? What is he doing to get by in a hostile
universe?
It'd be great if your phase five placed you on the backwater world of
Exoarctica in the Faith/Reason system. 

<-----Original Message-----> 
>From: Redmond Hamlett [redmond.hamlett at gmail.com]
>Sent: 11/3/2011 1:12:15 PM
>To: churchofgaming at rpgreview.net
>Subject: Re: [Churchofgaming] Churchofgaming Digest, Vol 39, Issue 6
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>Hi gang, 
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>
>Still on this Sunday? I think I am finally free for a change!
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>Let us know
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>Cheers
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>Redmond
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>Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:32:38 -0700
>From: "Carl Brown" <catodon at whale-mail.com>
>To: <diaspora at mimesisrpg.com>, <churchofgaming at rpgreview.net>
>Subject: [Churchofgaming] THis Sunday
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>Hi all,
>(Diaspora/one off)
>
>With preparing a review article for RPG Review and lots of science
stuff
>to do I have been snowed under the last couple of weeks. I'm afraid I'm
>going to have to delay the next Diaspora session. Diaspora next week
>intstead?
>Anyway, as a replacement how is BattleTech again? (with less maps and
>mechs to speed play. I'd like to try a couple of platoons of infantry
>this time.
>Also, what about BV rather than tonnage? Its more balanced and the
>master unit list giving BV values is free online.
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>From: Jay Superfluous <superfluos at gmail.com>
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>On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 2:32 PM, Carl Brown <catodon at whale-mail.com>
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>> Hi all,
>> (Diaspora/one off)
>>
>> With preparing a review article for RPG Review and lots of science
stuff to
>> do I have been snowed under the last couple of weeks. I'm afraid I'm
going
>> to have to delay the next Diaspora session. Diaspora next week
intstead?
>> Anyway, as a replacement how is BattleTech again? (with less maps and
mechs
>> to speed play. I'd like to try a couple of platoons of infantry this
time.
>> Also, what about BV rather than tonnage? Its more balanced and the
master
>> unit list giving BV values is free online.
>>
>> Care2 makes it easy for everyone to live a healthy, green lifestyle
and
>> impact the causes you care about most. Over 12 Million members!
>> http://www.care2.com
>>
>> Feed a child by searching the web! Learn how
http://www.care2.com/toolbar
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>I'm up for more BattleTech. Obviously a glutton for punishment after
>the last time.
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>Jay
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