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Justin |
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user 12825489
Seattle, WA |
Players: Lex, Alex, Eric, and myself.
A scientist, a pop star, a princess prodigy, and a dog eared alien walk into a video arcade ... Another successful game of Firebrands! This time we explored some of the environmental themes included in the user manual and focused on the planned harvesting of and protection of a particularly valuable natural habitat on Bantral. Personal highlights: "corrupting" some of the more violent games and making them much softer. In particular, framing a tactical skirmish (normally quite brutal) as taking place in a strategic video game. Also having our battle royal feature mostly harmless paintgun style antics. We also managed to successfully have a game in which all the characters were largely, if unwittingly, on the same side. The main contention being familial and political lines. This game, in contrast to my last, has shown me just how different each game of Firebrands can be. |