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Very much agree with this! In home games I like to run the gamut from serious, heavier games and scenes to light, comedic ones but the former is reserved for people I know well - certainly not a thing I'd like at cons! I've not played at a con (yet) but I think silly fun one shots is the way

We killed a dragon last night. Good knightwork. #mythicbastionland

Just for the record, wasn't upset by your comments - and I thought you were a good player! I certainly wasn't unhappy to see you back in the second game! Have a great last day of @easterconuk.bsky.social !

Playing some brilliant Mythic Bastionland by @bastionland.bsky.social at @easterconuk.bsky.social tonight. Loving it!

Four. Everyone HAS seen long form RPG that takes itself too seriously. Who is there in the RPG panel at who HASN'T played a 6 hour session that covered one battle, or listened to a 2 hour character building session zero on a podcast. The RPG scene is wide, but 95% of that is still a monolith.

—For various reasons, it wasn't enjoyable to build a world with them.

If the world or investment and commitment to a certain style of play or group expectation are vital, and you don't get that? Then that's a problem. Silly RPGs are even funnier if one person is trying to be the serious character.

Three, I think it asks more from players, and suffers more from having less experienced, confident or skillful players. All my worst RPG sessions have been with players who weren't... interesting. Or nice. Or entertaining. —

Secondly, serious stuff is more sensitive, and thus more dangerous to do with strangers.

I'll laugh about a cat being carried round by a cursed minion on a pillow with anyone. I won't explore grief, or seriously explore the challenges of dashed, heartfelt life goals with every person that signs up

At a con though, especially a public facing session, I definitely prefer comedy RPG. Here's my reasons:

Firstly, it's more fun to watch. As an audience, you get to laugh, cheer, and jeer. In something serious, you probably just sit, and listen. Audience suggestions can work and add to the fun.

I enjoy both ends of the spectrum; @whodo.bsky.social's Signal to Noise made me cry, whilst @cobblesprite.bsky.social's Stacks of Goblins made me nearly choke to death with laughter. I also write both, from A Set of Scrubs-hospital adjacent contemplation-to Cats Vs Dogs-"this game is stupid".

At #Iridescence @easterconuk.bsky.social. Had the pleasure of running three RPGs, and had some interesting conversations about serious Vs silly TTRPG.

What do you enjoy? What's your choice at a convention? Is silly RPG a poor representation of the depth available in our wonderful diverse scene?

It would make a great panel; exploring comedy vs thoughtfulness in RPG. The face I present is definitely madcap, but I also enjoy a more serious, more contemplative game; two of the games I've written are a solo survival experience, and one viewing hospital life through the lens of medical scrubs.

Out of interest, what could I have done to fit your play style more in the second game?

Pirate Borg was more standard and a lot less mad. I think the two teens were less confident at bringing stuff, so the flow at the table was a bit stilted.

MB can be more serious; however our players chose to be drunk immediately, and chose rum over water; I think the group led the way on that.

I felt both games went pretty well. I actually thought MORK ORG went great. The add-on watcher was a pain, but also definitely settled once paired with the cat. That game had high engagement throughout.

Shocked that @paulbaldowski.bsky.social would think me gonza after that Dragonbane game where I talked about conservation of energy for 20 minutes!

Thanks for playing Simon and thanks for feedback! You were a good player and I could tell that a) it wasn't quite your style but b) you supported me

Played PirateBorg run magnificently by @beyondcataclysm.co.uk and also great to have @squadronuk.bsky.social at the table! It nearly got very weird with Chris' daughter chatting up Chris' NPC barman!! We were heading into X card territory!!

This is our first experience having third party stuff made for our game! Technically that makes it fifth party for @morkborg.com if I understand parties which I dont

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Off to EasterCon this week. First stop: CURRY IN BIRMINGHAM tonight!

I don't really understand how people avoid it at this point. Shaping concise stuff round images and layout. Maybe old fat RPG books with 300 pages of lore were okay, but ruleslite stuff? Nah

"Ewokaclypse Now" was right there, man.

One of us (Chris) writes reviews for Tabletop Gaming Magazine. There's something so cool about getting to be an advocate for something you enjoy, and then being quoted on it. Y'all should play @manticgames.bsky.social Epic Warpath!

We get sent around 1 or 2 "games" a month "made" by "creators" who have asked AI to just slop everything together. Our replies are usually terse and not particularly encouraging.

It's all about oh no this sucks# for me

Means a lot from you mate!

Printer friendly Character Sheet

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MORK ORG sheet

Finished MORK ORG Character Sheet!