Like an old friend, PTFO Stonetop will always be a celebrated addition to my feed. I look forward to seeing the trio back in action again.
On Blades, I absolutely agree with your points here. My understanding is that Blades is intended to be the story of your crew, rather than the members within it, more suited for telling a story like Leverage or The Sopranos, where you're rooting for the whole rather than it's individual parts.
Not to say you can't have some personal drama and journeys, but the fairly rigid structure around scores means you have to shove it all in during freeplay and that ends up feeling somewhat unfulfilling in my experience.
Can't wait to get more Stonetop! Pad, Anwen, and Vahid are some of the best realized characters in any of the (many) actual plays I've read. Excited to see where this series takes them.
I came to your page in time to read the Proper Villain stuff and never went back to the Stonetop campaign. I didn't even realize that's what the first one was.
I've been interested in Stonetop for a while now so I guess I'm headed to your backlog.
I hope you enjoy it! There is a lot of it, but I do think it came together slightly better than Proper Villains (though I did enjoy writing that a lot too!)
Like an old friend, PTFO Stonetop will always be a celebrated addition to my feed. I look forward to seeing the trio back in action again.
On Blades, I absolutely agree with your points here. My understanding is that Blades is intended to be the story of your crew, rather than the members within it, more suited for telling a story like Leverage or The Sopranos, where you're rooting for the whole rather than it's individual parts.
Not to say you can't have some personal drama and journeys, but the fairly rigid structure around scores means you have to shove it all in during freeplay and that ends up feeling somewhat unfulfilling in my experience.
Excited to read this. And well timed for what looks feasibly like Stonetop the game being finished in the next little while! (fingers crossed!)
Can't wait to get more Stonetop! Pad, Anwen, and Vahid are some of the best realized characters in any of the (many) actual plays I've read. Excited to see where this series takes them.
What a compliment! I hope I can deliver again post-hiatus. :)
I believe in you!
I came to your page in time to read the Proper Villain stuff and never went back to the Stonetop campaign. I didn't even realize that's what the first one was.
I've been interested in Stonetop for a while now so I guess I'm headed to your backlog.
I hope you enjoy it! There is a lot of it, but I do think it came together slightly better than Proper Villains (though I did enjoy writing that a lot too!)