tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327484429725532216.post4520910076854054340..comments2023-11-05T03:25:53.239-08:00Comments on Drake's Flames: RPG Review - FiascoUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327484429725532216.post-72393076217466119292011-01-25T17:45:45.581-08:002011-01-25T17:45:45.581-08:00I and some friends played this a couple of weeks a...I and some friends played this a couple of weeks ago. It reminded me of the old Gary Gygax quote: "The secret we should never let the gamemasters know is that they don't need any rules." Fiasco takes that a step further and reveals the secret that the players don't actually need the gamemaster either.<br /><br />The brilliance of Fiasco is how minimal the rules actually are. They're mostly there to explain how the characters are related, to enforce some turn taking among the players, and supply good and bad karma to their characters to give players some idea of where to take the plot. The rest is all theme and story. In fact, the whole thing strayed from RPG territory into more of a structured exercise in collective screenplay writing--and was an absolute blast in the process.<br /><br />Thanks, Matt, for turning us on to this one!David N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17644166021825199337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327484429725532216.post-41780692793847370132011-01-23T07:01:41.974-08:002011-01-23T07:01:41.974-08:00Great writeup!
Episode 29 has the Minions of the ...Great writeup!<br /><br />Episode 29 has the Minions of the Monster Master doing an actual play of Fiasco, the Antarctica storyline. <br /><br />You've been warned.<br /><br />http://minionsofthemonstermaster.blogspot.com/2011/01/episode-29-fiasco-in-antarctica.htmlMIKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12349008639954236034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327484429725532216.post-15776404097428554912010-12-14T02:28:14.709-08:002010-12-14T02:28:14.709-08:00Like Drake, I've been screwing about with RPG&...Like Drake, I've been screwing about with RPG's over the course of the last 30 or so years (well - not so much NOW anymore as when I was a pimply-faced, angst-ridden teen, obviously, but still on occasion). And as far as game reviews go, I trust Drake implicitly. Bloke knows what he's talking about, and he's never steered me wrong yet. All the games I've gone ahead and shelled out bucks for in the last two years have been because of what I saw of them here.<br /><br />Fiasco is no different, but has been - to date - the best find hands-down yet.<br /><br />After reading Drake's take on the game, I poked about and read a few more. Then I just couldn't stand the anticipation anymore so I went to the publisher's web site to see how bad I had to whore myself out to get a copy pronto.<br /><br />Well, you can get a nice little teaser preview of some of the rules in a free PDF, and - as Drake says - every month they publish (again in PDF and again for free) another psychotic little setting for the game.<br /><br />You can get the...well..."rulebook" I suppose is what you'd call it in physical form (for all that tactile, page-turning action if you're craving such) for around $25 - or just go cheap like I did and get immediate satisfaction by getting it in PDF form for a measly $10. If you go that route, they're giving away yet another free bonus setting with it till the end of the year.<br /><br />I highly recommend that you give this a try. Hell, I had a blast just creating slew after slew of twisted, myopic character relationships using the preview rules before ever shelling out for the full version.<br /><br />Do yourself a favor and GET THIS GAME!Hellblazernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327484429725532216.post-23821415283938791832010-12-10T13:32:01.080-08:002010-12-10T13:32:01.080-08:00"Which brings me to my next point - you may v..."Which brings me to my next point - you may very well wind up rooting for your character to be arrested, imprisoned, maimed or killed."<br /><br />Yes, my wife was very upset when it turned out that her character was supposed to wind up with a "good outcome," since she was leading her character to a most miserable outcome ("formaldyhide poisoning while being burned alive").<br /><br />So her "good outcome" for her character wound up surviving the fire AND the poisoning, but having to have both her hands amputated...but otherwise living comfortably from the insurance money claims of her burned down funeral home and her dead grandson.<br /><br />Of course, only people who've played Fiasco would understand how all that could happen...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18113861577185357720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327484429725532216.post-12148909309890394092010-12-09T15:36:01.965-08:002010-12-09T15:36:01.965-08:00This game seems freaking genius.
I really like t...This game seems freaking genius. <br /><br />I really like the part of the review that says "People are very likely to die - or worse." I wasn't sure what the "or worse" part could be til I kept reading.<br /><br />I don't typically do role playing games, or at least not for many years, but this one seems awesome. The review makes it feel like practically anyone with a twisted mind (don't we all have one?) can sit down and have fun with this. <br /><br />I agree with Thomas D, Damn good stuff.Rick Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06256853288198084326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327484429725532216.post-15425639621663965722010-12-08T07:31:11.881-08:002010-12-08T07:31:11.881-08:00I finally got to play this last weekend. All I hav...I finally got to play this last weekend. All I have to say is if I knew at the beginning my high school coach was going to turn out to be a post-op transgendered woman, I would have named her Jesse.<br /><br />Damn good stuff.Thomas Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17900181727387323579noreply@blogger.com