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Dark City Games (solo/microquests)

Started by DevP, January 16, 2007, 10:42:14 AM

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DevP

January 16, 2007, 10:42:14 AM
Has anyone seen stuff from "Dark City Games"? They had a free adventure in the form of a pamphlet in your general GenCon loot bag (which you can also download from their page.).

Their deal is they do solo adventures you play from the book, with a lite-ish RPG system attached. So you go to part 1 and read "There is the smell of must, and doors to the left (pg 23) and right (pg 12). There is an encounter here." and so on - a bit like Choose Your Own Adventure, actually. (It's said it's like the Fantasy Trip, but I never played that.)

I haven't done it solo, but I did use it to run a pickup game for two friends. By "running", I mainly just followed what the book said and managed the rules, but also took the liberty of improvizing on top of what was in the book, house-ruling things on the fly, rewarding good ideas that weren't outlined, in the book, etc. So I used it as more of a guideline for no-prep ad-hoc adventure, and we had a great time with that.

Anyone else have experiences with this sort of thing?
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arminius

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January 16, 2007, 02:02:05 PM
Well, yeah, though not with Dark City's games. I played a lot of the Fantasy Trip, both solo and "GMing" from the solo books. The original Death Tests were pretty entertaining but the best were Grail Quest and Security Station. I tended to stick to the book fairly closely, though; the main benefit of having me as a GM was that I was absolutely merciless...

Good on DC for reviving the TFT experience.

Edit: Ah, just clicked the link. They've updated their website and added a science fiction rule set. Anyone who hasn't visited lately should check it out.
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