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Inspirations: Lady Blackbird, New Art, Instagram
about 7 years ago
– Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 08:44:21 PM
Hiya Dreamer!
Today's Inspiration delves into the all inclusive adventure module Lady Blackbird!John Harper's adventure module sets a starting situation, gives you just enough setting to work with, rules to play, and pregenerated characters in JUST 16 pages! Mind you, If you haven't experienced Lady Blackbird, nearly 10 pages are character sheets. Talk about packing a punch?
Lady Blackbird offers characters, each with their own role to play, in this fantastic journey of love beyond borders of class, justice, and planets. Each character has traits and tags that describe your character. Play to them and benefit mechanically. Each character also has keys or guiding goals and principles that motivate the character. Hit a key and gain experience. Play your character as designed and be rewarded for it!
The game establishes an end goal. Get Lady Blackbird to her lover the Pirate King. What happens along the way or in the end is up to you...Lady Blackbird asks the Game Master to follow the characters wherever they take the story. It views each problem, enemy, or challenge as an obstacle. Obstacles are easy to create on the fly! While each game is the same in how it starts, it is very different in its execution.
Lady Blackbird and Brent Newhall's Whispering Road helped me see that Dreamchaser was possible. A game where we can allow the players to imagine their goal. A game with an end in mind. A game that rewards players for playing to their character's strengths, whatever they might be.
My first roleplaying game was Shadowrun. I begged my dad to buy me the 2nd Edition book from the hobby store.(Mostly model cars and trains) I found the thick black book with edgy fantasy characters of the future just fascinating! Mind you, I was a 6th or 7th grader and had no idea what a roleplaying game was. It would be years before that came about. Years of walking around with that crunchy tome!
With my love for the Cyberpunk genre, it's only fitting that I would also find art that pushes Dreamchaser games in that direction. I love how Neo Tokyo gives me the backdrop of neon lights and sky rises but from the ignorant eye of this young couple. To them, it is just another day in the life. To them, their whole world might be lost in love and infatuation. Are these two innocent folks just trying to make it, or is this the beginning of a forbidden love that will ravage the city?
I started an instagram account for Imagining Games. I've been posting Dreamchaser art and opening the hood with the sketches I have. I want to share some of the insight and choices behind the process of imagining Dreamchaser. Check it out!
What's to say about Dreamchaser?
about 7 years ago
– Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 11:16:09 AM
Testimonials
I want to share some of the great things that have been said about Dreamchaser so far. I hope they give you insight into the potential we have here and help you frame your own thoughts to share. More importantly, these are some of the wonderful things I've carried with me! They keep me going and push me to carry on!
“It was a really refreshing system to play in, and got my
imagination going like few games can!” –Riley Bowman, Playtester
“Dreamchaser allows character personalities to develop
organically and in mechanically meaningful ways.” –Dan Davenport, The Hardboiled GM
“Dreamchaser
is a role playing game done right. The system frees the game master to be
a champion and fan of the characters and their stories.” –Cris Frank, We Hate Bards
“Dreamchaser is a fun place to
visualize your dreams.” –Tim Grant, Our Personal Interests
“It really
breeds discussion. Perfect for writing a screenplay!” –Matthew William Neymeiyer, We
Hate Bards
“Given my line of work, a game that
promotes dreams, goals, and miracles in a must have in my collection.” –Dr.
Brian Quinones, LPC Child and Adolescent In Home Mental Health Therapist
“This game was a ton of fun. The AP
really builds to a payoff that no one saw coming!” –Michael Ross, The RPG Academy
“Thank you for running a game so fun I forgot I was
playtesting. Can’t wait to see where it goes from here!” -Jason Tocci, Playtester
Playtest Related
“Great
thing about this system is we are 40 minutes in, with people who have never
played the game before, we created characters, we created a setting, the plot
framework, having started with nothing! “ –Michael Caldwell, We Hate Bards
“Dreamchaser undersells itself; the fine line it treads
between letting the players write the story (not just parts, the story itself)
while still being able to experience it authentically is something I haven’t
seen before.” -Jim Dagg, Game Designer
"I love the ease of learning the game, and how
simple it is to set up! The game design assists your imagination, but never
hinders it in any way. Pete has created my new go-to game!" –Lindsey
McCullough, Playtester
“The
perfect system for introducing new players, also as a development exercise for
creating good roleplayers, getting people to have a stake in their characters,
it’s a good form to do that.” –Matthew William Neymeiyer, We Hate Bards
“Now, I’m not even the 100th person to say
this, it is no special revelation, but there is something special about the
Tabletop RPG Dreamchaser that call to mind the “let’s play pretend”
aspect of these games more than anything I’ve played in recent memory.” –Kevin Smith, Melvin Smif’s Geekery
Summing it up
”Peter Petrusha's Dreamchaser
system is excellent. We Hate Bards has run 3 games with it, a WW2/Fantasy
commando raid, a heist game involving stealing a literal panacea from Martin
Shkreli and a futuristic game that involved a father's love,
a southern gentleman AI, liberating the Moon from aliens and worked as a dating
simulator. It is a fun game when you want a fun game and a serious one when you
want a serious one. It is free form enough to accommodate nearly anything that
you would want to play but with rules and sheets that allow play to be
intuitive and understandable.” –Michael Caldwell, We Hate Bards
“An RPG that asks the most important question first, what
game do the players want to play, then uses the players ideas to fuel the
story. Dreamchaser cuts out the excess that bog down other role playing
games and gets to the core of what makes role playing exciting.” –Cris
Frank, We Hate Bards
“Having played a
demo of this game, I can say firsthand it is truly fun, intuitive, and easy.The group was a
mix of experienced RPG players of various playing styles, adding in someone
that never played any RPG before, and you would never know, because it went so
fluidly.” –Matt Franklin, Playtester
“With great
roleplaying elements and player driven stories, the fun depth is only limited
by your imagination. That being said be prepared to push those limits as this
game offers a full dive into immersion.” -Matthew William Neymeiyer, We Hate Bards
Podcast
“Dreamchaser is a game we're really looking forward to. It
turns conventional RPG storytelling on its head in the best way possible,
putting the players into the driver's seat of story direction.” –Saddle
Shaped Games
“If you want to play
a game that leans toward a player driven story-line with a strong enough
mechanic backing it to allow for surprises and interesting challenges, you’ll
find it here. Plus, the fact that Imagining Games found a way to incorporate
starting from the end to truly make the game about the journey adds
a remarkably satisfying gameplay element to it. For a game so new, it
feels polished.” –Kevin Smith, Melvin
Smif’s Geekery
Kickstarter Related
"We strongly urge you to check
out this kickstarter that just launched today. The creator is a wonderful guy
and this system has tremendous therapeutic and creative potential. Have you wanted a unique experience? Please
make sure to go and check Dreamchaser out.” –The Bodhana Group
“Next to the collaborative adventure
design, the fascinating system the Kickstarter presents the game and the game
material as very cool looking stuff. It does as well do good with a compelling
designs of the rewards, which is accessible and quite affordable. Thus I
recommend the project, like a lot. Specially if one fancys story games. I
myself do feel quite tempted.” –Jennifer Fuss, Teylen’s RPG Corner
“This game is a no brainer. Buy it, love it. Adore the
amazing artwork!” –Kevin Smith, Melvin
Smif’s Geekery
What resonates with you?
Have something else you'd like to share? Did I miss something? I wish I could say that I had written down every insightful thing I've heard. Alas, many are sand castles washed by the tide! Please send me anything else you'd like to see posted. I'm going to be adding some of these to the Kickstarter page in preparation for our "Remind me later" friends!
Thank you for everything you do! Your words are precious to me! Please spread the good word!
-Pete
Did you know that you can find Videos, Interviews, and Actual Plays of Dreamchaser at imagininggames.com? Keep up to date with our Facebook @imagininggames!
What will Your Bookmark look like?
about 7 years ago
– Wed, Feb 08, 2017 at 11:45:16 AM
Hiya Dreamer! We are chugging right along toward our next Stretch Goal!
Here are a couple looks at what Your Dreamchaser Bookmark could look like! Above is a vertical look and below is horizontal look for them. These are designed with a 2.5 x 8.5 inch size in mind. My thought, I hate losing small bookmarks within my books. At this size, they will be big enough to hide in your book but not so small that you cannot find them again. These bookmarks are wide, they take up nearly half the width of a page. We can even round the edges if we like. Though, that's enough about what I think!
What do you think?
Would you like a smaller bookmark? Want a different image? I want to hear from you!
These Bookmarks are just for us! You backed the Kickstarter. You unlocked these. Let's give you what you want!
Here are some choices, pick your favorite combination and put them in a comment!
Size:
Minicard: 1.75 x 1 inches. These are tiny, about half the size of a Business Card.
Big Bookmark: 2.5 x 8 or 8.5 inches. As seen above.
Postcard: 6 x 4 inches. Big, but with plenty of space to capture a beautiful image.
With our playtests, we are going to find just the right information to put on the back side of these Bookmarks! If we deem it unnecessary, we'll just have to image both sides!
What's your size and image preference? Have another image in mind? Tell me what you want!
2nd Stretch Goal Unlocked! 200% Funded! 150 Backers!
about 7 years ago
– Sun, Feb 05, 2017 at 08:50:18 PM
WOW!
That's TWO Stretch Goals down! Our first extra content has been unlocked!! Everyone will now get a digital theme pack full of examples to help your players imagine a modern day action inspired game. Jim Dagg will make your games Action Packed!
What a coincidence? Our 150th backer would carry us across the 200% funded mark! The IMMORTALIZE YOUR DREAM backer level is quickly fading away! Grab the last one if you want a chance to put your dream into the art of Dreamchaser!
Next Ssttrreettcchh!?
Dreamchaser Bookmarks added to each and every Physical Book!
Thank you all! We are doing great work! Spread the word! Share the enthusiasm!
Enjoy the game! It's the Super Bowl. What did you think I was talking about?
Inspirations: Powered by the Apocalypse, New Art!
about 7 years ago
– Sun, Feb 05, 2017 at 09:19:17 AM
Hiya Dreamer!
For our 2nd installment of Inspirations, I want to pay homage to
Vincent & Meguey Baker's Apocalype World Engine. It's important not
only to recognize where you are going, but how you got there!
Games powered by the Apocalypse or PbtA adapt to the characters that their players' present. The Game Master or MC is implored to follow the characters and find their story, wherever it may take them. The mechanics are descriptive and drive the story forward with every roll. A player's character sheet provides nearly everything a player needs to know to play the game. With so many excellent qualities to PbtA, I'll limit the praise to just these few.
I made Dreamchaser to give you a game that adapts to YOU. What's your dream? Having players create a common goal sets them up for success. It gives them more than a setting to inspire characters. It gives them a purpose! They imagine characters to fulfill that dream, and they do it together. So, each game doesn't just adapt to your characters, it goes one step further. It adapts to the story of pursuing their goal. We build everything around it. A setting gives you a sandbox to play in, but a goal will make your brain begin to connect the dots. That is the brainstorm that makes Dreamchaser's character creation fun! That fuels the collaborative Dream Mapping process. Have fun making characters! Have fun listening to characters being made!
Every roll in Dreamchaser provides a story moving outcome! Like Apocalypse World, it is important that there are no wishy washy outcomes. I don't want you to waste time on trivial rolls. I want each roll to move us forward, to help us tell our story, to have an outcome that has you crossing your fingers in anticipation! I created my own version of tags that are something of a hybrid of Fate's Aspects and PbtA tags. Dreamchaser's tags describe your character, the challenges that you face, and the value of your relationships. When you play to your tags, you play to who your character was designed to be. I want you to be rewarded for that. I want you to be rewarded for playing the character YOU imagined. My Tags help players make characters that can work any strategy for success, not just being strong, smart, or smooth talking. I went deeper, people in real life find a way to make all kinds of strategies work for them. Craft strategies that make even being ugly, dumb, foolish, shy, or what have you, work for you in your game!
New players to Dreamchaser? Nothing to reference but a character sheet. This game is fueled by the imagination! With a GM that knows the rules, the players create characters by pulling from their collective imagination. Each of us collects stories everyday! We read them, watch them, experience them, and talk about them. Dreamchaser uses US as the resource. Every statistical rating is on a 1-10 scale. With 4 as average, and 10 as godlike. Probabilities become familiar. The math is obvious. You are already equipped to play! We just need to unleash your creativity!
The list really could go on and on for all the merits of PbtA, but for brevity's sake, I kept it to a few points. If you haven't explored Apocalypse World or any game PbtA, you are missing out!
Daniel Bogni crafted He Will Never Come Back. I'm constantly on the lookout for art that moves me—that inspires stories. Is this an image of your past? Is this the moment you decided to change your life for the better? Is this your lost child or the thought of him/her out there all alone...I love that this image captures the sorrow, sadness, and defeat of the child but can also stand as the moment that led this character to pick him or herself up! What images pull on our heart strings more than the sadness of a child or a defenseless animal? I hope He Will Never Come Back will inspire new stories in your games.
The Super Bowl is today! Hope your team wins! If not,—you can always imagine a game with your team winning. ;D
