Category: Game

  • Game narration – How to Prepare for a Game?

    You have your New Game ready.You have your Friends/Playtesters around you.You’re Enthusiast.You’re a little Dubious.You’re not sure to be properly Prepared.How will you need to get into the Game? Here’s how. You don’t have to do Everything You Only need the Core Rules If it is 1 of your 1st Playtest, you probably haven’t designed…

  • Game Narration – Types of Game Narrators

    The Arbiter Rules The Arbiter is Rule-oriented. Her Gameplay experience should be the more consistent as she sees the Game as a Game. What are the Core Rules of your Game? How are they Implemented? How are they Explained? How are they Displayed? How are the Characters regulated? How does Character Creation work? How do…

  • How to Improvise? Alternative narration

    What’s Alternative Narration? What does Alternative narration brings to a Story? Branched Options Do you feel like your Story is too Straightforward? Do you think it’s too Rigid? Are you hesitating to make certain choices? What’s the source of this Hesitation? Would you like to include more of your ideas in the same Story? Do…

  • How to Improvise a Game?

    Win Conditions End of the Story How does the game End? What should the Characters do? What are the Characters Goals? Which of them is most likely to reach it? How? Will it hinder the other Characters? Are their Goals incompatible? Are their Goals opposed? End of the Game What should Players do to Reach…

  • How to Test your Story/Game?

    Environment Atmosphere What are the main Colors of your Story/Game? Are they memorable? Are the different environments easily identifiable? Are they welcoming? Do they look hostile? Will your Story/Game have Multiple Environments? How fluid is the Transition between each of them? Does your Story/Game have a Hub? How is the Climate? How is the weather?…