|
 The once-paradisaical city of Xebico lies quiet and dark, and the stars above it are strange. Something new and very old now rules there. Its roads are stalked by strange things in moonlight, and though not all still living are madmen, the few who are not have still been touched, inexorably, by madness. The full truth of what happened to proud Xebico would profoundly change any foolish enough in their curiosity, or forthright in their will, to seek it. But there is a history, whether any sane mind will ever discover it.    ***** I'm recruiting 3-4 players for a Discord (+PBP, possibly) Game of Microscope: Chronicle. In it we will be writing the history of how the proud populace of a great civilization sought outer knowledge, and how they were doomed because of it. Basically, I want us to make our own off-brand Bloodborne. That means my core concept is going to involve cosmic horror and the hubris, whether well- or ill-intentioned, of flawed but proud people asserting themselves capable of mastering, or even understanding, the great dark of the cosmos. Does that sound interesting to you? Consider applying. Microscope, if you've never played it, is basically a history-focused generative writing board game (similar but distinct from The Quiet Year, the other popular such game, in a few key ways). The Chronicle expansion / variant reduces the scope of the game, so that rather than incorporating all the great forces and change across an entire world over millennia, this game will tell the story of a city, from its founding to its inevitable and haunted end. To do this, you break the history up into broad Periods (eg "Byrgenweth scholars excavate the Tomb of the Gods and begin investigating the properties of the Old Blood found within"), then Events within those periods (eg "Scholars inject the Old Blood into a common Spider, which grows monstrous"), and then Scenes when you want to get into exact detail, dialogue, and drama (these bits are supposed to be roleplayed with characters). You start off with a Period marking the beginning of the history and a Period marking the end, and fill in the space between them. You can buy the rulebook for  here, but there's no reason we can't play from one book. In the end it's not a very complicated game (unless you endeavor to make it complicated in the name of fun). The big difference between Microscope and storygames like The Quiet Year is that while we are creating everything, everything must be defined, there is some room for ambiguity but not nearly as much as in other games.Indicate interest in a post and I'll go ahead and invite you to the game's Discord. Basic Chunnel fucked around with this message at 04:55 on Apr 7, 2019 |
#
?
Apr 7, 2019 04:47
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 19, 2024 15:49 |
|
|
I'd be interested in this, I haven't played Bloodborne or anything like it, but Microscope has always interested me.
|
|
#
?
Apr 7, 2019 04:57
|
|
|
I'm interested but also have never played or read about Bloodborne.
|
|
#
?
Apr 7, 2019 05:14
|
|
|
Cool! Knowledge of Bloodborne is definitely not required but familiarity with cosmic horror (Lovecraftian or post-Lovecraftian) lineage helps. The gist is that there are Entities and occult truths about the universe that exist outside of space and time. Learning those truths or contacting those Entities can grant magic / miraculous powers but always exacts at horrific cost sooner or later - usually the sanity of the seeker, her life, or both. The root of that stuff is M.R. James, who translated a whole bunch of apocryphal books of the New Testament and let that expertise (and his conservative POV) heavily influence the seminal ghost stories he wrote. A scholar finds an extremely rare book that turns out to be haunted, etc. He pretty much invented "there are things that man simply shouldn't know and must be punished for seeking" as a concept. But anyway, if you're familiar with, say, any of the popular conceptions of how Atlantis fell, you probably get the big picture here.
|
|
#
?
Apr 7, 2019 05:17
|
|
|
If for whatever reason you want to read Bloodborne's whole deal, here's a timeline of the setting, though there are still a fair bit of proper nouns.
|
|
#
?
Apr 7, 2019 05:21
|
|
|
I love microscope and would like to play in this game. I have a passing familiarity with bloodborne, and cosmic horror is my jam.
TheCog fucked around with this message at 05:52 on Apr 7, 2019 |
|
#
?
Apr 7, 2019 05:50
|
|
|
Cool. Do we have one more taker? Provided this goes well (I’m hoping for a round a day or two days, since most turns will be summary prose), I might be persuaded to run two games instead of one.
|
|
#
?
Apr 7, 2019 06:39
|
|
|
I'll take that last spot if that is alright! I'm very into Microscope and horror in all its forms. I'm also not familiar with Bloodborne, though.
|
|
#
?
Apr 7, 2019 13:42
|
|
|
Ah, I see. In that case, my knowledge of Cultist Simulator will probably be a good substitute for making the lore and history of this city.
|
|
#
?
Apr 7, 2019 16:22
|
|
|
That will more than do
|
|
#
?
Apr 7, 2019 17:26
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 19, 2024 15:49 |
|
|
here's our discord : *discord*
Basic Chunnel fucked around with this message at 20:41 on Apr 7, 2019 |
|
#
?
Apr 7, 2019 20:32
|
|