#SwordsWithoutMaster

Mathieu Lam Son LeocmachLamSon@ludosphere.fr
2024-04-03

Je crois bien que c'est la première fois qu'on m'interview moi (et non l'inverse) par rapport au #JdR
Du coup c'est aussi la première interview de promo pour #Saperlipopette à sortir chez #HOBG.
J'y parle surtout des déterminants sociaux qui ont amené à l'écriture de ce jeu sur la #bandeDessinée #BD
Et puis des inspirations comme #SwordsWithoutMaster ou #Horrifique

Merci @comemartin
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Mathieu Lam Son LeocmachLamSon@ludosphere.fr
2024-03-21

@gulix @matthieu_be parce que pour faire de la poésie les rimes c'est surfait. On réemploi des images (#SwordsWithoutMaster) ou des symboles (#LaCléDesNuages), ou des thèmes (#Horrifique). On se contraint dans la forme plus que dans le fond (#SonjaEtConanContreLesNinjas, #LaGriveNoire), parce qu'en forme comme en fond, le #JdR est une conversation.

Mathieu Lam Son LeocmachLamSon@ludosphere.fr
2024-01-25

@epidiah @Mila

This creative constraint is really fruitful and brings poetic, impressionist transitions that make me think of the echoing motifs in #SwordsWithoutMaster

There is also a clever device to know who wants to speak next, who wants to interrupt shortly the current narrator, etc. The conversation is formalized (poke @lumpley)

The way the settings element share and often dispute ground makes the story dynamic, sometimes conflictual, sometimes peaceful.
#TheBlackWren

Mathieu Lam Son LeocmachLamSon@ludosphere.fr
2023-09-30

#SeptembeRPG #JdR
30. Votre prochain jeu sera

Prochain jeu à publier : #Saperlipopette, pour jouer la succession rapide de péripéties, suivis de révélations et d'enquêtes, péripéties, enquête, …, et finalement d'un dénouement, qui sont caractéristiques de la #BandeDessinnée #BD franco-belge. Sans MJ, se joue avec des cartes spéciales illustrées et portant des onomatopées. Inspiré à l'origine par #SwordsWithoutMaster de @epidiah

Mathieu Lam Son LeocmachLamSon@ludosphere.fr
2023-09-30

#SeptembeRPG #TTRPG
30. Your next game is going to be

Next game to publish : hopefully #Saperlipopette , to play the rapid succession of twists and turns, followed by revelations and investigation, twists, investigation, …, and final wrap up and closing that are characteristic of European comics. GMless, card based. Originally inspired by #SwordsWithoutMaster by @epidiah

I'd like to have an English version of it at some point for the international market.
#LeTTRPG

#RPGaDAy2023 day 30:
I guess this is a another question of perspective. Some games that I have played might seem obscure for "classical #ttrpg" players (like, say, #SwordsWithoutMaster, #TrophyDark or maybe a #pbta) and others for the #storytelling crowd (hardcore #Pathfinder or #OSR stuff).
But I've actually had none that I'd call obscure myself.

Also, a lot of today's mentions from you nice people out there might grow my stack of unplayed games yet again, which is too big already 😵

2023-08-22

The words, diegetic advancement, got stuck in my head.

Inspired by Into the Odd, Apocalypse World and Swords Without Master and Wolves Upon the Coast

githyankidiaspora.com/2023/08/

#IntoTheOdd #TTRPG #SwordsWithoutMaster #ApocalypseWorld #WolvesUponTheCoast

When your character is ready to reach 2nd level, bang on the table or make an exclamation to get your friends' attention. Proclaim something like: 
"<Character's Name> is no longer a novice; they are clearly an adept in the art of adventuring!"

Your friends will demand you to recount examples of adventure and derring-do have caused this character to graduate from novice to adept. Make your case.

If the case is successful, the character should have a nickname given to them by the people in the world if they don't have one already.

Then the Referee, GM or whatever will ask who will be training your character. If you cannot reply with an organization or mentor that has come up in play (character creation being a part of play), your character should look for such a resource during the course of the game.

Once a teacher is identified, the GM will let you know of a few of the following:
a price
a quest
a ritual
that will have to be paid/completed/honored in order to gain their next level.

Good luck, adept. To get from adept to expert, they must not only survive the world's dangers but must actively change the world or contribute to their chosen vocation in some tangible way.

IMAGE: a book surrounded by polyhedral dice with little icons of twinkling and shimmering
2023-08-01

Ny episode fra din podcast om rollespil, Lænestolsrollespil, er ude. Det handler denne gang om Swords without Master.
laenestolsrollespil.dk/2023/08
#rollespil #ttrpg #podcastdk #dkpodcast #lænestolsrollespil #SwordsWithoutMaster

Nicolas "Gulix" Ronvelgulix@dice.camp
2023-02-23

Today is my birthday ! So I made a sale with my games on @itchio .
itch.io/s/89367/the-birthday-s

The best gift this day can bring is people getting, reading and enjoying those games. #TTRPG #LeTTRPG

Facing the Titan is a #GMLess game inspired by #SwordsWithoutMaster . You play a Company of heroes, your journey will put you against a Titan.

After the Accident is a #solo #journaling game introducing the #LEADS system

#FinalLap is a #DFTQ game involving racers in the last race of the season.

After the Accident cover
subtitle "Journal of a survivor"Final Lap cover
Descender from the Queen
Picture of a race trackFacing the Titan
A big hulking living mountain facing a group of heroes
2023-01-05

Building a web app for #SwordsWithoutMaster has been an interesting endeavor. Especially since I've had to learn everything about building a web app beyond the very little HTML I remember from my geocities days.

The wonders and perils of coding aside, it's also been intriguing to examine my game from this new perspective.

Swords was built around quite a bit of physical interaction. There are important portents and rituals around the picking up and passing of the dice that online play lacks.

2023-01-01

@hellcowkeith Being a puppet and roleplaying with you onstage at PaxU was last-last year, so it doesn't quite make the cut.

So I'd say playing #SwordsWithoutMaster with @epidiah and playing a blue asexual 7-foot three-armed alien

I also own #swordswithoutmaster (afaik it's only available with some #zine download pdf).
Liked it a lot.

Iirc #3W6 treated at least these two in their german (/austrian) language #storyrpg podcast.

@Epidiah please let us know if I'm spreading bs here 😉

#pnpde: diesmal keine komplette Übersetzung, es geht um einen englischsprachigen Account.
Von den genannten Spielen gibt es meines Wissens bisher nur #Dread auf Deutsch ("das Spiel mit dem Jengaturm"), von #SystemMatters.

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2022-11-13

Running a #oneshot of #swordswithoutmaster by the awesome @epidiah tonight!! I love this game - I'm running the City of Fire & Coin module!
#ttrpg #indiegame

2022-11-09

The last 5 #TTRPG I played:
#DungeonWorld
#CallOfCthulhu
#Playtest
#TheZone
#Bubblegumshoe

All time favorite game to run or play (which hasn't made it to this list in far too long): #SwordsWithoutMaster

Nicolas "Gulix" Ronvelgulix@dice.camp
2022-11-08

You can find my #ttrpg on itch, and my biggest one is #FacingTheTitan.

gulix.itch.io/facing-the-titan

It's a #gmless TTRPG, 0-preparation needed, about a company of characters who are going to face ... a #Titan !

It features 16 Titans, articles on how to alter the game, create for the game, and of course rules to play it.
The rules are based on #SwordsWithoutMaster by Epidiah Ravachol.

2018-06-24

Around 11 AM EDT this morning, we will be making our 4th attempt at the #SwordsWithoutMaster Speed Run Challenge live on the Actual Play Twitch Channel: twitch.tv/actualplay

Join us if you can!

Many fine seers will be watching our rogues' activities from afar, scrying for clues to what fate has in store for them! You can join them with the Ritual of Scrying: worldswithoutmaster.com/blog/2

2018-06-07

Have I told you all about the speed runs of #SwordsWithoutMaster⚔️ going on over on the ActualPlay Twitch channel? We're challenging ourselves to complete games of Swords—from 1st Overtone to last reincorporation—as swiftly as possible & still have a coherent story to show for it.

We've got a few under our belts clocking in at just over 50 minutes, & another one coming up this Sunday.

Join us! Play along as one of the seers witnessing our adventures from afar. Details: worldswithoutmaster.com/blog/2

2018-04-05

#AprilTTRPGMaker

"5. Favorite game you've worked on"

Obviously, I should pick #SwordsWithoutMaster⚔️. It's what I'm known for & it is destined to be the game that finally usurps #DnD.

But pound for pound, Vast & Starlit is the most important game I've ever made. So it wins.

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2018-02-04

#500 Rogues #SwordsWithoutMaster

The Old Hunger

#Named
The Origin of Storm—A howling wind that serves as my familiar
Mul—A reincarnated hunter after my pelt.
Range—My territory.
The Litany—Four spells lost to the world of sorcery.

#Glum
Disappearing to the background—present but unseen—I await my moment.

#Jovial
Howling with the hot blood of my foe still on my tongue, chasing off all others.

#CannyCognition
My acute & discerning sense of smell.

#Eidolon
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