{"id":243,"date":"2014-08-23T18:06:16","date_gmt":"2014-08-23T18:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenhatdesigns.com\/?p=243"},"modified":"2015-02-12T03:07:35","modified_gmt":"2015-02-12T03:07:35","slug":"headspace-gencon-was-awesome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.greenhatdesigns.com\/?p=243","title":{"rendered":"Headspace – GenCon was awesome!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello Everyone,<\/p>\n

So first off, GenCon was amazing. This year was my 2nd, but my first as game designer. Beyond meeting loads of awesome people, I ran the hell out of Headspace<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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Headspace at Games On Demand!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I ran 2 x four hour games at Games on Demand, 1x four pickup game in the Embassy Lobby and a further 2 x two hour games at the IGDN room. My good friend Jason Pitre<\/a> (Genesis of Legend Publishing) also ran a 2 hour game on my behalf. In all over 25 people got to play, and as best as I can tell everyone had a lot of fun. All of the games use the same rough scenario of rescuing a technician and her family from a Corporate compound (all with varying degrees of success).<\/p>\n

I’m pleased to note that all the major components ie Moves of the game worked very smoothly and the addition of the Regrets\/Drives\/Flashback scenes was very well received. I’d just like to take a moment to thank everyone who came out and took a chance on something new, by someone new (I’ve linked to sites of folks I know):<\/p>\n

John Adamus<\/a>, Kristyn Bitner, Sam Carter, Daniel Crawford, Alan Duffy-Guy, Shawn Fiedler, Lowell Francis<\/a>, Nick Guidotti, Andrew Van Hise, Nicolas Hornyak<\/a>, Andrew Landford, Aaron Lehmann, Brian A. Liberge<\/a>, Lisa Matincik, David Morford, Dylan Van Pelt, Ryan Perrin, Tasha Robinson, Ruth M. Scheller, Dustin Simeone, Ericka Skirpan, Todd Willey, Colin Woodward, Amanda Valentine<\/a>, Clark Valentine.<\/p>\n

If I miss-spelt your name please let me know!<\/p>\n

I’d also like to extend a special thank you to Dustin Simeone who ran my Dreamation rules for his friends and who all came out to try at GenCon!<\/p>\n

Feedback<\/h2>\n

So besides paying careful attention to what some of the mechanics did in play, I spent a lot of time examining the flow of the “Stress Track”. The game does cinematic action against “mooks” very well, but I need to see how it works in long play, slower play and against equal caliber corporate agents. I went through a round of Roses and Thorns<\/a> with every play group and I’ve been pondering over changes and ideas all week since GenCon. My preferred method of sorting out ideas is to classify them as either : Implement Now<\/strong> or Ask a Question<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Implement Now<\/h3>\n
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  1. Reduce Player Health Tracks to 4 (Characters can take a lot of punishment and since “Taken Out” is only death if the Player wants it to be, this seems to be more fair).<\/li>\n
  2. Make the difference between Stun and Normal Damage clear.<\/li>\n
  3. Professional Moves: New 12+ Success and Reduce Stress By 1 (Represent high rolls as allowing the Player to simmer the Headspace down).<\/li>\n
  4. Headspace Moves: Remove the -1 Stress from 7-9 Rolls (It was causing the Stress Track to bleed out more than intended).<\/li>\n
  5. Note that Armour Doesn’t Stack.<\/li>\n
  6. Provide additional Character Customization options – Upgrades need to be more interesting\/powerful.<\/li>\n
  7. The Handler: Investigation and Observation are too much alike.<\/li>\n
  8. Reset Regrets at end of Session (Everyone loved them and wanted them more, some tweaking to do this).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Ask a Question<\/h3>\n

    The purpose of this is to reinterpret feedback and ideas into questions of “Should I do this?” to let me ponder and think about what the potential answers might be.<\/p>\n

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    1. Should all character Upgrades just be on a one big list?<\/li>\n
    2. Can the group “upgrade” the Headspace, and how would that work?<\/li>\n
    3. How should Hacking a Headspace work?<\/li>\n
    4. How should character advancement work\/should it? Group experience pools? Money?<\/li>\n
    5. How should the internet, virtual reality be dealt with in play?<\/li>\n
    6. Should there be a “blank” Hard Choice that the GM uses with appropriate scene elements?<\/li>\n
    7. Should Psychology rolls lower stress?<\/li>\n
    8. Should Stress Levels have any mechanical effects or just be about role playing until feedback happens?<\/li>\n
    9. The fiction of Stress needs to be explicitly clarified (may just be me explaining the game better in some cases)?<\/li>\n
    10. How do I note when one scene ends and another begins?<\/li>\n
    11. How do I reset Regrets over long play?<\/li>\n
    12. Can a characters emotional baggage for a skill evolve and change over time? (I think so, but how?)<\/li>\n
    13. Can players burn teamwork to burn existing stress? (I don’t see why not).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Well that was GenCon for Headspace! I’ve have some additional announcements in the coming weeks. I’m hoping to put together a few G+ Hangouts of game play and I plan on attending Metatopia 2014<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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