From 344d34cbddcb3733b022e0b2cafdd1997b304e2c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dozens Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2022 08:51:05 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] game; docs, schema --- README.md | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ db/games.rec | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------ dist/feed.xml | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- dist/index.html | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----- 4 files changed, 131 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 6773959..edaab28 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -33,6 +33,26 @@ What kind of stuff am I interested in keeping track of? - Length: One-shot, adventure, campaign? - Crew: Who did I play with? +## Schema + +You should probably just read the recfile because that will always be the source of truth, but at the time of this writing, the schema is as follows. + +``` +%rec: Game +%doc: a ttrpg game I have played or am playing +%key: Id +%type: Id int +%type: System,Module,Format line +%type: Updated,Started date +%typedef: Role enum DM Player +%typedef: Length enum Campaign Adventure Oneshot +%typedef: Status enum Ongoing Complete Hiatus Dead +%auto: Id Updated +%mandatory: Id System Module Format Notes Updated Started Role Length Status +``` + +Note: `Notes` (arguably the most important field) does not have a type because there is no valid type for multi-line entries in recfiles. Thus is remains untyped, uncheckable by recins, and undocumented in the schema. I consider this a bug of the recutils. + ## Learnings check out [doc/learnings.md](doc/learnings.md) diff --git a/db/games.rec b/db/games.rec index 4578e57..c352446 100644 --- a/db/games.rec +++ b/db/games.rec @@ -2,11 +2,13 @@ %doc: a ttrpg game I have played or am playing %key: Id %type: Id int -%type: Updated date -%type: Started date +%type: System,Module,Format line +%type: Updated,Started date %typedef: Role enum DM Player +%typedef: Length enum Campaign Adventure Oneshot %typedef: Status enum Ongoing Complete Hiatus Dead %auto: Id Updated +%mandatory: Id System Module Format Notes Updated Started Role Length Status Id: 0 System: Dungeons & Dragons @@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ System: Troika! Module: 13 Story Bizarre Role: DM Format: Play By Post -Length: One-Shot +Length: Oneshot Status: Complete Started: 2021-04-29 Updated: 2022-05-12 @@ -97,7 +99,7 @@ System: Troika Module: Cocaine and Alligators: Florida Man Sphere Role: Player Format: zoom -Length: One-Shot +Length: Oneshot Status: Complete Started: 2021-05-23 Updated: 2021-05-23 @@ -122,7 +124,7 @@ System: Mausritter Module: Honey Rafters Role: Player Format: Foundry/Discord -Length: One-Shot +Length: Oneshot Status: Complete Started: 2021-06-07 Updated: 2021-06-07 @@ -333,7 +335,7 @@ Format: discord Length: Oneshot Status: Complete Started: 2022-02-10 -Notes: okay so first of all this is a historic game because after years of inviting her to join me in my hobby, this is the first time baba agreed and actually joined. bittersweet: she did not have fun. +Notes: okay so first of all this is a historic game because after years of inviting her to join me in my hobby, this is the first time pete agreed and actually joined. bittersweet: she did not have fun. + nor did i, to be honest. this was a very challenging game to run. i felt stressed out and frustrated the whole time. the clues were super vauge. it was hard to understand a new system, and the mystery, and also stay on top of helping people play their character. There was also a bunch of the game that I should have just thrown out because it was not applicable/appropriate for a one-shot. Also all of the clues are objects. There's no way to have a clue come up in conversation without the person running away so they could find an object, or somehow describing the object for some reason. + I had two players (pete and ari) who had never played a game before, pete was kind of lost. i should have thrown out abilities and had a straight 2d6 roll. + that said, it was a great group. a real convergence of spheres. @@ -595,3 +597,32 @@ Notes: ++ ++ Here's a character sheet if you want to use it. ++ ++ diff --git a/dist/feed.xml b/dist/feed.xml index fbbba36..814d2ed 100644 --- a/dist/feed.xml +++ b/dist/feed.xml @@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ See more at Thu, 10 Feb 2022 21:07:12 -0700 + + Brindlewood Bay - Good Buy, Cruel World + http://tilde.town/~dozens/gamelog/index.html + Wed, 26 Oct 2022 20:47:24 -0600 + + + +Here's a character sheet if you want to use it. + + + ]]> + + diff --git a/dist/index.html b/dist/index.html index 9794409..ff740cc 100644 --- a/dist/index.html +++ b/dist/index.html @@ -174,6 +174,9 @@ +

Good Buy, Cruel World +(Brindlewood Bay)

+

Good Buy, Cruel World is a game of Brindlewood Bay that I started +playing 2022-10-26 as a DM. It is a discord voice, jamboard Oneshot and +is currently Complete.

+

Here’s how it went!

+

Boy I struggle mightily with Brindlewood Bay. It is such a +challenging game to run. There’s no guidance for how to play the +characters. The clues that pop up lead the fiction in weird directions, +and as the facilitator you’re left holding the bag trying to give your +players what they want when following up with questions. And at the end, +there are so many red herrings and clues that don’t add up, and +just.

+

The ending, the Theorize Move, is the most interesting and fun part +of the game. But it rarely creates a narratively satisfying ending.

+

I also don’t know how to create tension or stakes in this game.

+

Don’t get me wrong, it’s fun.

+

I just feel like I gotta find a different system to run these +characters and this story on.

+

BTW there’s no written evidence of this anywhere, but the second BB +game we played was in March of this year. The first was in February. And +this is the 3rd, seven months later in October

+

Anyway, the module was Good Buy, Cruel World by Michael van Fleet, +and it was great. Everybody seemed to love mallwalking and being in the +mall. This is the 2nd game i’ve played by van Fleet, the first one being +Moon’s Shot, a oneshot for troika.

+

https://signalstation.itch.io/good-buy-cruel-world

+

Here’s a character sheet if you want to use it.

+

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fbzZnOhHlsuuxDGkroHHpZJgLPIPydOGyKI3Knv9P9w/edit#gid=2144772881

+

+

+🎲🎲 +
+

untitled (plasma torch)

untitled is a game of plasma torch that I started playing 2022-09-30 as a Player. It is a discord live text Oneshot and is currently @@ -606,7 +646,7 @@ unique to the kinds of game i usually play.

13 Story Bizarre (Troika!)

13 Story Bizarre is a game of Troika! that I started playing -2021-04-29 as a DM. It is a Play By Post One-Shot and is currently +2021-04-29 as a DM. It is a Play By Post Oneshot and is currently Complete.

Here’s how it went!

Originally supposed to be a really quick adventure with my core @@ -794,7 +834,7 @@ Bay) Complete.

Here’s how it went!

okay so first of all this is a historic game because after years of -inviting her to join me in my hobby, this is the first time baba agreed +inviting her to join me in my hobby, this is the first time pete agreed and actually joined. bittersweet: she did not have fun.

nor did i, to be honest. this was a very challenging game to run. i felt stressed out and frustrated the whole time. the clues were super @@ -1054,8 +1094,8 @@ class="uri">https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/331670/Acid-Death-Fantasy

Honey Rafters (Mausritter)

Honey Rafters is a game of Mausritter that I started playing -2021-06-07 as a Player. It is a Foundry/Discord One-Shot and is -currently Complete.

+2021-06-07 as a Player. It is a Foundry/Discord Oneshot and is currently +Complete.

Here’s how it went!

Fun game! Surprisingly spooky. Quite lethal. Cursed sunflower = corrupted bees and candy cultists. Played with FKR discord folk.

@@ -1072,7 +1112,7 @@ class="uri">https://mausritter.com/

Cocaine and Alligators: Florida Man Sphere (Troika)

Cocaine and Alligators: Florida Man Sphere is a game of Troika that I -started playing 2021-05-23 as a Player. It is a zoom One-Shot and is +started playing 2021-05-23 as a Player. It is a zoom Oneshot and is currently Complete.

Here’s how it went!

Fun pick-up game from Melsonia discord. The game hilariously involves