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So wanted an RPG for Over the Garden Wall and this looks to be close. 

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Peril, the final postcard game from @WorldChampGameCo that I own, is a three-player story game about gods and cataclysms. Each player embodies a god and proposes a solution to the peril, which is then voted on. A complication: the gods have complicated relationships that make a simple vote no easy task. Once three potential solutions have been put forth, the one with the most votes wins. If no consensus can be reached, the Peril wins.

Exceedingly simple while being endlessly complex.

As with the other two postcard games, Peril is available in the World Champ Game Co web store, link in his Insta bio.

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Proof that there is a GURPS sourcebook for everything: here’s the one for The Prisoner.

The Prisoner was a short-lived 1968 British TV show starring Patrick McGoohan about a secret agent kidnapped and forced to live in a bizarre village that is part resort town, part prison, part psychedelic fun house. It’s a cult classic thanks to its weirdness and its counter culture themes and you should check it out if you haven’t already. If nothing else, you’re probably familiar with the line, “I am not a number, I am a free man!” especially if you’re familiar with Iron Maiden’s song “The Prisoner.”

Running a paranoid campaign in the Village, a place of constant surveillance and weird science, (which, incidentally is the topic of another Maiden song, “Back in the Village”) is an intriguing idea. This book makes an honest go of it, but I find it a bit thinner than I like. While details of life in the Village, painstakingly mined from the TV show, are welcome, I would have liked a lot more suggestions on how to make the game a serious head-trip for players without rehashing the events of the show. As it stands, I came away with a better understanding of the show, but not a lot of confidence I could run a game based on it.  

That said, this is a loving re-examination of the show. Published in 1989, well before the internet, when tracking down even a single episode of The Prisoner took a great deal of effort, this is was a welcome resource for fans of the show (it even contains a handy episode guide with thorough synopses). So, great RPG supplement? Maybe not. Great book for a fan of The Prisoner? Definitely.

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Finally got to play "Grand Austria Hotel" tonight. Even played twice. Won both times. First time by a huge margin, second time by 2 points.

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I so love the artwork of Campy Creatures.  Glad to see this interview with the artist. 

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Through the Desert

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Nish Kumar, NZ International Comedy Gala 2016

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this is an important conversation that needs to take place in the gaming world and beyond. 

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I still have the van and bikes.

Evel Knievel action toys, 1974.

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Finally finished Feudum. 3rd play, 1st two got cut short. Brain is burned.

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Finally got Dreamwell to the table this past weekend. Pulsar 2849 is fantastic. Village got back to the table.

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Geisha, Dragons, and Ceramics. Hanamikoji, Tao Long: The Way of the Dragon, and Azul.  

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Feudum, huge, beautiful, and much to lean. Like it so far.

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Starting to have a few playmate for my games

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So cool. 

Oh and “I love Board Games for all the great people they allow me to meet and feel socially comfortable around.”

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Finally completed my custom player tokens for Dreamwell.  I have two of each, but just wanted a photo comparing mine with the original.