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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Gaming With Hand Puppets - Is It a Sign of the Coming Apocalypse?

I had a conversation with a coworker yesterday and the subject of hand puppets came up. Alright, it came up because we were discussing video blog posts, so it didn't just "pop up". The thing is, as interesting as I find the use of hand puppets in a video blog post (you have been warned) it got me thinking about the use of them in a standard table top RPG session. Mostly by the DM for the occasional NPC.

I found knights and dragons, and with an average price less then 20 bucks a pop it's actually affordable. The question is, has anyone tried this before? Is anyone willing to admit that they tried this before? ;)

It's may be kinda silly, but I think it could work with the right group (and correct game system)

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Keith DaviesSeptember 28, 2011 at 8:12 PM
I'll see your 'puppets in RPGs' and raise you a sock puppet game... that actually looks kind of cool.
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baronzemoSeptember 28, 2011 at 8:29 PM
If you want to see more sock puppets, check out dungeonbastard Guide to racial profiling--half elf's on YouTube.
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PadreSeptember 28, 2011 at 10:35 PM
While I doubt it is a sign of the apocalypse, it may be a sign of growing insanity, which will enhance your gaming experience. I know functional insanity has helped my gaming.
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JDJarvisSeptember 28, 2011 at 11:21 PM
Are sock puppets less cool than say...hand painted toy soldiers?
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QuibishSeptember 29, 2011 at 7:28 AM
Puppets even cooler if the person using them is hidden, or a decent ventriloquist. It's true.

Of course, now I'll have to run a game using sock puppets from underneath the table. You know... for realism.

Huh, how cool would google+ games be if everyone turned their cameras to one side and used hand puppets?
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Why "Swords & Wizardry?"

Believe me when I say I have them all in dead tree format. I have OSRIC in full size, trade paperback and the Player's Guide. I have LL and the AEC (and somewhere OEC, but I can't find it at the moment). Obviously I have Basic Fantasy RPG. Actually, I have the whole available line in print. Way too much Castles & Crusades. We all know my love for the DCC RPG. I even have Dark Dungeons in print, the Delving Deeper boxed set, Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea. BOTH editions of LotFP's Weird Fantasy and some dead tree copies of the Greyhawk Grognards Adventures Dark & Deep

I am so deep in the OSR when I come up for breath it's for the OSR's cousin, Tunnels & Trolls

So, out of all that, why Swords & Wizardry? Why, when I have been running a AD&D 1e / OSRIC campaign in Rappan Athuk am I using Swords & Wizardry and it's variant, Crypts & Things, for the second campaign? (Actually, now running a S&W Complete campaign, soon to be with multiple groups)

Because the shit works.

It's easy for lapsed gamers to pick up and feel like they haven't lost a step. I can house rule it and it doesn't break. It plays so close to the AD&D of my youth and college years (S&W Complete especially) that it continually surprises me. Just much less rules hopping than I remember. (my God but I can run it nearly without the book)

I grab and pick and steal from just about all OSR and Original resources. They seem to fit into S&W with little fuss. It may be the same with LL and the rest, but for me the ease of use fit's my expectations with S&W.

Even the single saving throw. That took me longer to adjust to, but even that seems like a natural to me now. Don't ask me why, it just does. Maybe it's the simplicity of it. At 45 52, simplicity and flexibility while remaining true to the feel of the original is an OSR hat trick for me ;)

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