RPGs and Ingress

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RPG Review issue 23 has been both delayed and combined into a double-sized issue. A more-than-requisite number of pages has been received for a late release but I need a couple more articles for variety. There's a Skyrealms of Jorune article forthcoming, and I was hoping for an Earthdawn/Shadowrun article as well, however the proposed author has not responded to recent correspondence. I'd like an article on the Star Wars universe as well from a TRPG gaming perspective, but am not sufficiently familiar with the details of the setting's implementation, despite a small mountain of gaming material for that universe (one day I'll run the epic where Luke and Darth join forces and rule the Empire together). On topic, GURPS Middle Earth was played on Sunday, with a new player bringing the group to seven and Pendragon is ready for tomorrow night with the Waste Land adventures continuing.

Although it hasn't been mentioned on this journal for some months, I continue to play Ingress with regularity (hooray, level 10), mainly during travel time to and from work, and with a post-lunch walk around the local area, and an occassional mad cycle on the weekends around Kew. I've had my moment of frustration with the game (it is designed by mapping experts, not game designers) and stopped playing for a week or so. But the good parts of the game were well worth continuing (discovery, exploration, socialisation). Due to the design, it is absolutely necessary to recruit people who associate with regularly. I have done this at work and as a result south Carlton and RMIT is pretty much an Enlightened stronghold these days. Last night briefly visited wildilocks and _fustian who seem to have cleverly incorporated the game as part of regular out-of-home activities. It certainly gets a person out of the house and visiting interesting places.

Comments

[cheshirenoir]

Michael Deegan is a regular player, and is, in fact, currently on an Ingress based holiday on the Eastern Seaboard do you might bump into him there.

[tcpip]

Ingess-based holidays are a bit extreme. But checking out portals before you go on holiday? Sure!

[iris]

I've never heard of this Ingress before. I'm going to look this up more later.. I googled it, and it sounds interesting.

[tcpip]

Make sure you join The Enlightened. I mean, who wouldn't want aliens to come?

I give up the iframe is broken.. Here have the direct link..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1MuT_KSOo4

Sorry about all the edited emails you must be getting. :(

[http://users.livejournal.com/_fustian/]

Wow, so LJ now emails you if someone @mentions you. Moving with the times; neato. :) Feature was probably implemented years ago, and thus acts as a practical demonstration of how badly I have neglected this still excellent, pioneering social network.

Also, I would love to play Pendragon again some time!

[tcpip.livejournal.com]

I still find that livejournal has all the features I want from a journaling system (who would have thought it?) and less of the pain of other social networking sites.

We play Pendragon every second Thursday if you're interested...

[http://users.livejournal.com/_fustian/]

I am indeed interested. If it's not intruding, and assuming I can work out how to PT to your place without a half-hour walk up from the train, I will put my hand up for that. Tonight's no good but I should be here for May 29, although not 12-June so I might just kibitz a session and meet everyone. Let me know if that works.

[tcpip.livejournal.com]

I'm actually away in Queensland on June 12, so that session won't be happening.

Also the game itself isn't run at my place but somewhere even easier to tram to; just near the corner of Bridge Road and Coppin Streets in Richmond.

Send me an email to lev@rpgreview.net and I'll arrange further details.

[zenicurean.livejournal.com]

I always thought ruling the galaxy as father and son sounded suspiciously like a desk job.

[tcpip.livejournal.com]

Whilst it is possible to turn that into an interesting plotline, it would be quite an innovation to the story.