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Traditional RPGs can be a mentally intensive process. My long weekend of gaming started on Thursday night with a session of Laundry Files, followed by participation via Skype of Eclipse Phase on Friday night, followed by running a session of Eclipse Phase on Sunday afternoon. The first two sessions were more investigative, whereas the third was a crazed running battle with walking wounded throughout a starport zone on Europa (I've been making heavily user of Mephit James' material of that location. The PCs, being the subtle creatures that they are, have managed to the cause of an uprising and interstellar conflict between the authoritarian and conservative Jovian Republic and the vigorously independent centre-left Europans.
In addition to this, every spare minute was put in putting together the (very late) undead double issue of RPG Review 28 and 29. As is often the case about a quarter of the page count was from myself with some six articles. My personal favourite - again very time-consuming - was the Undead in Reality piece, where I looked at mythology (Osiris is just weird), religious practises (Buddhist self-mummification), dead dog revival, a dead mother as an incubator, mind-controlling wasps and flukes, Haitan zombification, and the strange legal fight of people in India who are living, but legally listed as dead. Whilst tiring, it's still a point of some success to the editor of what is now one of the world's longest running RPG journals, albeit slightly spoiled by a one author who is less than helpful or friendly. Whilst I am editor, they will not be published again in RPG Review.
The weekend also witnessed the Isocracy meeting with Bruce Poon, lead Senate candidate of the Animal Justice Party which was very illuminating. The Party, partially the result of a split from the Greens, shows significant political acumen in having broadly popular principles from which specific policies are developed, and playing hardball when it comes to political negotiations. From a description of their electoral strategy I think they have a good chance of winning a senate spot as well. There was some debate within the Isocracy Network over the issue of animal welfare and rights, I penned Animal Welfare and Animal Rights: A Philosophical Approach to a Political Issue, which asserted more an emphasis on the former, as rights imply responsibilities. Also related was the first meeting on Wednesday night at the Aldermann Hotel of a new Melbourne Jacobin Reading group, an initiative of Isocracy secretary, Dean Edwards. Good attendance, good location, and excellent discussion.
In addition to this, every spare minute was put in putting together the (very late) undead double issue of RPG Review 28 and 29. As is often the case about a quarter of the page count was from myself with some six articles. My personal favourite - again very time-consuming - was the Undead in Reality piece, where I looked at mythology (Osiris is just weird), religious practises (Buddhist self-mummification), dead dog revival, a dead mother as an incubator, mind-controlling wasps and flukes, Haitan zombification, and the strange legal fight of people in India who are living, but legally listed as dead. Whilst tiring, it's still a point of some success to the editor of what is now one of the world's longest running RPG journals, albeit slightly spoiled by a one author who is less than helpful or friendly. Whilst I am editor, they will not be published again in RPG Review.
The weekend also witnessed the Isocracy meeting with Bruce Poon, lead Senate candidate of the Animal Justice Party which was very illuminating. The Party, partially the result of a split from the Greens, shows significant political acumen in having broadly popular principles from which specific policies are developed, and playing hardball when it comes to political negotiations. From a description of their electoral strategy I think they have a good chance of winning a senate spot as well. There was some debate within the Isocracy Network over the issue of animal welfare and rights, I penned Animal Welfare and Animal Rights: A Philosophical Approach to a Political Issue, which asserted more an emphasis on the former, as rights imply responsibilities. Also related was the first meeting on Wednesday night at the Aldermann Hotel of a new Melbourne Jacobin Reading group, an initiative of Isocracy secretary, Dean Edwards. Good attendance, good location, and excellent discussion.
