SUN-02 Monster Draft (FULL)

[johnzo]

WHAT IS MONSTER DRAFT?

• Weird fantasy post-apocalyptic sandbox hexcrawl.
• Amnesiac monster soldiers, abandoned by their mind-controlling overlord, wander scrambled landscapes.
• Sandbox = no play agenda imposed by game except that you start hungry.

HOW DO YOU PLAY?

• Character powers and abilities are drafted from a small but colorful set of cards.
• Map and encounters are designed in play using a novel card oracle. Questionable outcomes are governed by draws from the same oracle.
• We all play monsters, we all GM. Each region on the map has its own GM.

WHY PLAY MONSTER DRAFT?

• Evocative oracles and detailed procedures are designed to teach GMly improvisation and judging skills.
• Built for maximum participation: everyone has a role in every scene. Trying to break away from RPG-as-series-of-one-on-one interactions.
• Card-driven character creation and programmed scenario startup lead to very fast game startup times; ideal for convention or one-shot play.

This is a very late playtest. The game will be commercially available early next year.

1. Colin C.
2. Lukas
3. Johnstone
4. JustusGS

[Lukas]

I'd like to sign up, please!

[johnzo]

Lukas is in!

[Johnstone]

I want to play this again!

[JustusGS]

Sounds cool--I'll take that last slot if it's still free! Anything I should do before we play? Should I check out the rules or character creation or anything?

[johnzo]

JustusGS: thanks for asking! No, no preliminary work is necessary. MD is a show-up-and-play game -- we make our characters and setting as we play.

[colinc]

(Don't know if you're waitlisting, but if you are I'd like to be on it)

Cheers,
Colin C.

[johnzo]

Colin--

I think that I will just facilitate/teach this game, not play it, which opens up a chair for you!

[colinc]

Sounds good. Thanks!