Posts Tagged ‘meta’
Should I Stay Or Should I Go Now? – a meta post on concessions
I concede games quite often. More often, I suspect, than is widely considered proper, and perhaps more often than I should. It’s come to my attention of late that my motives in so doing are frequently unclear. If even the woman I love is sufficiently in the dark about said motives to be greatly confused and offended by my bowing out of a board game (and she is), it’s clear that some territory needs to be staked out and explored, and a case for concessions made.
Meta Gaming: Gamers, Privilege and the Matter of Heinrich Kemmler
I’m breaking the only-every-three-days rule because this post, this conversation, is probably more important than my arbitrary meta-rules about when I do and don’t blog. I’m posting it here because 1300 words is far too long for a comment thread in my opinion.
Meta Gaming: Wheat From The Chaff
The back end of a year customarily sets one thinking in a state-of-the-system, stock-taking kind of mould. New possessions are acquired, room must be made, consideration of how they’re to fit into collections undergone. Doing so invariably indentifies a certain amount of absolute tat that just has to go, and a certain amount of stuff which might be perfectly valid in its own right but reduces efficiency in that of which it is a part. Chaff, in other words.
What D&D Character Am I?
The What D&D Character Am I meme is doing the rounds again. I did it, because I’m a sheep and I was bored, but I noticed an Interesting Thing in the results. I’ll spare you the full writeup of my results (I imagine that anyone reading this has some idea of what they mean) but here’s the bit that isn’t telling folks how to suck eggs.
True Neutral Human Wizard/Sorcerer (2nd/1st Level)
Ability Scores:
Strength- 9
Dexterity- 11
Constitution- 8
Intelligence- 14
Wisdom- 12
Charisma- 15
No way have I got higher CHA than INT, unless I really did bluff my way through three degrees, but apart from that I think it’s pretty spot on. The inexplicable dual-class choice probably represents my inability to commit to either a creative or academic lifestyle. I have, after all, made some pretty counter-intuitive choices in my time… One does wonder how a Wizard/Sorcerer would actually play: maybe using the Sorcerer slots for spells you’re likely to spam, and the Wizard ones for selectively-prepared doom spells?
I actually want to try that now. Anyway, the gist rather than the gristle is this.
Meta Gaming: Emotional Maturity and the Tournament – UPDATED
Today – technically it’s ‘yesterday’ but I haven’t been to sleep properly yet so it still feels like ‘today’ – I went to a charity Warmahordes tournament run by the Dice and Decks lads for the Air Ambulance. A shade over £1000 was raised, £350-odd of which came from the charity auction at which I was auctioneer. I played a game I enjoy with some nice people. I have, on balance, had a cracking day – so why have I spent significant proportions of it feeling like crap?
This is a Problem! Problems need Solving!
