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RPGs / Re: Eclipse Phase
« on: June 05, 2014, 05:58:24 PM »
Okay - I just finished the last episode of your game, and thought I ought to commend you all for creating such an entertaining story.
As someone who has run a few sessions of EP I must say that my hat is really off to Caleb. Eclipse Phase is a rich and complex setting, and he did a great job of weaving in a lot of the game's most interesting themes and concepts without ever bogging down the story.
What I'm most impressed by, though, is that you all were able to give the game a proper ending. At least in my own experience, it is far more common for campaigns to just fizzle out or continue indefinitely. It takes some real narrative discipline on the part of both the players and the GM to produce a satisfying conclusion, and Know Evil really did not disappoint there.
Also, as someone who has been following the EP community for a few years (lurking, not really posting), I really appreciated seeing how skillfully Caleb incorporated some of Anders Sandberg's brilliant (and twisted) ideas. I've read all of those adventures but it's awesome to hear the reactions of the group as everyone is running in terror from a Snowflake or hunting down a contagious quasi-personality.
Kudos to all the players too, for creating a set of characters that changed and evolved over the course of the story – another rarity in the world of RPGs. And for doing such a job of pretending to be scared shitless on a regular basis ;-)
Personally I think the highpoint of the campaign was the (first) botched mission to Earth, the doomed trek through Tokyo. I think that really did justice to the despair and terror that underly the setting.
Are you all planning any more campaigns in the EP universe?
PS – Caleb, I rushed off to purchase the PDF of "The Devotees" once I saw it had been published by Posthuman, but will you ever be publishing Know Evil in some form? I will steal liberally from it regardless, but I'd happily support these efforts by buying any sort of supplement that came from this too.
Thanks for sharing such a great game with the interwebs; just thought I'd come out and say that instead of anonymously appreciating it!
Eric
As someone who has run a few sessions of EP I must say that my hat is really off to Caleb. Eclipse Phase is a rich and complex setting, and he did a great job of weaving in a lot of the game's most interesting themes and concepts without ever bogging down the story.
What I'm most impressed by, though, is that you all were able to give the game a proper ending. At least in my own experience, it is far more common for campaigns to just fizzle out or continue indefinitely. It takes some real narrative discipline on the part of both the players and the GM to produce a satisfying conclusion, and Know Evil really did not disappoint there.
Also, as someone who has been following the EP community for a few years (lurking, not really posting), I really appreciated seeing how skillfully Caleb incorporated some of Anders Sandberg's brilliant (and twisted) ideas. I've read all of those adventures but it's awesome to hear the reactions of the group as everyone is running in terror from a Snowflake or hunting down a contagious quasi-personality.
Kudos to all the players too, for creating a set of characters that changed and evolved over the course of the story – another rarity in the world of RPGs. And for doing such a job of pretending to be scared shitless on a regular basis ;-)
Personally I think the highpoint of the campaign was the (first) botched mission to Earth, the doomed trek through Tokyo. I think that really did justice to the despair and terror that underly the setting.
Are you all planning any more campaigns in the EP universe?
PS – Caleb, I rushed off to purchase the PDF of "The Devotees" once I saw it had been published by Posthuman, but will you ever be publishing Know Evil in some form? I will steal liberally from it regardless, but I'd happily support these efforts by buying any sort of supplement that came from this too.
Thanks for sharing such a great game with the interwebs; just thought I'd come out and say that instead of anonymously appreciating it!
Eric