Category Archives: Geiger Counter
Notes from the Pub
This is a smattering of thoughts drawn from recent design discussions, so I can have them for future reference. Fingers on the Firmament Emily’s game Caravan Solitaire is amazing and … Continue reading
Geiger Gamma: Three Sources of Conditions
In Geiger Counter, there are three sources of conditions. Collectively, we call these sources “the Menace.” First, there’s pressures, which are environmental or circumstantial factors that place the characters in … Continue reading
Geiger Gamma: New Character Cards
Starting doing some layout on one of the finished chapters of Magic Missile last night. it’ll be good to really nail that template down and be ready for the other … Continue reading
Geiger Counter: Flashback/Flashforward
I just found these cards I made a while back, 3 years ago, probably. And I don’t think I’ve ever posted them, but they’re a good hint at more of … Continue reading
The Return of Geiger Gamma
So… I’ve started working on Geiger Counter again. I’ve been away from it for a long time now, two years basically, but I think I finally have the perspective to … Continue reading
Mapping as Fictional Positioning
Archived from Barf Forth. So this may not be revelation to anyone but me… Last week, the PCs in my near-earth-orbit game responded to a distress signal from this orbital … Continue reading
Random Thoughts: Geiger Counter, Ghost Opera
Geiger Counter The new version of Geiger Counter that I’ve been tinkering with, which may or may not be called Jet Black Aurora, might have short tables for generating the … Continue reading
[Simon's Quest] Super Suit: Post-Daydreaming
Hi Simon! So this isn’t in the rules yet, but this is what I’m going to suggest we do now. All that stuff you rolled up? It doesn’t matter now. … Continue reading
The Process of Narration
Jamie Fristrom, who I finally met last week, is asking good questions about narration rights in GM-less games over on SG. Actually, I think Jamie’s one of the most interesting … Continue reading
Black Aurora?
Scoutbooks.com is having a $100 off sale on custom booklets until the end of April, so I’ve been pondering whether I can knock out a new version of Geiger Counter … Continue reading
Follow-Up: Time + Hard Work != Great Game
As a sidenote to my post from last night… This is about also needing the spark. I had about a 4-5 month break between when I stopped working at my … Continue reading
Purpose Over Place
Finally watching Deep Blue Sea (I know!) made me realize something about Geiger Counter. Danny Boyle’s invocation of “ship, crew, signal” is insightful but also somewhat misleading. It’s not really … Continue reading
