Matthew Cmiel (VanishXZone)
@matthewcmiel.bsky.social
Composer, Conductor, Guitarist. Aspiring TTRPG creator. Professional GM.
VanishXZone#9397
VanishXZone#9397
Tell me about them! You are after my heart, I am a big lover of system changing story and play meaningfully and a loather of the “generic rpg” thing that most games are so tell me details!
February 24, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Tell me about them! You are after my heart, I am a big lover of system changing story and play meaningfully and a loather of the “generic rpg” thing that most games are so tell me details!
Nice! Why is this a good sign for you?
February 24, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Nice! Why is this a good sign for you?
Whoa! Wild and makes sense! I love fantasy/history crossovers
February 24, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Whoa! Wild and makes sense! I love fantasy/history crossovers
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Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe: I am a certified fantasy hater but this fucking rules. It's also devoid of the stuff I hate about fantasy though (no elves or orcs or halflings or whatever). The hero being a disgraced member of an evil bureaucracy also deeply endearing to me
February 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe: I am a certified fantasy hater but this fucking rules. It's also devoid of the stuff I hate about fantasy though (no elves or orcs or halflings or whatever). The hero being a disgraced member of an evil bureaucracy also deeply endearing to me
No critique of gurps, really! It’s where I started and one of my online buddies is a big believer.
February 24, 2025 at 1:58 AM
No critique of gurps, really! It’s where I started and one of my online buddies is a big believer.
Awesome, will check it out
February 24, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Awesome, will check it out
I’ll check with my groups see if anyone is game for it
February 24, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I’ll check with my groups see if anyone is game for it
Oh I love that! Nothing quite like escalation from the premise to the most epic form of the premise!
How is gurps for you? It was my first rpg, but I haven’t really gone back to it in a long while. Thinking about it again, though.
How is gurps for you? It was my first rpg, but I haven’t really gone back to it in a long while. Thinking about it again, though.
February 23, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Oh I love that! Nothing quite like escalation from the premise to the most epic form of the premise!
How is gurps for you? It was my first rpg, but I haven’t really gone back to it in a long while. Thinking about it again, though.
How is gurps for you? It was my first rpg, but I haven’t really gone back to it in a long while. Thinking about it again, though.
I hope it goes great for you! I ran it with a group and we found ourselves struggling a little. I think my take away was that the density of the text hurt our experience and I need more time to internalize everything before trying again. Hope yours goes great!
February 23, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I hope it goes great for you! I ran it with a group and we found ourselves struggling a little. I think my take away was that the density of the text hurt our experience and I need more time to internalize everything before trying again. Hope yours goes great!
I don’t know the last caravan? Tell me more? I’m so intrigued!
February 23, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I don’t know the last caravan? Tell me more? I’m so intrigued!
Whoa! Exciting! Sold!
February 23, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Whoa! Exciting! Sold!
I'm kinda shocked at how dark they can be. I certainly think the 1974 Murder on the Orient Express is pretty dark, cause that hole story is dark.
At some point I watched a BUNCH of the David Suchet ones, and they got progressively darker and darker. Late seasons are darrrrrk.
At some point I watched a BUNCH of the David Suchet ones, and they got progressively darker and darker. Late seasons are darrrrrk.
February 22, 2025 at 4:46 AM
I'm kinda shocked at how dark they can be. I certainly think the 1974 Murder on the Orient Express is pretty dark, cause that hole story is dark.
At some point I watched a BUNCH of the David Suchet ones, and they got progressively darker and darker. Late seasons are darrrrrk.
At some point I watched a BUNCH of the David Suchet ones, and they got progressively darker and darker. Late seasons are darrrrrk.
Wow I loathe this idea so much. Oh well! Happy gaming to you!
February 1, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Wow I loathe this idea so much. Oh well! Happy gaming to you!
What was most interesting to me was that my players BELIEVED I was a rule of cool GM, whereas I am definitely on the rules lawyer side of things! That contrast of perspectives was interesting to me
February 1, 2025 at 12:29 AM
What was most interesting to me was that my players BELIEVED I was a rule of cool GM, whereas I am definitely on the rules lawyer side of things! That contrast of perspectives was interesting to me
I’m of the opinion that lone wolf and rules lawyer tend to be game design problems, more than table problems, and me cellphone is often that as well, though sometimes it’s just a normal cope for adhd and other things in which cases I don’t care.
February 1, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I’m of the opinion that lone wolf and rules lawyer tend to be game design problems, more than table problems, and me cellphone is often that as well, though sometimes it’s just a normal cope for adhd and other things in which cases I don’t care.
But isn’t really meaningful at tables.
February 1, 2025 at 12:22 AM
But isn’t really meaningful at tables.
Interesting!
I had a fun experience where a group of my players were talking about getting into fights about the importance of the rules of cool online, and I was shocked cause I run a straight raw game. They just assumed and were shocked I didn’t agree! I think a lot of this is in our discourse
I had a fun experience where a group of my players were talking about getting into fights about the importance of the rules of cool online, and I was shocked cause I run a straight raw game. They just assumed and were shocked I didn’t agree! I think a lot of this is in our discourse
February 1, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Interesting!
I had a fun experience where a group of my players were talking about getting into fights about the importance of the rules of cool online, and I was shocked cause I run a straight raw game. They just assumed and were shocked I didn’t agree! I think a lot of this is in our discourse
I had a fun experience where a group of my players were talking about getting into fights about the importance of the rules of cool online, and I was shocked cause I run a straight raw game. They just assumed and were shocked I didn’t agree! I think a lot of this is in our discourse