by Harlequin » Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:42 am
Hi. I'm Arnold. I'm just a gamer.
I came to HotB when a friend of mine shared his excitement for it's imminent release. I pre-ordered it for him, but then fell for it, and had to buy a copy for myself.
(Stupid me, now I don't have the special edition... oh well)
My favorite game of all time is The Mountain Witch, because the lines of communication between Player and GM are wide open. We experimented with Universalis. There's no GM in that one, and the flow of play is affected by bids and risks a lot like Houses. However, without a set direction (as there is NO setting provided in Universalis,) it's hard to get a consistent play experience.
I got to play Houses at Dragon*Con this year, which was pretty cool. I'm going to try to run it at MACE, and perhaps locally to see what come of it.
But if character creation is any indication, it should rock.