Disk Horse #1.1: Off to the Races
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Disk Horse is a spectacular spectacular combining elements of procedural generation, (including of resolution mechanics) with a Powered by the Apocalypse core probably unrecognizable to Meguey and Vincent Baker. The core conceit is replicating a historical game where the originator of the idea that the worlds most popular roleplaying game disconnects you from reality--and precursor to later adherents who argued it teaches you magic or makes you a thrall to satanic forces--paid a DM to run a game for him; in case you are wondering the play report doesn't sound like the world's most popular roleplaying game. This is a game built on the following premise: a gaming table where an investigator is trying to bait their (paid, unprepared, with the wrong book) DM into proving the game 'causes' a social ill and bystander players is a dynamic situation that can play out a lot of ways.
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I liked the “mcguffin is their heart” reminded me of the idea about the person tattooing the nuclear launch codes to their heart has a knife they carry around so in case the president wants to launch a nuclear weapon they have to take the knife from the person and carve out their hear and read the codes off of it.
but I did read a few things wrong. I don’t think it’s the fault of fiona or the format. but like I read “roll twice and combine” as “roll twice and create” and “Reforge your mother… Uncover the alien…” as “Unforge you mother… Recover the alien…” and “create wings that work” as “create wings in a wok” and describing the whole corporate pop music mind control idea as “elaborate” felt like a strong word to use for a strategy thats essentially “yell sex sounds so as ppl come back”.
Oh, I forgot I wrote this while reading through your classes table:
Thanks again!
I'm glad you found some of it evocative and I feel you on some stuff taking a second pass to process or misreading, I try to err on the side of "shorter things that take a second pass reading over vs longer but slightly clearer" and honestly that may be a tic that is kinda trying.
The corporate mind control thing is intended more as a reference to the various conspiracy theories about subliminal messages since that's always fascinated me.
Anyway, sorry if that sounded defensive (not the intent), thank you so much for reading!
Thought of you today: https://xkcd.com/2488/ (see alt text)
Thanks again for writing this!
losing my damn mind
A+