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The grand prize seems like a sweet deal! Anyone know how much the gift certificate is worth?
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I just wrote a blog entry about Headhouse and included this link. We are so happy for Tom!
Hot Damn! Tom Culton is such a rockstar farmer. Still bitter I missed the pawpaws.
I'm spoiling this rightrightright now so go away and hide if you don't wanna a spoonful of spoiler.
Our dude Kevin Sbraga, the Willingboro native who we've been calling Jersey Kev on this blog since Day 1, took home Season 7 of Top Chef like a damn boss! And Brendan Fraser goes WILD! I'll be honest — as I touched on last week, I had this weird feeling that the sensationalized treatment of fellow finalist Angelo's freak ailment in the episode previews was something of a death knell for both Kev and New York-based chef Ed — what better storyline for the drama-guzzling sluts of the Bravo network than a lanky, peculiar half-Dominican chef rising from the dead on his Latino Lazarus grind to outcook two competitors not afflicted by unidentified Southeast Asian parasitic invasion?! I'm glad they didn't go there, I'm glad I was wrong, and most of all, I'm glad that this season's belt — unlike some otherrrrrr seasons — was scooped up not only by a chef who represented well in the final challenge, but did his thing throughout the span of the always-preposterous Top Chef season, as well. This final episode began with the transcendently beautiful Padma revealing that the remaining threesome would be randomly, knife-drawingly paired with three past Top Chef winners — Season 2's Ilan, Season 3's Hung (my dude! with the beast chicken game!) and last year's winner, Michael Voltaggio — who would serve as sous chefs. Ilan, who can be seen bitching at a Singaporean tailor about a suit in this video, ends up with Ed, Jersey Kev lands Michael V. (they're actually boys from back in the day) and Angelo, who as we know very well is a highly skilled Asiaphile who likes to talk about getting physically intimate with his ingredients (c'mere, you sexy geoduck, you!) is paired with mymanpotsandpans Hung. "I'm in Asia, I'm in the finals and I get Hung," he exclaims. "This is the trilogy." No, this is the trilogy, Ang (did he mean trinity?). Though I did like your chances a whole, whole lot at this point.
Tom C, who seems very relaxed and jovial in this hemisphere (perhaps the tropical climate feels nice on his chromedome?) and your mom's favorite Gallic silver fox, Eric Ripert, hit up some markets to supply ingredients for the chefs' final challenge — to cook the best four-course meal (dessert REQUIRED!) of their lives. Each must do a veggie, fish, meat and sweet course, using identical components. Singapore is the world's number one exporter of Boo Berry, so obviously that's a priority. They also pick up rouget, cuttlefish, pork belly, black cockles (so hot right now) and slipper lobster. For what it's worth, this picture came up when I Google-Image-searched slipper lobsters out of curiosity:
The three finalists kick with their sous (souses?) before the competition, and this is when Angelo first announces he's not feeling so hot. The next morning, Ed and Jersey Kev head to prep, but Angelo is so ill he can't even get up; he deathbed-whispers instructions to Hung over the phone, and then a doctor comes and visits him and sticks him with an antibiotic ass injection the physician informs him has about a "3 percent chance" of working. OK I'm not a doctor but I'm pretty sure that dude just made that up. Watch how easy: When I leave work today, I have a "100 percent chance" of drinking whiskey. Alright bad example, that's wholly accurate. Anyway, the shot seems to work on our dude, as he springs back up and dramatically re-enters the kitchen, Willis Reed-style, just in time for the big day. Silver living: The mystery ailment gave him a bit of time to catch up on all that reading he's been slacking on!
The chefs and their assistants (Kev/Mike and Ang/Hung work together great, while Ilan seems to want to stick his nose in Ed's bidness a bit) put out their food for a group of esteemed diners, including a bunch of prominent Asian restaurateurs/chefs and prominent Asian-American chef/malcontent David Chang. First course: Kev does a veg terrine (Chang thinks that it "takes a lot of balls" to start with that); Angelo puts out pickled mushrooms with homemade noodles and char siu bao pork belly; and Ed rocks a corn veloute that Ripert le loves (shocker!). Second: Kev with the seared rouget/cuttlefish noodles/pork belly; Ang with an Asian-style bouillabaise; and Ed with a bacon-wrapped lobster and a stuffed rouget ("I need a user manual," Singaporean street food expert Seetoh says of the super-complicated presentation). The third course sees Kev with a duck breast/dumpling/bok choy plate; Angelo with a crazy-ambitious duck/foie/gras/cinnamon marshmallow concoction; and Ed gets Blalicchio style with it, doing a duck duo.
FINALLY — and I think this is the course that really put Jersey Kev over the top, solid — Kev rocks a crazy-colorful, inspired "Singapore Sling 2010" (right), a tropical-fruity dessert version of the cocktail; Angelo puts out a bordering-on-savory Thai jewel shaved ice; and Ed — oh Ed, Ed, Ed — cedes his dessert duties to Ilan, who puts together a dull and confusingly received sticky toffee pudding. ("It's sort of like a fuck you," Chang says of the dish, though he was laughing and meant it as a compliment. Chang! Keeps 'em guessing!) The judges have kind words for each of the cheftestants and their dishes, but it's clear early on that Ed is out of the running based on his overwrought meat course and phoned-in Ilan pudding. (Ed gets weird and defensive about the dessert course at judges' table, too, which really seals his fate.) Angelo earns plenty of praise, but Tom C and others feel his courses needed work. That leaves our dude Jersey Kev, who is able to execute his vision in a cohesive fashion, with flavors, plating and innovation — they fawn over his dessert in a manner that probably has all the Top Chef: Just Desserts contestants real salty right now — humming along in equal stead. Good on ya, Kev! The guy is currently hunting for a local restaurant space to start his own spot. Hope to hear more about this soon. Also very excited to learn, via that interview, that he regrets the baby food Quickfire. First of all, thanks to everyone for putting up with these ridiculous recaps for another season. Now I wanna hear your opinions: Did the right chefs make the finals? What'd you think of the finale? Did the right man win? Let me know in the comments. Till next season!
I feel you, J, but the judges are pretty clear chefs are only as good as their last meal. It's an arbitrary rubric for sure, one that lets someone like Josea squeak in as the winner. It really does come down to that last challenge, who makes the best meal of their life. That said, I think Kev's cooking is way more deserving of the Top Chef crown than Josea's.
There wasn't much about Ed's dessert debacle that wasn't strange. Even if he delegated the course to Ilan, a weird decision in the first place, you'd think someone would stop and say, 'Well, we're in Singapore, and it's a hundred-and-fucking-one degrees out, and maybe sticky toffee pudding isn't the best idea." That's where Kev sealed it; his Singapore Sling 2010 is exactly the kind of refreshing humidity-cutter you want to eat in that sticky island setting.
Why did Ed bring up lemon curd in his comments to the judges? That's about as hard to make as Tollhouse Cookies.
And I've gotta agree with Terry; I love Gail, but she's not Transcendently Beautiful like Padma. Transcendently Girl Next Door, perhaps. Canadian Girl Next Door.
Nice to see some hometown pride, but my girl Tiffany woulda killed it in chef-to-chef combat. She owned every time they let her play to her strengths. But, it's ok because I think she's got fan favorite in the bag. No one else was nearly as likable. Thoughts, other commenters?
Are you serious? You don't have better question?
I like Gail a lot but Padma she's not. I had a hard time listening to her voice for that long!
Yup-Bravo finally had some Jersey that made the state look good. Kevin snuck up on us and by last week I was over the asshole Ed wo Tiffany, reminding me of Nicolas Cage, and I've been a restaurant owner long enough to know a drug addict when I see one, Angelo.
Did anyone else notice that Ed s complete delegation of the dessert course to Ilan did not come up at Judge s Table? Perhaps they edited it out, and I do give Ed credit for owning the dessert at Judge s Table. But had Ed won, the fact that he did not have the bandwidth to conceive the entire meal himself would have have put a cloud over his title and the credibility of the show itself. Given his ailment, the same is true of Angelo. There are as-of-yet undiscovered tribes in the Transvaal Basin that know Hung carried Angelo to the finish line on his back. And whose charitable comments did Bravo use to narrate many of Angelo s darkest moments? Our man, Jersey Kev. Thanks to Bravo's unsubtle editing, that s how you knew he won. But a well-deserved win it was.
What, no recaps of Top Chef: Just Desserts? Don t make me wait until next season, bro! Is Gail Simmons not transcendentally beautiful as well?
When I talked with Jersey Kev back in August, he told me " Stay Tuned". Glad I did. The day Kenny went home, Kev won this title. Great guy, great chef. Hope he comes to Philly with his new restaurant.
Look, I don't want to take anything away from Kevin, who came on strong late and shone in the finale. Props to him. He did great in Signapore and I will try to get to his place the next time I'm back east. And it's always nice to see Philly / Jersey represented.
Can you really tell me he was the best chef there, especially throughout the year? I don't remember him winning any challenges before the last 3 episodes. I seem to remember him being on the bottom a few times, and in the middle a lot. I haven't tallied up the total wins from this season (I hope you have that data somewhere), but I have to think he rates below Tiffany, Angelo, Ed, and probably Kelly for actual wins in quickfires and challenges. Maybe even Kenny. I know that's not how they decide things, and that it's week-to-week, but it seemed really unexpected compared to last season. Last season, I was so happy that the people who made the finale had established themselves as the best chefs throughout the season. I'm still surprised that Kevin was there at the end. He stepped up when it counted, yes, but I hate to say that he's one of the more forgettable winners.
BTW, I think the desserts show will make up for our lack of Arnold. Diva power!
I called Jersey Kev's win early on in the episode and was super excited to be right about that one (despite the fact that I'm still miffed about my main girl Tiffany not ending up in the finals).
As a side note, despite Ilan's escalating doughy-ness (sooo evident in that suit-buying video), I still want to gay marry him forever and ever amen.
Top Chef: Just Desserts already seems slow, over-edited, and boring. While I certainly wouldn't mind a Lazor recap each week, this spin-off probably won't hold a candle to Top Chef in any way.
Top Chef: Just desserts was boring - I lost interest & stopped watching it. I love Gail but the real problem is Johnny Iuzzini
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Sorry, one more point - I just saw the link to season 5, which I agree was disappointing, with Josea winning. Funny, that's exactly who I was gonna compare Kevin to, except I couldn't remember his name (for a reason). Like Josea, he did fine and acceptable but was never really great or on top until the end. I think this season is like that, but maybe I'm too harsh on Kev.
Great commentary man! I honestly think that Ed saying Ilan handled the dessert himself would've been better than what was shown, with him basically saying, "I could've fucked up if I had taken a risk, do you really want me to do that?" But you're right, I don't doubt that they touched on that point at least once during judging and it just didn't make the final cut.
Doing these recaps causes me so much undue strife and hand-wringing that I just don't think I could make a Top Chef Just Desserts recap schedule part of my weekly grind. And yes, I realize how lame complaining about Photoshopping Tamesha's head onto Rihanna's body is.
I cannot believe you are comparing Kevin to Hosea! Kevin rocked it and deserved to win whereas Hosea should have been sent packing way before the finale
Whoa! Jersey Kev calling out PSN for a ridiculous comment on a Top Chef recap? I think this just made my day!
Okay, I know what my cat is being for halloween.
I'm really happy Kevin won (but come on, we all knew it when he quit Starr so quickly). However, this was the first season I really wasn't pulling for anyone. Maybe its just me, but I did not think the talent was on par with other seasons.
Great recaps Drew!!
Michael Klein's article in Friday's Inquirer states Kevin and his wife named their new son Kevin Angelo and he will be called Angelo. I'm wondering...did they do this in honor of Angelo Sosa? Welcome thoughts on this.
I checked, and statistically, Hosea and Kevin were pretty similar...Kevin was @ the top more than Hosea, but Hosea won more Eliminations. So that's definitely a good point. Perhaps this is geographic bias talking, but I really just enjoyed seeing what Kevin came up with this season moreso than what we saw Hosea cook.
Sichuan Cockle & Squid Stir-Fry
Go Get This: 1/2 lb. cleaned squid, rinsed and cut into rings 1/2 lb. cockles, purged* 1 lb. dragons tongue beans (or another, not-as-badass variety) 2 garlic cloves, chopped 2 stalks lemongrass, minced, or lemongrass paste 1 small knob ginger, julienned 2 tbsp. Sichuan peppercorns, toasted and ground 1 lime, juiced 1/4 cup tamari or soy sauce 1 tbsp. canola oil 1 cup cilantro leaves, chopped Salt and pepper, to taste Now Do This: Place the wok over high heat and add oil. Once the oil is rippling, add the garlic, ginger and lemongrass. Saute 30 seconds, then add the Sichuan pepper and cilantro root. Saute an additional 30 seconds, then add the beans, tamari and lime juice. Saute 2 minutes, then add the calamari. Saute another minute, then add the cockles. Saute till the cockles open, about 2 minutes, add the cilantro, toss and serve. * Most cockles available at your neighborhood fishmonger are farmed, which eliminates a lot of the sand and grit. Still, I always purge them by soaking the bivalves in a bowl of cold water with a handful of kosher salt (and cornmeal if Ive got it around). Leave them in the fridge for and hour or so, and the cockles will expel any residual sand hiding inside. (This also works for mussels and clams.) And as always, discard any that dont open after cooking. Theyre as dead as anyone who drops spoilers in the comments.[...] Top Chef Nοt Sο Quickfire: Wok-a Wok-a :: Meal Ticket :: Food Blog :: Philadelphia City Pape... [...]
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So happy to see Stacey Carosi in this recap!
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Greatest Generation Ed will take it all. And then he will sleep with Angelo's girlfriend ... again.
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Gail always says the best shit. Anyone else remember when she shouted "Super mega-delicious!!" during one judges' table?
Spicy Tofu
Lima-Coconut Puree and Macadamia Crunch
Go Get This: ... for the tofu 1/2 lb. block of firm tofu, pressed and drained 1/2 cup chipotles in adobo 1 tbsp. honey 1 tsp. cumin seed 2 tbsp. neutral oil, like peanut or canola Salt and pepper, to taste ... for the puree 1 cup lima beans, shelled 1 can coconut milk 1 tsp. cumin seed Juice of 1/2 a lime Few leaves fresh lemon verbena, chopped Salt and pepper, to taste ... for the crunch 1/2 cup macadamia nuts, toasted 1 tsp. cumin seed, toasted and ground Few leaves fresh lemon verbena, chopped Zest of 1/2 a lime Salt and pepper, to taste Now Do This: Start by making the marinade by pureeing chipotles, 1 tsp. cumin, honey and 1 tbsp. of oil. Cut the tofu into four half-inch slices, toss in marinade and refrigerate 30 minutes to an hour. While the tofu is marinating, combine half the can of coconut milk with a cup of water and 1 tsp. cumin in a sauce pot. Bring to a simmer, then add lima beans. Cook 10 minutes. Separate the beans and cumin from the coconut milk and water with a strainer. Discard the liquid and transfer the beans and cumin to a blender. If youre patient you should let them cool first. (I am not.) Get the blender going, add lime juice and stream in fresh coconut milk until the beans pull away from the sides of the pitcher and form a thick, smooth puree. Pass the puree through a strainer to make it extra-smooth, add chopped lemon verbena and season with salt and pepper. Reserve. Prepare to cook the tofu by heat a tsp. oil in a pan. Remove the tofu from the fridge and blot off extra marinade. Sear on one side until the marinade has caramelized, approximately 10 minutes. Flip and cook an additional 8 minutes. While the tofu is cooking, toast and chop the macadamia nuts for the crunch. Mix with toasted, ground cumin, chopped verbena, lime zest, salt and pepper. Plate: Spread the coconut-lima bean puree on a dish and arrange the squares of tofu on top. Sprinkle with macadamia crunch on top and pop that bottle of Gewurz like an Alpine gangsta.bravoTV.com |
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I knew that was tofu when I saw the pic, but I told myself it could not be. Then I read the recipe. It was true. I will make this immediately.
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First of all... Drew your recaps are legend- keep up the good work... always a great read. Second, I love Bourdain's response to Angelo upoon his description of his dish- "I don;t know what the hell you are saying, but it was a good dish"- classic... And fiallly, does any one notice the way Angelo says "with you"? It drives me crazy!
RIP Tiffany's time on Top Chef. I'll pour one out for you!
They should go to Kenya and use their cooking powers to find Obama's birth certificate.
Next week on to Top Chef: Upon arriving in Singapore, the chefs each commandeer a Toyota Venza equipped with navi equipment to guide them around the city on restaurant go-sees. Tardiness is very frowned upon in the restaurant industry, Padma will explain, which of course means at least two chefs will be late, one of which will cry. Ed will come down with food poisoning, but will work it when it comes time to cook Singaporean street food on top of an elephant. Meanwhile Angelo steals Kelly's granola bars, and drama in the house ensues.
"long-lost lesbian member of the rat pack" Love it! Also, any recap that includes a picture reference to Perfect Strangers is number one in my book. Awesome recap!
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You're hilarious Drew!!! Love your write-ups!! :)
I thought this season focused on DC? "Hail to the Chef" ring a bell? Its not even like Singapore is a country we have really outstanding political/cultural ties to. England, Canada, Australia seem like more logical choices if they MUST go abroad; really it seems like they should have stayed in the US. I believe the producers were planning on incorporating Obama somehow, but they were turned down, so they said screw it, we're going to Singapore.
I'm still laughing. I predict Kevin is next to go. Angelo knowsd more about the complexities of Asian cuisines than any of the other chefs. I admire him because he is empathetic and wants quiet in the kitchen. So do I. I predict he will be Top Chef unless he makes a fatal error. I vote for Tiffany for fan favorite. What was with Ripert? Bourdain really slammed on him and rightly so. I met Ripert two years ago in the Reading Terminal Market. He was looking through the cook books at the cook book stall. You can't miss him. Silver hair and blue eyes go right at you. I welcomed him and we spoke in French. A delightful charming gentleman.
[...] Episode 12. Cooking for astronauts (and Bourdain). Tiffany goes home. [...]
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Hazelnut-crusted Cornish Hen with blue corn grits, bacon-fried peaches and sherry syrup
Go Get This: ...for the hen 1 1-lb. Cornish game hen 1 cup raw hazelnuts 1 tbsp. smoked black peppercorns 1 tsp. kosher salt 1/2 cup sherry vinegar ...for the grits 1/2 cup blue corn grits 1 cup whole milk 1 cup water 1 pat butter 1 garlic clove, crushed 1/2 cup smoked cheddar cheese, grated 1/2 lb. slab bacon 1 peach, peeled and cut into eighths Salt and pepper, to taste Now Do This: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees, then get the hazelnut crumbs working by toasting the nuts and peppercorns in over medium heat in a dry skillet until fragrant, 5 minutes. Once toasted and slightly cooled, transfer the hazels to the dish towel, fold in half and rub gently, which helps remove most of the papery skins. Put the nuts in the food processor or spice mill with the peppercorns regulars OK, but smoked is worth seeking out for this recipe and kosher salt and buzz into a fine powder. Sprinkle the hazelnut crumbs liberally over the hen and press in firmly to create a crust around the bird. Shake off excess and place hen on pan fitted with a roasting rack. (If you dont have a roasting rack, put the hen directly in an ovenproof pan; just make sure you oil it first.) When the oven comes to temp, bake the hen. Mine weighed just over a pound, and 50 minutes cooked the bird through without drying it out. Were I making this for my living-in-fear-of-salmonella parents, Id probably take it another 10 minutes, but it was perfect for me. Make sure you let it rest 10 minutes before eating. As the hen cooks, make sherry syrup by adding the sherry vinegar to a saucepan, reducing by half and whisking in a touch of butter off the heat. Reserve. Then cut the bacon into lardons and fry them up in a skillet. Remove the bacon but leave the fat in the pan, lower the heat and add the sliced, peeled peaches. Ideally, you want to use firm peaches, but mine were ripe and they turned out swell. They only need 5 minutes per side to caramelize. Remove them from the pan and use the mingled bacon fat and peach juices to baste the hen half an hour into cooking. Get the grits going by combining them with water, milk, butter and garlic in a pan. My fave grits come from Anson Mills in South Carolina, but white or yellow Quaker work just as well in a pinch, and you can use any combos or ratios of liquid to cook them in. (Chicken stocks nice.) Bring the mix to a boil over high heat, then reduce to a simmer, stirring every few minutes as the grits thicken. Theyll come together in 20, but give them another 20, adding liquid if you needed. After 40 minutes, fish out the garlic clove and stir in the cheese and lardons. To plate, lay down some grits and place the rested hen on top. Ring with the bacon-fried peaches and garnish with a drizzle with sherry syrup and crushed hazelnuts."I'm sure you get this all the time, Chris, but the episode where Fred Savage was the sociopath serial rapist? TO DIE!" |
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Though I can't speak for Season 6 (trying to remember boobs...), Gail's knockers did have a HUGE role in Season 5. I like Tiffany too but I think Angelo is going to take it all home.
I disagree that Gail isn't the reason Top Chef won an Emmy. Didn't we all agree that last season, Gail's breasts were comparatively larger/shown more prominently than previous seasons? And isn't this the first year Top Chef has broken The Amazing Race's seven-time, Best Reality show winning streak? Ergo: The Emmy should have gone to Gail's knockers. Also, Tiffany is going to win this thing. Word.
don't count kevin out yet. true, he's made a few mistakes but the man's got talent!
I don't think I've ever been relieved to see someone go home. I think this top 5 is ok, and although I hate to say it, local Kev has to be the weakest link left, yeah? It would be an upset if he makes the final. I was hoping you were watching the Emmys when they won. I liked Gail freaking out on stage as the producers were talking. As my wife cracked, "settle down, Gail, they're not giving this because of you." I think this is the first time since they started handing out Emmys for reality shows that a Jerry Bruckheimer-produced show has NOT won, so thank god! Also, Chris Meloni owns. He does a funny DeNiro/TaxiDriver-esque type character in Wet Hot American Summer.
Oh my god. If SVU and Top Chef joined forces, I would quit my job and never leave my couch again. Best picture ever.
That top picture rules! when guitar hero & rock band came out, my band was always called "stablers rage" in honor of a one-time weekend marathon on USA titled that, featuring episodes of SVU with well, stabler being angry.
I'm glad Amanda went home, she was totally the bratty little sister type but who looked liked a loon as she ran around the kitchen. I hate saying it but I have a bad feeling about tonight and I think either Kevin or Kelly will be sent home.
If former Meal Ticket hottie Felicia D'Ambrosio doesn't try out, then this season will be for naught. Maybe D. Lazor and Felicia could try out as a tag team, using a Kid 'n' Play-esque moniker. Too bad Salt 'n' Peppa's already taken
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[BARBAREN!] Updated test version (long)
July 14, 2005, 03:19:57 AM »
this is an update on my write-up for my current project, BARBAREN!. You can find a more detailed version in German language
, but it is an older version that does not incorporate the recent changes to the rules. As the manuscript for the actual rulebook is half-finished, I haven�t bothered to update the test version, but since I�m still desperate for more playtests and some people have shown interest, it seems a sensible investment to do this update on the English version.
So the purpose of this thread is mainly to provide information about the game for people willing to playtest it. Feel free to comment, though. Also, please don't hesitate to ask questions. I know this is all pretty brief, but then again, I'm dealing with professionals here. ;-)
1. Concept
BARBAREN! is about fucking and butchering. It is a none-too-serious game about mighty Barbarians that live in a vast wilderness, hunt bears and tigers, slay inferior foreign soldiers or challenging barbarian foes, and have wild hot sex with ever different desirable women. It is a macho's dream about harsh nature, gleaming steel, fire, blood and naked skin. It's about lust, anger, ambition and any number of other raw, impulsive emotions. It is also about
you fuck or butcher, and
. The game is purposefully sexist and glorifies mindless violence, but hopefully does so with an unmistakable wink of an eye. I have raised the comparison with Manowar's "True Metal". Grim and powerful, but so over the top that it's funny again.
[Disclaimer: Take my word that I have no sympathy for applying the macho picture of a woman featured in BARBAREN! to reality. In reality I am one of those wimps that sit down to piss, can cook better than their girlfriend, and will let a woman drive their car. I honestly hope that a lot of women will play this game and enjoy it as much as the male players. As Caynreth pointed out, women will probably make the better machos anyhow.]
2. Setting
I am taking an approach similar to DitV, describing the way that the Barbarians live, but giving only very little information on actual places and persons. Some have pleeded I should make the Barbarians resemble the acient Germanics, but right now they are more of a mixture of Germanics, Native Americans, Cimmerians and Fantasy Metal Cover Art.
2.1 The Barbarians
They are big, strong and masculine. Their women are long-legged and beautiful. Their language is primitive and guttural, they have names like Kuthroc, Gorack or Berren. The name of their people is Barbarians. Whenever anyone uses that term anywhere on anyone else, it is only in reference to the real Barbarians. Oh, and most importantly: every Barbarian has a nine inch cock. No shit.
2.2 The Wilde Lands
The Barbarians live in a fierce environment. Towering mointains, jagged rocks, active vulcanos, deep valleys, thick woods, thundering rivers and every kind of predatory animal. There are dragons, too, but those are not intelligent AD&D-style semi-gods, but just animals, though of terrific strength and beauty. Summers are hot and dry, winters ice cold and snowy, spring and fall stormy. A world of extremes, always.
In the German Write-Up I enlarge some on the Barbarian's way of life as semi-nomads, but most of that you can guess. They have swords, bows and axes, are clad in horn, leather and fur, eat mostly meat, drink mostly mead, etc.
2.3 Myths and Customs
I have based the mythology of the Barbarians on animal spirits. The women pray to the Great Tigress. There are five tribes, derived from the Great Raven, the Great Bear, the Great Eagle, the Great Wolf, and the Great Tiger. However, the Great Tiger's son fell from grace as he took his mate by force, angering the Great Tigress who caused his genitals to shrink and eventually fall off. To date, no Barbarian will ever take a woman by force. (I included this because I really do not want to see rape in this game.)
Laws of the macho society are pretty much clich�d, men can have as many wives as they like, the strongest warrior is chieftain, a duel is a legitimate means to settle arguments, etc. I have also included some customs, like a fertility festival � la Belthane held each month, and the Great Dragon Hunt that takes place every four years, when the best warriors of all tribes meet at the legendary Dragon Valley to measure their skill.
2.4 Barbarian Society
Barbarian society is based on families and clans. The clans belong to the four tribes: The
, decendents of the Great Raven, who dwell mostly in the high mountains. The
, decendents of the Great Bear, who inhabit the valleys and woods. The
, decendents of the Great Eagle, who live by rivers and lakes. The
, decendents of the Great Wolf, who roam the Great Plateau on horseback and venture far into foreign lands. Each bear some physical and mental resemblance to their ancestor, yet the tribes have mixed a lot because women have been robbed and seduced at all times.
The fifth tribe, the
, decendents of the Great Tiger, have become a tribe of fearful amazons that hide in the most repellent areas and slay every man except when they need to mate.
2.5 Foreigners
In German I have also briefly desribed the nations and lands surrounding the Wilde Lands. Those are there to provide male victims and female challenges. They are pretty bluntly inspired by real earthly cultures. The
resemble the Celts. The
resemble the Romans. The
resemble Palestine as occupied by Rome. The
are a mixture of the Touareg and ancient Persians. Lastly, the
resemble the Finnish.
3. Character Creation
Player characters are obviously male and fierce Barbarian warriors. There is no exception.
3.1 Clan and Group Concept
I want players to sit together when they make characters. I want them to start by making up their clan and specify its tribe, domain, name and possibly feuds and alliances. Moreover, players are supposed to develope a group concept which includes their character's place in the clan, some thoughts about their childhood, and their relationship to one another. The player characters are supposed to start off as brothers either by blood or by oath. This is not to say that the bond between them should not be tested during play.
3.2 Attributes
There are five attributes whith ratings ranging from 1 to 5, 2 being an average Barbarian. The player distributes 16 points at character creation. The attributes are:
Strength, Agility, Stamina, Wits, and Virility.
3.3 Fighting
There are some special stats for fighting, since fighting is crucial. These stats are derived from the attributes in the beginning, to be improved during play.
starts at 2*Strength + 2*Agility + Stamina + 5 base value.
starts at Strength - 1 base value.
starts at Agility - 1 base value.
has no base value, but starts at the
rating. It can be used to improve the other fighting stats or as a resource in combat. It is gained through having sex.
3.4 Wooing
Corresponding with the fighting, there are also special stats for the other crucial thing: wooing.
starts at 3*Virility + Wits + Strength + 5 base value.
starts at Wits - 1 base value.
starts at Agility - 1 base value.
has no base value and starts also at the
rating. As with
, it can be used to improve the wooing stats or as a resource in wooing. It ist gained through fighting and other rough things.
3.5 Specialties
Every Barbarian is trained at hunting and fighting, and knows how to lay a woman. Additionally, the player can pick three specialties from other areas that distinguish the character, like climbing, swimming or any other typical "skill" that does not help him in fighting or wooing. Specialties can be single, called
, or double, called
and pointed out through an exclamation mark behind the description.
3.6 Personality Traits and Goals
Also, every Barbarian is a primitive macho. However, to distinguish him, the player should pick two personality traits to describe what kind of Barbarian he is. These can be as positive or negative as the player sees fit. A single personality trait is called
, a double personality trait is called
(again, add an exclamation mark). Moreover, the player picks a goal or two for his character to strive for. These traits do not have any effect regarding the mechanics.
3.7 Relatoinships
Each player picks three relationships, which must be one of the following:
Enemy, Rival, Leader, Follower, Friend, Mentor, Ward, Desired, Wife
. These start out at a rating of 1. The player gets the say about who these people are and what�s up with them.
3.8 Equipment
The equipment rule is: if the player can sensibly argue why his character has the desired object with him, then he has it with him. The only exception is the personal weapon. A Barbarian can have any number of bows, arrows, spears, shields, and hatchets. But he can have only one sword or battleaxe, which should have a history, too. Armor is never used by Barbarians. Real men fight bare to the belt.
4. Play Mechanics
4.1 Checks
These are your normal task resolution regarding everything that is not fighting or wooing. Checks can be single or comparitive if an adversary is involved. A fitting attribute is picked and a number of d6 equal to the rating is rolled. Every 4, 5 or 6 counts as success. Note that fierce Barbarians automatically succeed at mundane tasks like making fire or climbing the face of a cliff. They would need to roll only for a really challenging task, like making fire in the rain or climbing a steep, slippery cliff. And a single success would still be sufficient. Two successes are required for very difficult tasks, four successes for the almost impossible.
at a certain task gains one additional automatical success.
gains two. Narration is always granted to the successful party, in case of a tie it�s shared. If the player fails a single check, the GM narrates the outcome.
4.2 Fighting
4.2.1 Initiative
is a vital component in combat for it determines who is acting and who is reacting. You cannot attack if you do not have
. Who has
at the beginning of a fight is derived from the situation preceding the fight. Normally it will be pretty obvious who attacks first. Only if the situation is unclear are stats used to determine
. Make a comparative check on
if it�s about guts who goes first, and on
if it�s about reflexes.
If you don't want to use your
to attack, you can withdraw from the fight or just pause. Gaining
if you don't have it can be done by defending especially well, by taking a blow (unless it's too heavy) or by spending
on a counter-attack. These options are detailed further below.
4.2.2 Attacking and Defending
Attacker and defender roll a number of d6 against each other, again 4, 5 and 6 counting as success. Each fighter gains 1d6 for free. He can spend
points to gain more dice. The maximum a player can spend is 4 points as attacker and 5 points as defender respectively. The maximum number adversaries can spend varies.
If both fighters score equal successes, the attack is blocked. If the attacker scores more successes, he hits and there is bloodshed. If the defender scores more successes, he has gained
. You can also choose not to defend, which is called "taking a blow". In that case, the attacker still needs one success to hit. Write down the number of points you spend on a piece of paper, so your oponent doesn�t know yours when he picks his and vice versa.
4.2.3 Bloodshed
If someone is hit, there is bloodshed. The number of successes the attacker scored above the defender is added with the weapon damage (a number between +1 and +3, see below). The victim gets to roll
against that and substract any sucesses. The final result indicates the level of bloodshed.
--> No success means it's just a scratch.
--> 1-3 successes mean a flesh wound. Substract -3 from
--> 4-5 successes mean a deep wound. Substract -5 from
and -1 each from
. If the victim was "taking the blow" to gain
, he fails. The attacker may go on.
--> 6 successes mean a critical wound. The victim looses all
Combat, Momentum
. He can do no more than crawl and will bleed to death if nobody helps him.
--> 7 successes mean a fatal blow. The victim is just straight out killed.
In combat, narration is normally granted to the successful party just as with other checks. However, a player always gets to describe the wounds his character takes.
There may be other sources of bloodshed, but remember, just falling three meters and hitting a rock will not shake a mighty Barbarian! If a certain action or the failure of a check can result in serious injury, the GM must tell the player beforehand which kind of injury might be expected. If the player decides to go on and takes the injury, he may still roll
--three successes will get the bloodshed one level down.
4.2.4 The End of a Fight
The fight ends for anyone who is dead, critically wounded or down to zero
. The winner interprets what zero
means. It could be total exhaustion, being backed against the wall with a blade at your throat, or any other situation that leaves you at your opponent's mercy. To be clear: the winner can, and probably will, kill the vanquished.
4.2.5 Recovering
score is regained quickly, but only if you are not under the pressure of a fighting situation. Pausing during a fight will lose you
but gains you
equal to your
rating. If you rest some time after a fight, your
is fully refreshed. However, the subtraction from wounds remains until the wounds are healed. Wounds heal as follows:
--> Flesh wounds: 1 day.
--> Deep wounds: 1-2 weeks. A visible scar remains.
--> Critical wounds: At least a month. A critical wound always means that one attribute (player's choice) is reduced by 1.
4.2.6 Momentum
can be spent for special moves in combat. It is regained after a night of rest or, better still, drinking and fucking. You can spend 1 point of
to create any of the following effects:
--> Hammerblow: Add +1 to damage if you hit.
--> Knock-Out: Hit your opponent with your fist or the blunt side of your weapon. No weapon
score is added. Opponent rolls
as normal. If successes remain, you have just k.o.-ed him.
--> Sweeping Blow: Use your two-handed weapon against multiple opponents. You must have
against the first one, whom you attack normally. If you hit, substract 1 from your dice pool and attack the next. You can proceed this way until you are blocked or run out of dice, even if this meens stepping by your first targets and attacking the "second line".
--> Split Shield: Your opponent must score at least one success more than you, or his shield is rendered useless. He cannot use that same spare success to gain
The use of
must be declared before you roll, but can be declared after the number of dice to roll has been picked.
4.2.7 Elegance
is much the same as
, used to the following effects:
--> Lightning-Reflex: One additional automatic success on your defense.
--> Feint: Subtract 1d6 from your opponent's defense.
--> Counter Attack: If you roll equal successes to block your opponent's blow, use the counter attack to gain
--> Flashing Blade: As Sweeping Blow, but done with a one-handed weapon. Can also be used to defend.
--> Throw Weapon: Use your close combat weapon for ranged combat. Requires an additional point of
if it is a two-handed weapon.
4.2.8 Weapons
These are the weapons available to Barbarians:
--> shield (no damage, +1d6 defense)
--> knife or club (+1 damage)
--> bow (+2 damage, ranged weapon)
--> hatchet (+2 damage, +1
--> sword (+2 damage, + 1
--> spear (+2 damage, suited for close and ranged combat)
--> two-handed sword (+3 damage, +1
, + 1
--> battleaxe (+3 damage, +2
--> dragon spear (+5 damage, +2
each, must be used by two fighters, each of whom must spend the full
Combat, Momentum
for every attack)
4.2.9 Ranged Combat
Ranged Combat is exactly the same as close combat. Of course, if only one opponent has a missile weapon, he automatically has
. Normally, only one shot can be fired before the opponent gets a chance to hit cover or close up for hand-to-hand combat. If the circumstances make it likely, the GM can determine that more than one shot can be taken.
4.2.10 Multiple Opponents
If a character fights multiple opponents, he has to split his dice between them. Of course, he can also choose not to defend against all. He may have
only against one opponent at a time, so the others can always attack him. Up to three opponents can band against one that way. If one opponent falls, another may step in. As long as the warrior who is ganged up on uses at least 1d6 for Defense, he can spend 5 points of
each exchange.
I do not encourage multiple fighters on both sides. In such a case, the fight should be split up into seperate procedures.
As you can see, ganging up is pretty tough. You will most probably need
or [/i]Elegance[/i] to save the day. Also, things can get a little confusing with multiple opponents. Just remember:
determines who attacks. You can only have
against one opponent at a time, so everyone else has
against you. The only exceptions are the Sweeping Blow and the Flashing Blade.
4.3 Aggression
You can use
in combat to gain an additional 1d6. This can be declared
all other dice have been rolled. Only one point of
per roll can be spent.
You can also use
to increase your other fighting stat base values.
cost their current rating times 2.
is at 3 per point until you reach 40, at 4 per point until you reach 60, at 5 per point until 80, and so on. Not that I expect PCs to go way beyond 40 in a normal game.
is gained through wooing. Each time a character woos a woman, he gains 5 points. He may gain bonus points of +1 each if:
--> He secretly watches a woman undress or have sex.
--> The woman he woos belongs to another warrior.
--> He woos several women to join in an orgy.
--> He woos a Real Hot Bitch. (This is the best I can do, though not nearly an accurate translation of the German �echt geile Sau�, which also incorporates Nasty Horny Sexy Babe and more.)
--> He woos a goddess (that�s worth +2).
--> He succeeds.
4.4 Wooing
Wooing uses much the same mechanic as fighting. There is one major difference, though:
is not an absolute value like
. It can only be viewed in relation to an individual woman. So you have to keep track of the
in relation to every single woman your character woos.
is not regained as quickly as
. Women are vengeful, so the scores are kept for quite some time (group�s decision) until they are both refreshed. A woman fights the warrior's
by using her
4.4.1 Initiative
mechanically works the same way as in fighting. In the game world, it indicates whether the warrior is just making advances on the woman or if he is just being rebuked. When the wooing begins,
is always on the warriors side.
4.4.2 Advances and Rebukes
A man who has
can make advances, a woman with
makes rebukes. These are handled just the same way as attack and defense, using
respectively. As in combat, if the �defender� scores more successes,
changes, if successes are equal, nothing happens. More successes by the �attacker� meen there is
(if it was the man) or
(if it was the woman). Results are described by the winner, in case of a tie by both.
4.4.3 Advancement and Distance
Take the successes that are left from the �attack� after substracting the �defense� and add the �damage�. Damage for the man is: +1 if they were just talking, +2 if he was touching her, +3 if he was pressing her body against his naked skin (without using more than tender force, of course). Damage for the woman is: +1 if she was physically pushing the man away, +2 if she was talking, +3 if she was trying to utterly humiliate the warrior. After adding damage, roll the target�s
and substract any successes. The final number indicates the level of
--> up to 0 successes: Tension is mounting. Start a new advance or rebuke in just a second.
--> 1-3 successes: (A) The ice is melting. Substract -3
. (D) It�s getting chilly. Substract -3
--> 4-5 successes: (A) The fire is blazing. Substract -5
and -1 each on
. (D) Ice wall. Substract -5
and -1 each on
--> 6 or more successes: (A) Irresistible! She is yours and will do as you please. (D) Messed it! Better get her out of your head for you won�t have her.
4.4.4 The End of Wooing
It's finished if either
hits zero--then the warrior gets her--or
hits zero, meaning she definitely resists. In the former case she will be available for some time, until there is some sort of cesura, after which the game begins anew. In the latter case, she will not be available. The warrior must wait for a long time until the stats are refreshed and he can try again. In any case, the outcome of the wooing will affect the
score in later wooings (see further below).
4.4.5 Charme
is spent and regained as
. Effects may be:
--> Spray Charme: Essential for orgies, you can make an advance that is treated like a sweeping blow.
--> Retrieve Situation: -1 �damage� from a rebuke.
--> Enchanting Compliment: If your advance is successful (she believes in your honesty), add +1 �damage�.
--> Make Laugh: Your joke knocks her off ballance--substract 1d6 from her pool for next rebuke or �defense�.
4.4.6 Touch
--> Electrify: Render her your elecrifying touch to substract -1 from her �defense�
for resisting �damage�.
--> Relax: Make a woman who is already available to you more comfortable, dealing the same effect as �Electrify� but in favor of another warrior.
--> Take Advantage of Situation: Turn "The fire is blazing" immediately into "Irresistable!" if you can roll success with a single d6.
--> Make Hesitate: A sudden embrace or a brief touch can make a woman hesitate. Use this to gain
on a �tesion is mounting� result.
4.4.7 Cool
Instead of
, women have
. The former can be used to the following effects:
--> Ignore: An additional 1d6 each on �defense� and
for resisting �damage�. (Man, it�s tough to do this without a dictionary, so forgive me if my choice of words is not always colorful.)
--> Self-Control: Substract -1 from �damage�.
--> Make Hesitate: Her coolness just makes you hesitate. She gains
on a �tension is mounting� result.
4.4.8 Venom
--> Snappish Comment: Substract 1d6 from your pool on the next advance or �defense�.
--> Gang up: As you will see below, women normally don�t gang up to rebuke a warrior at the same time. A woman can, however, join into another�s rebuke if she is especially venomous. In that case, the warrior must split his dice pool to block both �attacks�.
--> Be Mean: The woman says something really mean. If the rebuke is successful (the warrior takes it to heart), add +1 to damage.
4.4.9 Orgies
When wooing several women to join into an orgy, you must devide your
to get them all at the same time. Every warrior involved must conquer every woman involved before the orgy can start. Unlike in a fight, where several foes may strike at the same time, women normally sit back and watch as another woman rebukes you, so you don�t have to worry about splitting your dice pool unless they use
. It�s hard enough without, though, believe me.
If you have
against one woman, you can use that also to make advances on another woman, thus switching your �target� for the next exchange. Once you lose i]Initiative[/i], however, you cannot advance on anyone until you regain it.
4.5 Horny
score corresponds to your
. You can spend it to gain additional dice in wooing or use it to increase wooing stats much the same way as with
(see above).
is gained through fighting. Each time the character involves in a fight, he gains a basic 5 points. He may gain a bonus of + 1 each if:
--> He faces great peril in the wilderness and thereby risks injury.
--> He eats the raw testicles of a beast he just killed.
--> He is outnumbered in a fight (Swordfodder only count if they are more than four, Small and Tough only if they are more than two).
--> He duels a mighty foe.
--> He fights a towering foe.
--> He duels a towering foe (to a total +2, if he survives).
--> He wins.
(Mighty foes include tigers and bears, towering foes include dragons.)
4.6 Relationships
You can establish new relationships during play, especially through creating
Central Persons
(see below), but also through just picking an NPC you like. You need to gain one point in the relationship to establish it.
4.6.1 Advancing Relationships
Your rating in a given relationship increases by 1 every time you adress that relationship through play. What needs to be done differs: you might fight an enemy, protect a ward or woo for a desired. But you might also adress the relationship indirectly, e.g. by wooing for your enemy�s wife or fighting to defend your desired�s honor. Not just any scene that includes the NPC is enough. It needs to have an impact on the relationship.
4.6.2 Effects of Relationships
If a fight or wooing is somehow significant to the relationship, its rating is added to the character�s
score. If a normal check is significant to the relationship, the character gains extra dice equalling the rating devided by 3, rounded down.
4.6.3 Ending Relationships
A relationship can be ended by giving it up or betraying it. What you are required to do to give up or betray the relationship depends on the kind of relationship. Giving up a wife would meen casting her out, betraying a Leader would meen treachery or leaving him to the mercy of his foes, giving up an enemy might meen not killing him when you have the chance, or actually helping him. The the relationship is erased, but its rating is added both to the character�s
. The player
establish a new relationship to the NSC. A betrayed leader might become an enemy, an enemy might become a rival or even a friend. Note that these rules
be applied between PCs also.
4.7 Improving Attributes
The player can spend an additional point on his attributes every time his
Combat + Attractiveness
reaches a multiple of 20, starting with 40. He may not, however, increase any attribute more than once.
4.8 New Specialties and Personality Traits
New specialties can be gained with the group's approval if it makes sense. Personality traits and goals can be changed or added by the player as he sees fit, though he is supposed to do it mostly to match the character's developement through play. The personality traits don't have an impact anyhow, they are just a reminder.
5. Running the Game
5.1 Preparation
At the end of an adventure or the character creation, one participant (GM or player, rotating) decides on the Frame for the next adventure. This means the main context of events, so it could be "a raid on foreigners" or "a feud with another clan" or simply "the fertility rites".
After this, every player requests a Central Person ("Bezugsperson") for his character. This person must be one of the categories detailed under relationships:
Enemy, Rival, Leader, Follower, Friend, Mentor, Ward, Desired, Wife
. The GM can request that the player make a suggestion how that person fits into the Frame. The person can be an existing relationship, an NPC that has already been introduced, or someone newly invented by the player.
It�s the GM�s job to turn the Frame and the Central Persons into an adventure. It�s the players� job to get themselves some fucking and butchering.
5.2 Adversaries
In German I have detailed fighting stats for different kinds of creatures and people. You can find them on pages 34 pp. of the German write-up (see above), though the stats are slightly outdated.
Foes are devided into the categories Swordfodder (4/0), Small and Tough (10/2), Robust (13/2), Dangerous (18/4), Equal (24/4), Mighty (40+/5), and Towering (80+/6). The numbers indicate
scores / maximum points that can be spent on an attack. The number of points that can be spent on defense is always 1 higher, except with Swordfodder who are zero all the way and thus can only attack and defend with 1d6. Note that Swordfodder also goes down more easily since they have a different bloodshed table, allowing immediate kill at 5 spare successes already, with 4 a fatal wound, 3 a deep wound and 1-2 a flesh wound.
range from zero to 12+. Foes never have
, but may have relationships.
5.3 Women
Women are devided into Sweet Things (15/3), Beauties (20/4), Real Hot Bitches ("echt geile S�ue") (30+/5), and Goddesses (50+/6). However,
is further modified by the situation:
--> -7 if the the woman is a real slut available to anyone, or if she's filled up with thorn apple wine.
--> -5 if the warrior just saved her life, or if the warrior already had her in the past and they didn't part in anger.
--> -3 if it's the fertility rites, if the woman is a little drunk, or if she has reason to be grateful regarding the warrior.
--> +3 if the warrior holds the woman captive, if it's cold and uncomfortable, or if the warrior is dirty and stinks.
--> +5 if the warrior has just had a bad argument with the woman, if the woman already rejected the warrior once (except if he had "the fire blazing"), if she belongs to another man (unless she is annoyed by that man), if the warrior wants her to join in an orgy, or if the woman is foreign or belongs to an enemy clan (the latter two not applying for the decadent Shuaran women).
--> +7 if the warrior has killed someone the woman really liked, or if the woman is an amazon (not applying if the warrior has bested her in duel).
--> +10 if the warrior has killed someone the woman loved.
I hope you play it, enjoy it and post about it. :-)
- Frank
Stefan / 1of3
Posts: 88
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Reply #1 on:
July 14, 2005, 08:30:21 AM »
3.6 Personality Traits and Goals
(...)These traits do not have any effect regarding the mechanics.
Well, why not?
You could let them work like Specialties.
Sydney Freedberg
Posts: 1293
[BARBAREN!] Updated test version (long)
Reply #2 on:
July 14, 2005, 08:44:35 AM »
Or like Relationships -- they could even be conceived of as a relationship to an emotion or ambition rather than to a person.
I also like the way there's not only a mechanical incentive to address Relationships in order to raise the bonus, but also -- a mechanical temptation to change the relationship (betray your friend, befriend your foe, etc.) in order to "cash in" for a boost to Aggression & Horny. (Ha! I just wrote "Horny" in a discussion of RPG mechanics! Snicker!).
The tricky part in playtesting will be figuring out these rates of exchange in your game's various forms of "currency" -- and you do have a lot of them: not just Relationship -> Aggression/Horny, but also all the expenditures of Momentum/Charme/etc. for die roll bonuses. It's almost inevitable that something is going to be broken and require you to tinker with the numbers.
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Yeah, tinker with the numbers I will. I have done some dry calculating, of course, but that can never replace playtesting. For the temptation to trade off relationships, credits go to Ralph Mazza. Delightful idea indeed.
Regarding the personality traits: I
thought about giving them a mechanical effect, but refrained. There is already so much mechanical stuff in this game saying "do this": Look for fights, woo for women, address your relationships... I think it's better to leave it up to the player whether he wants to invest into his character's personality traits.
Basic premise of the game right now is: Fucking and butchering. Whom you fuck and butcher, and why. Now, the "why", in this case, represents theme, as in "how does a Real Man act?" It's not about "are you a bravo or are you a jester?" Stating that the personality traits are not mechanically important also shifts the focus to what
important (beside mindless violence and excessive orgying, that is). Think about your relationships and how they develope. Make decisions regarding those relationships. That will teach you about your character. Don't bother with trying to meet a pre-established "personality". The personality traits are only there to give you an idea, not a guideline.
So, if the personality traits don't look good the way they are, I'd rather kick them out than give them a mechanical effect.
Make sense?
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Ja, ich verstehe. (Was that right?). Frankly, then, if the personality traits don't have a mechanical effect, I'd say toss 'em; just have each player describe his/her Barbarian for narrative color and have done with it.
Oh, also: I'd recommend an explicit statement in the rules saying that a Barbarian can't take a woman by force -- not that there are penalties for it, but that it just simply doesn't happen, not in the rules, and if you say you want your PC to do it, that's in the same category as saying "I fly to the moon!"
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He does have something like that. It is also worked into the culture of the Barbarians. It states in the Myths and Customs section, with the story of the Great Tiger's son.
"Crazy are the people inside my head, one of them's got a gun, to shoot the other ones!" It's a song... really, it is...
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Hey Frank, this is looking really really good. The currency exchange will be a little tricky to pin down because you have so much of it, but conceptually that combat system with all of the different moves seems pretty entertaining in its own right.
I agree about not making the personality traits mechanical. For another game, yes definitely. But not for this one. The mechanical linkages of relationships, aggression, and horny serve to highlight what's important to the game. Having personality traits NOT have mechanical linkages I think sends its own powerful message. "It don't matter whether your a nice guy, a vicious bastard, a happy go lucky type, or Mr. Dark and Brooding. How well do you fight and how well do you fuck?" Its basically a rules mechanics answer to the ultimate question "Barbarian, what is best in life..."
Trollbabe is similar with its lack of mechanics for descriptive elements. I'd keep them just the way they are.
I can't wait for the day I can send you cash for a nice printed game with a completely tasteless macho cover that would put Avalanche Press to shame.
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I can't wait for the day I can send you cash for a nice printed game with a completely tasteless macho cover that would put Avalanche Press to shame.
Seconded. Although, I can't help but note that Necromancer Games has been putting recycled Frazetta covers on some of their Judges Guild retreads. I'd love to see a Frazetta cover on this puppy!
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Thanks! :D I don't have any idea what Avalanche Press and Franzetta are, but I'll hit Google when I find the time. I can't wait to see the first artwork finished, but that'll take some time yet. Check out these references of my artist, though:
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Wincing. Ralph has been committing this abomination for a while.
The artist's name is
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NEWTOWN >> Organizers of the community fund that will administer Sandy Hook Elementary School charitable donations, with a new adviser in former U.S. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman at their side, announced Friday the creation of a $200,000 immediate needs fund, separate from the main fund that now tops $8.5 million,to help cover mental health needs and other hidden costs of the Dec. 14 shootings, including for educators and first responders who cannot yet return to work.
The immediate needs fund is separate from the main fund that now tops $8.5 million. Created with private donations, the needs fund already has been used to buy $22,000 in two-way radios for Sandy Hook teachers who wanted them before school resumed in the former Chalk Hill Middle School in Monroe, said transition team member Kim Morgan, chief executive officer of the United Way of Western Connecticut. , which took the initial steps to create the fund in consultation with Newtown Savings Bank.
The announcements came at a press conference in Newtown's old Edmonds Town Hall gymnasium to introduce the recently-retired senator. That in turn followed what Lieberman called a "very encouraging" private meeting to discuss his role.
That role, Lieberman said, is still being defined.
"I think we'll see as we go along," Lieberman said when asked how involved he would be. and whether he would more of an on-call advisor or meeting regularly with the transition team creating the fund and later the administrators of the community foundation that the transition team is working to createWhatever Lieberman's role ends up being, he will serve with no compensation and the United Way and Newtown Savings Bank, which both are involved in the foundation's creation, will take no fees for their roles, Morgan and others involved said.
The United Way and Newtown Savings Bank "are committed to not take one penny from these funds" and they won't have a vote in how the money is distributed, said Morgan. Transition team members are consulting with other institutions that have pledged to cover things like uncovered mental health expenses to coordinate efforts.
The fast-growing fund that the foundation eventually will administer is the largest of more than 100 funds that have grown out of the Dec. 14 mass shooting. Adam Lanza killed his mother in their home then drove to the school and killed 20 first-graders and six staff members before killing himself.
"I cannot think of anything worse that has happened in my lifetime," said Lieberman, who served four terms in the U.S. Senate before opting not to seek re-election last year. He said he was "very honored" to be asked to participate.
But "ultimately, this community will grow stronger in response to this loss, and in that sense it will be a model" for others.
One of a number of things that have impressed Lieberman so far, he said, is the commitment of the transition team to get the foundation up and running quickly. While Lieberman arrived in Newtown Friday morning thinking it would take months before the transition team handed off the baton to the foundation administrators, he came out of the private meeting thinking it would be more like weeks, he said. Continued...
Newtown Selectman Will Rogers, chairman of the transition team, said the team "was formed for one purpose" — to have a charitable vehicle into which to channel donations, and to have that fund meet immediate needs.
The "hallmarks" of the foundation, which is being created with advice froadvisem other communities that have gone through similar tragedies, will be to have "guaranteed public input." and to be designed so it "can take under its umbrella any other efforts or funds" that "might be overwhelmed" by issues governing the creation of nonprofit charities after beginning their own efforts to do good.
Once the foundation is set up, "the transition team will cease to exist," said Rodgers, a lawyer.
"We consider ourselves, the transition team, very lucky to have Senator Lieberman" involved, Rodgers said, flanked by Morgan and Newtown Savings Bank CEO John Trentacosta, with several other transition team members in the audience. "We hope that just his name, cachet and his reputation," along with his expertise, will help assure the public that the fund would be administered properly.
He said he had no doubt that Lieberman — a onetime state attorney general who was on the committee that created the legislation that grew out of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks — would let the transition team or the foundation know if they began to head in a wrong direction.
Lieberman said he was "very impressed with the way that the transition team has gone about" its work so far. He said he also was impressed by the way the team "has reached out to other communities that have gone through similar tragedies" to make sure Newtown avoids any pitfalls they may have experience.
In addition, "they have tried very hard to be open and inclusive," he said.
He said the exact purposes the fund would be used for would be up to the board of directors that will be set up to run it, but said he believed that the families directly involved in the tragedy would be influential, just as the families of 9/11 victims were influential in shaping what followed those tragic events.
He pledged to "do everything we can, first to care for the survivors and, secondly, to make sure that nothing like this ever happens again," and said, after being asked in the private meeting if he would return to meet directly with the victims' families, said, "of course I will."
Because of the laws governing creation of nonprofit charitable corporations, it would be unlikely that the money would be used for any kind of lobbying efforts, Lieberman said. Continued...
The money that has been coming in to fund the effort has come from a wide variety of sources, said Morgan.
"We have donors who send us pennies and we have donors who write us checks for $150,000," she said.
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ARLINGTON — The Linda M. Byrnes Performing Arts Center will serve as the stage for the North Cascades Concert Band from 7:30-10 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 30.
This is a joint concert with the Arlington High School Wind Ensemble, and a portion of the proceeds will go to the "Hands Together" program, through which Arlington churches provide food and shelter for the homeless when temperatures drop to 32 degrees or lower.
The concert will include two sections of the Planets Suite — Mars and Jupiter — as well as the Moorside March, Sinfonians, Chorus Bee, Tunbridge Fair and many more selections, including a touch of Christmas music to help start off the holiday season.
Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and $6 for students. The Linda M. Byrnes Performing Arts Center is located at 18821 Crown Ridge Blvd. in Arlington. For more information, log onto www.nccband.org.
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