Category: MUSHes

The Space Between

May 31, 2014 Brody 1 Comment

Busby paces along the corridor, PDA clutched in his hands as he mumbles to himself. Kristine clutches her battered notebook under her arm as she strides back toward the labs after her lunch break. She moves quickly and determinedly, like a woman on a mission. The boss stops in front of the lab entrance, eyebrows…

Sharpening my scythe

May 27, 2014 Brody 8 Comments

We’ve got a lot of characters that have been inactive for 90 days or longer. As of June 1, they’ll become potential targets for a new round of “narrative landscaping.” I’ll start writing them out of the OtherSpace story in episodes of death and destruction that’ll put a close on the character’s story and perhaps…

No dice?

May 27, 2014May 27, 2014 Brody 4 Comments

Writing about my past tendencies to slaughter the occasional character back in the day and thinking about my desire to take OtherSpace truly back to basics got me wondering: maybe we should just abandon the premise of a stats/skills system. Eliminate dice. No rolls. Just see where the narrative rolls and let the players and…

The Art of Consequence No. 1: Killing time on OtherSpace

May 25, 2014May 25, 2014 Brody No Comments

“Where some see coincidence, I see consequence. Where others see chance, I see cost.” – The Merovingian in “Matrix Revolutions” I’m a serial killer. In the past 16 years, I’ve amassed a body count that would make Dexter Morgan feel like an amateur. Usually, I did it because the dice told me I should. Sometimes…

MUSHes, Online Storytelling, OtherSpace