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February 19, 2009

Nobilis Esoterica

I suspect that everything about Nobilis is esoterica. We discussed live-action Nobilis last Tuesday, and decided that a proper resolution system would involve plucking flower petals in a “He loves me. He loves me not.” sort of way. This is more amusing if you know that flowers are central to the Nobilis cosmology. As far as I can tell, most...

February 10, 2009

Non-gaming Website for Gamers: WebUrbanist

WebUrbanist is one of my favorite blogs. It is great for: Real-life dungeon features Visions of the future, both hopeful, and not so much Random creepiness Abandoned places Weird architecture …and a lot more. Check it out. Tonight: Nobilis. Going to hell in a handbasket. Rather… going to hell in a friendly truck named Handbasket who happens to know the...

January 22, 2009

Five reasons why the Nobilis gam I am playing in is awesome

In Nobilis: My boss is an angel who wears robes with kitschy slogans on them. He is master of those things in the depths from beyond creation, laments the loss of his giant squid, and is responsible for creating Deep Ones. We pray to Google for information. My PC walks around with one of the most powerful weapons in the...

October 1, 2008

Goofy Gaming

Gaming is entertainment. I think that much is uncontroversial. How silly any given game should be is somewhat less so. Example the First: Nobilis The Nobilis game that I’ve been playing is has been mostly serious, despite the fact that our Imperator (a not-totally-sane angel) is sort of goofy. He often appears distracted and wears robes with t-shirt-style slogans on...

July 24, 2008

Nobilis report

The Nobilis game is still going really well. I say this after a session on Tuesday in which there was, essentially, a TPK. It was, however, a planned TPK. Jason, who is running the game, told each of us from the beginning to create two PCs – one who would start off in the position of a power and the...

June 11, 2008

Nobilis

I think I mentioned earlier that I was at least thinking about playing in a Nobilis game. Well, I am. Playing in one, that is. I suppose I’m also thinking about playing in it… or writing about… or writing about thinking about… or… Yeah. We’ve met four times. The first two were devoted to group character, Imperator, and Chancel creation....

October 17, 2006

Noble Confusion

Angela got me a copy of Nobilis for my birthday. I don’t know what to make of it. The book is pretty, yes. It is written by Rebecca Borgstrom, which – to me – means that the fiction will be good, the game text will read like fiction, and the game mechanics will likely be frustratingly unclear. This is, however,...

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