thread: 2011-09-20 : Deep Dark Vincent-burning Game Design
On 2011-10-21, Mathieu Leocmach wrote:
I read Poison'd, liked it, studied it and even translated it (remember ^_-). I haven't played it yet but it is the first on my list if I ever come back in a country where I can roleplay.
I really like it's conciseness. I find it easier and faster to grasp than DoG for example. I don't know how the rules as laid in the booklet articulate in actual play. I yearn to konw it.
I also like the roughness of it and the impression of drinking directly at the fountain of your creativity. I really learn a lot in that book.
I also "heard stuff", but only after reading it. I don't like most of horror fiction or containing pointless brutality. I hate when players perform violence "for fun" in a game where it is not the point. Most of the time it breaks the social contract. However I see Poison'd as a game that make a strong statement about brutality (including sexual one) and therefore where violence can be performed or avoided on purpose. Therefore I expect to like it in play.
