aeforge has written the third part of his article about using the character types of Monkey, Ninja, Pirate, Robot Deluxe as a method of classifying roleplaying character personalities, akin to the way the Myers-Briggs scale classifies real peoples' personality types.

First part: Getting Personal 1: Characterizing Characters
Second part: Getting Personal 2: Archetypal Stereotypes
Second part: Getting Personal 3: Pirates

Check them out!

Tags: game design, gaming, mad rpg theory, mad science, mnpr-rpg

Do you remember when I discussed "what a beta playtest is" as regards Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies on this blog?

Allow me to refresh your memories (and mine) what I said, lo, many moons ago...

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So, yeah, it's interesting. Not a true "blind" playtest, but perhaps a "mute" one.

Tags: asmp, evilhat, game design, s7s, work journal, writing