Comments on: MSG(tm): Roleplaying In a Marketing Dystopia

By: Anekanta

Anekanta — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:29:29 +0000

Thanks Braak for the playtest review. Sounds like an interesting game with a good sense of humour. It might be worth picking up just for those motivational posters and corporate slogans…

By: Lady Shada

Lady Shada — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:20:35 +0000

It sounds really fun, gonna have to give it a try with a few friends.

By: ggodo

ggodo — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:42:45 +0000

If I see this anywhere I’ll grab it. bunch of my Mafia buddies might enjoy this.

By: braak

braak — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:08:42 +0000

Yeah, I think it’s probably less the experience and more the enthusiastic and gregarious qualities that are essential here.

By: John Heron Project » Blog Archive » MSG™ playtest at robotviking.com

John Heron Project » Blog Archive » MSG™ playtest at robotviking.com — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:33:06 +0000

[...] you know what Ed Grabaniowski’s blog is about. Anyway, over there, Chris Braak wrote up a detailed playtest review of MSG™ Executive Edition today. He calls it “a hilarious good time”. Which is [...]

By: Simon May

Simon May — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:23:51 +0000

I’m Wood, and I’m the man what masterminded MSGtm.

Thanks for the — mostly positive — review, lads.

Two things I should say: you say it’s only for really experienced gamers. I’ve actually found that I’ve had much more success with it with complete newbies to RPGs than with DnDheads. It appeals, I think, to people who like things like Mafia and murder mystery games.

Second, and more importantly, although it is absolutely lovely to hear MSGtm described as one of the most innovative RPGs ever published, I should point out that it’s not without context and is one of a recent flood of RPGs that do things that are similar (although not completely identical), such as The Shab Al-Hiri Roach and Polaris, both of which do similar (but not identical) things.

But anyway — thank you. It’s a good, thorough review.

By: Short Story Today « Threat Quality Press

Short Story Today « Threat Quality Press — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:04:53 +0000

[...] I have a play-test review of a new(er) role-playing game called MSG up at Robot Viking. If you like role-playing games, I recommend Robot Viking most heartily, and not just because I [...]