The Magazine for Dysfunctional Roleplayers
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The Magazine for Dysfunctional Roleplayers |
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Jonny Nexus, Editor, Critical Miss Magazine.
 What You Guys Need Is A Lawyer! If you think that strength, agility, courage and a shit-storm of magic are enough to let your group survive a modern high-tech dungeon then think again. They aren't. Your GM is a bastard on a power-crazed ego-trip and your cherished PC is merely fuel for his sick little fantasy. You're toast, with just one chance of escape. Only Rules Lawyering can save you now.  The Worst Roleplaying Game Ever Written? We told ourselves that we were going to engage in some "post-ironic retro roleplaying". We told ourselves that it was just a little interlude before we tried some serious stuff. When we began to play, and realised that the only thing that sucked worse than the games system was the scenario - we told ourselves that it being crap was part of the fun. But when we ended up using the combat system to resolve an execution I began to have doubts...  I Know What Roleplaying Is! We sensitively discuss the issue of all those people you meet, who think they know what roleplaying is. "...And then you realise it was only a dream. The end." Too often, the ending of a scenario is the last thing to be written (and it shows). An otherwise thrilling adventure suddenly runs out of steam and ends in tedious anticlimax. Sound familiar? James Bates discusses bad and boring endings, and gives advice for both gamesmasters and players.  Kill The Hippy! The UFO arrives tonight and Moonbeam the Hippy aims to video it. Your job is to stop him. A scenario for any conspiracy-ish game  Nuke The Crap Out Of Europe Learn about geography and population sizes and practice your arithmetic in our free educational game. (Everything you need supplied, just print out two sheets and get playing).  What Dickhead Came Up With That Plan? We could have played it safe. But no, we had to have a giggle didn't we. The stupidest plan in history, as moronically conceived by one J. Nexus.  Lost In Cyberspace In Neuromancer William Gibson weaved a thrilling story around a briefly sketched view of a cyberspace. When RPG designers wrote the various cyberpunk games now on the market they took his vision, and extrapolated. The wrong way. We suggest an alternative take on cyberspace.  Stop me and fire one Some serious shooting hardware created using the Guns Guns Guns system. Reality and Super Heroes, A Deadly Combination theMagius, on why he just can't seem to get into superhero RPGs Americana Last issue, in Roleplaying In Blighty we issued a challenge to any of our American readers to write a response. Kid Sinister took up the challenge...  The "Freak Killer" Last issue, in The Freak we presented a heavily cooked Heroes Unlimited character. Chris Fleming took up our challenge to produce an opponent. Critical Miss Last issue we promised to investigate further the phenomenon which is live roleplaying. We didn't. Here's why.  Uncle Figgy's Guides There's a lot of good stuff out there on the web (besides us) and Uncle Figgy's Guides are, in our opinion, up there with the best. Cyberwear For A Leisure Age Playing in a cyberpunk game? Bored with page after page of combat cyberwear and serious equipment. Looking for implants more suited for 21st century recreational use? Then check out some of the shit we've thought up for you to implant into your cyber-PC. It won't make you a more effective adventurer. It won't make you a more rounded character. But it might make you more, well... interesting.  Chat Mailing List There's quite a few of you out there reading this magazine, so we thought we'd give you a way to talk to your fellow dysfunctional roleplayers.  Ask Doctor Bubba We sensitively, considerately, and intelligently answer some roleplaying dilemmas and problems that some of our readers are suffering from. Well that's about it. Hope you liked it. Oh, and if you haven't already done so, check out our Reviews, IMHO, Feedback, Soul Thought and Gaming Records sections. And finally, if you liked reading this issue and want us to email you when we publish Issue 4 then please subscribe. |
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