Storium

Omegonthesane · Post by **Omegonthesane** » Sun May 04, 2014 12:06 am

Unusually for TTRPGs, I heard about this one from a Facebook post of a contact fangirling over the concept.

Has there yet been any evidence revealed that this is any more helpful to the purpose of story generation than Munchhausen, death by asphyxiation, or Apocalypse World?

silva · Post by **silva** » Sun May 04, 2014 12:09 am

What is it about ? (too lazy now to google it)

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Sun May 04, 2014 12:15 am

Well, as I understand it, it's not a TTRPG, it's a browser based storygame engine. Think Story Nexus or Cryptic.

I do know that Ursula Vernon's stretch goal for the kickstarter has been achieved, so one of the story games in the complete launch (it's currently in beta, I believe) will be her weird vegetables setting.

RadiantPhoenix · Post by **RadiantPhoenix** » Sun May 04, 2014 1:19 am

I can put a computer on a table, therefore a computer game is a tabletop game. You don't call D&D "not a tabletop game" just because you can play it on the floor, do you?

TarkisFlux · Post by **TarkisFlux** » Fri May 09, 2014 4:17 pm

A friend backed this and invited me to a game, which means I have access to all of their rules and settings and stuff. If anyone has any questions about it I can see about digging up an answer.

codeGlaze · Post by **codeGlaze** » Sun May 11, 2014 4:42 am

Are stories able to be read publically?

Dogbert · Post by **Dogbert** » Sun May 11, 2014 9:44 am

So it's basically Roll20 and Insider rolled up in one, functionality-wise?

TarkisFlux · Post by **TarkisFlux** » Mon May 12, 2014 5:41 am

codeGlaze wrote:Are stories able to be read publically?

They're marked public or private, but you can't see them from the outside at all. I also can't search for them. I think you're supposed to be able to read them publicly though, just not sure if it's a member restricted thing or a not enabled thing. I might grab my friend's account and see if he can search or not.

[Edit] Found the game browse section, you just have to be logged in and know where to look. So yes, stories are publicly readable... so long as you have access.

Dogbert wrote:So it's basically Roll20 and Insider rolled up in one, functionality-wise?

I have no idea what Insider is, and my google-fu has failed me. So I can't answer that part at all.

As for the Roll20 part, not really. There's no minis or battlegrid or anything, characters are piles of cards and a brief writeup. It's more like Once Upon a Time than a crunchy ttrpg.