tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4858029247961931587.post7198898844766802675..comments2024-02-19T06:24:06.259-05:00Comments on High Trust, High Drama: Once More With FeelingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08922028067291750836noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4858029247961931587.post-77819717974203254942015-01-14T22:09:49.585-05:002015-01-14T22:09:49.585-05:00Many comments today! This must be a topic that a l...Many comments today! This must be a topic that a lot of people are interested in. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that more than one person had actually tried this, including Matt and a friend I chatted with on Twitter.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08922028067291750836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4858029247961931587.post-46672823993354437092015-01-14T22:08:13.036-05:002015-01-14T22:08:13.036-05:00Yeah, if the songs were planned out ahead of time ...Yeah, if the songs were planned out ahead of time you could definitely build in "cues" that could be in dialogue etc. or work out a song that two people could do as a duet.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08922028067291750836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4858029247961931587.post-62549565178869767462015-01-14T22:07:38.679-05:002015-01-14T22:07:38.679-05:00I don't know if we needed more challenges in S...I don't know if we needed more challenges in SOUTHERN ROCK OPERA -- we were playing pretty hard that time! <br /><br />And yeah, it is scary... I was saying to Megan tonight that you might need to get everybody a little drunk and go out singing karaoke together as an icebreaker before actually doing this in a session.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08922028067291750836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4858029247961931587.post-34621921425354006682015-01-14T22:05:02.482-05:002015-01-14T22:05:02.482-05:00It does seem like a lot of work!It does seem like a lot of work!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08922028067291750836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4858029247961931587.post-8543740085092463172015-01-14T20:33:52.412-05:002015-01-14T20:33:52.412-05:00I have this idea for a game about a rock band, may...I have this idea for a game about a rock band, maybe in the South somewhere, that sells its soul to the devil...<br /><br />This is cool and intriguing but scary too. Singing and ad libbing at the same time = probably too hard, but if you had songs prepped that fit the character... maybe! And as others have said, just a dramatic spoken reading of rhyming lyrics - rap or William Shatner style - can get you half way to a musical feel.Rob MacDougallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08062764977151219393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4858029247961931587.post-26515713401650371612015-01-14T18:53:21.614-05:002015-01-14T18:53:21.614-05:00As a soft lead in to karaoke/a capella, self-profe...As a soft lead in to karaoke/a capella, self-professed tone-deaf players could work lyrics into IC conversation. Possibly get their full songs added to the background music playlist? I like using a theme of some sort to keep the game's soundtrack cohesive. <br /><br />Anyone at the table could try to prompt a song by fitting the lead of someone else's chorus into their own dialogue. <br /><br />(Grr, this is a re-do - the 'Publish' button ate my original comment!)Luckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11893046764099697744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4858029247961931587.post-35906287931461989862015-01-14T17:30:12.755-05:002015-01-14T17:30:12.755-05:00Also, I'm now wanting to be in another musical...Also, I'm now wanting to be in another musical game. But not enough to try to run one myself.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08250930564759272073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4858029247961931587.post-38769947644849613272015-01-14T17:20:01.601-05:002015-01-14T17:20:01.601-05:00I've done this twice at Ambercon, once in an A...I've done this twice at Ambercon, once in an Amber high school mashup, and once with supervillains. Both times as a player rather than GM.<br /><br />It works, but it requires a lot of homework from the players - you have to know the songs well enough to just burst out with them when the time arises, and I found I generally wanted to tweak the lyrics to match my character. It works best when the PCs have a set of songs prepared that are on-theme and good fits for themselves.<br /><br />Kararoke or a capella work best - trying to sing over the original is rough even when you're matching the lyrics exactly, and when you veer off, it gets harder.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08250930564759272073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4858029247961931587.post-10199124792058858292015-01-14T14:22:40.458-05:002015-01-14T14:22:40.458-05:00Most people can't. But that shouldn't stop...Most people can't. But that shouldn't stop them from doing it anyway.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08922028067291750836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4858029247961931587.post-78134376972897993852015-01-14T13:42:23.475-05:002015-01-14T13:42:23.475-05:00Crazy and awesome. We have to do this at some poin...Crazy and awesome. We have to do this at some point Even though I can't sing worth shit.Megan Baxterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02537170023931826579noreply@blogger.com