Microscope: the Timelines
I had an urge to turn our Microscope timelines into electronic files this morning, so I thought I’d share them with you.This first one is from The Scourging game:
http://www.jadettman.com/The_Scourging.gif
And this second one is from our Wizard War game:
http://www.jadettman.com/Wizard_War.gif
And here they are as PDFs if, for some reason, you should want a copy for yourself:
http://www.jadettman.com/The_Scourging.pdf
http://www.jadettman.com/Wizard_War.pdf
**Note: For some reason I can’t get WordPress to display a thumbnail with a link to the larger images, so I’ve provided links to the larger images too.
Interesting.
So from looking at this and your previous posts on the topic, the point of the game, from what it looks like to me, is to construct the history.
In other words, it looks like the “world building phase” of Shock, turned into an entire game.
[...] Wizard War [added july 29] [...]
I’ve glanced over Shock: but never played it, Paul, so I can’t speak to the similarities.
You’re correct, though, Microscope is all about collaboratively creating a history. It’s pretty fun and if Ben is still taking playtesters, I recommend getting a copy and playing it yourself.