Microscope Reviews: the First Wave
Some early reviews of Microscope are already in, so feast your eyes on them. If there are more out there that I haven’t stumbled across, let me know.
- Risus Monkey: Microscope (really nails it on the head)
- Хроники героев: Microscope RPG (yes, that’s in Russian. You should see a translation bar at the top for the language of your choice.)
- Review on RPG.net
- St. Louis RPG Examiner
Risus Monkey follows up with a fascinating thought experiment, playing a virtual game of solo Microscope complete with imaginary players to round out the table:
- Solo Gaming on a Long Flight (continued in Part 2).
The only thing that would have been better would have been to draft the other people in the row. Where are they going to go, they’re a captive audience!
During the playtest, one group was playing at a cafe but needed another player, so they drafted their waitress. True story.
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The only thing that would have been better would have been to draft the other people in the row. Where are they going to go, they’re a captive audience!
Now that would have been something. The thought of getting the old ex-marine in the seat next to me to play a story game with me makes me smile. He was reading a book on medieval mysteries, so perhaps the idea is not quite that outlandish. The non-English speaking Koreans would have been a bit tougher.