Microscope: The Age of Miracles
I ran a Microscope game on A Night at the Opera a few weeks ago and these are the results. We (including myself) are fairly new to the system, so this was as much a game as it was a tutorial for myself and my players. I'm fairly happy with how it turned out. Towards the end we started doing things play-by-post which turned out to be a mistake because people would sit on their hands for entire weeks and not take their turns, something I feared would be an issue. It was cool for a while, if I do it that way I'll probably just install a time limit, take your turn within a day of being notified or be skipped like a chump. It's unfinished, and this was also our first major game of Microscope, so this probably is poorly done. Anyways, here's your history: THE AGE OF MIRACLES Theme: "The Discovery of Magic Leads to Major Theological Upheaval" Palette: YES NO Magic has side effects Divinity is unknowable and ambigious Magic is not a science, is jazz (is not reproduc...