review: Octane

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

reference: http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=1132

I made a fart joke!

No seriously, this sounds like a blast.

[Mr_Pleasington]

I also own the game and I absolutely love the setting.

I have nothing but hate for the system though.  I like a little more 'game' in my roleplaying game.  Octane's system could be compared to sitting around a campfire telling a collaborative story but instead of just passing the torch around the circle you randomly determine who gets it next.

The book is a mine for ideas, but a terrible game.  I feel this way about the vast majority of indie/Forge games along with any game that touts *pukes* GNS theory.

[Entsuropi]

Gamer Narrative Simulationist theory? That one makes sense from what I've heard of it. And the campfire thing was done well in Baron Munchhausen, which is a great drinking game.

This review is mildly incomprehensible. Can we have some more paragraph breaks and slightly longer sentences? :/

[Fellfrosch]

Great holy hannah, this is what I get for telling SE I'll edit the articles after they're posted. I can barely read this.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

why, its written in english?

I disagree about it being a terrible game though, just very atypical. Its very much a social game, where you don't have a lot of rules or a lot to care about. It screams beer and pretzels.

[JP Dogberry]

Rules get in the way. The less rules the better, to the point where the few rules give you good ideas.

This game seems really cool.

[Mr_Pleasington]

I'm a rules-lite fan to the point where the rules are so light that they really cease to be a game.

I'd use Savage Worlds to run and Octane game any day though.