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Spoilers for the scale 1 Burning Shores and Ice Palace locations in Martin's Trollbabe game! I've played two sessions of Trollbabe with Martin and Eero. Martin is GMing and Eero and I play Trollbabes, very large and powerful troll-human women. Our job as players is simple, to play the Trollbabe honestly and to advance her interests. My Trollbabe is Honea, initially defined as follows: Forwarded Honea the Smart (5) Trollbabe Start with Xena, Warrior Princess, but 7 feet tall, purple hair with a side and undercut, all teeth slightly pointed, a row of short horns on the shaven side of her head. Purple lip-dye when she can get it. Fancy earrings. Wears an armored bodice, mail skirt, and a smile. Fighting 4-, unarmed: naturally graceful, without training or a killing instinct. Magic 6+, troll magic: confident, brash even, meticulous, long traditional trollish sitting-ceremonies and quick little hexes too Social 5+, perky: confident, loud, happy when all eyes are on her. Items: 1 pai...

"You've ruined everything. I will hate you forever." A game for three players, A, B, and C, shifting roles. Brief definition of a human being for play purposes "Human being" is a keyword I've found useful in playing several narrativist games. When I say so-and-so is a human being, I mean that they are not a structural literary type (pro- or antagonist), a cardboard cutout, a stereotype, a pawn, a monster, a simple player stand-in, or a political or moral idea given fictional flesh. Most human beings have all of the following  Name Age Ethnicity Social class Income (or none!) Hometown Current city A job, and previous work experience (or none!) Sexual and romantic relationships (or none!) Friends (or none!) Family (or none!) Hobbies and interests Material resources  It isn't necessary to fill out every detail, just enough for our current play. You can always add more later. Scenario creation I Player A creates the main girl, a human being between the ages ...