More involved with the Narrative community!

Today I give some explanations why most of the action of this blog has manifested mostly on Twitter as of late, and less here. Lots of projects and things have been moving in the background, and I finally have some time to line them out here.


I have started getting more involved with the NEON (Narrative Event Organizer Network): with content production, such as a podcast and social media engagement, as well as working on Narrative Events and rules with my fellow Organizers.
The goal is to promote Narrative Gaming in the Warhammer tabletop gaming community, which has been the purpose of this blog all along :D

So what is the NEON?

Narrative Event Organizer Network

• Decentralized community of Age of Sigmar gamers and event organizers
• Inspire players to embrace Narrative Play in Age of Sigmar;
• Share a collective fountain of knowledge & resources; 
• Encourage more Narrative Events by encouraging more NEOs (Narrative Event Organizers)!

https://wearetheneon.com/

In the website you can find lots of resources: tips to run your own events, tricks for organizing your games and managing players, event rules packs and interviews with other organizers.
Members and 'alumni' of NEON have organized several Global Narrative events, and have counted on the involvement of some of the best hobbyists and Narrative organizers out there in the community.

If you have heard of Realms at War (UK), The NOVA Open Grand Narrative (US east coast), the Holy Wars/Holy Havoc events (US midwest), the Gibbering Dome at Adepticon (US east coast), or Warhammer Achievements (UK), that is where you see Narrative Play at their biggest!

But there are many, MANY other Narrative Events out there.
Most are run locally, with an organizer's small group, and they are all scattered around the world: you just need to find the closest to you. But often they are only talked about in whispered tones, almost unheard of...
It's time people are aware: NARRATIVE PLAYERS ARE OUT THERE! (and we are... legion?)

And you can join us.

We have a podcast on Youtube!

The Filthy Casual NEON podcast

Me and Aaron Bostian go over the many narrative events played in the Age of Sigmar, throughout the world, to give players a taste of what narrative play can be like.

What cool experiences the NEOs are creating for their players, what special rules they use, and what fantastical terrain they deploy on their tables.
We also interview NEOs and narrative players, several of which have given the community amazing contributions over the past 5 years.

This is our latest episode:

How do I play narrative games? What are the guidelines?

Bill Castello (NEO, and producer/co-host of Rolling Bad podcast) has compiled a great series of articles explaining how to approach narrative games: what freedoms do you have in narrative play, how to cooperate with other players in creating narrative, how to resolve competitive disputes vs engaging in the story, and much more!

How to play narrative games (click here)

If you need something shorter to share with your fellow players, here's a little page I cooked up!

Update on Mordheim: The Enemy Within

Thanks to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this piece of news is not as exciting, as it may have to be postponed indefinitely. But, if things look up and the world returns to more of a normal...

I will be running a Mordheim 2-day event at the NOVA Open, in Arlington VA, USA.

"The Enemy Within" is a Mordheim narrative campaign, set in The Empire of Sigmar in the Old World, with a lot of political intrigue, bandit hunting and cultists! Cultists everywhere! This narrative event will be a showcase of the new campaign, and a celebration of the longevity of the cult game that is Mordheim! This event will happen across 2 days, consisting of 4 game sessions, with multiplayer scenarios in the evenings, the last night being a grand finale.

Tickets (click here).

Depending on how much the world returns to normal, and conventions start running normally again, I will be able to run Mordheim at other events as well, here in the US east coast. To be confirmed.

The Enemy Within is still in development. It has taken a bit of a slowdown in the past couple of years, but thanks to confidence and support from community members I am redoubling my efforts to finish the ruleset for everyone to enjoy.

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That's it for now.
Roll high and prosper!