diff --git a/drift.py b/drift.py index 1f15602..ec47479 100644 --- a/drift.py +++ b/drift.py @@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ def quiet_mkdir(path): {'url': 'travel', 'caption': 'Space Travel'}, )}, {'url': 'galaxy', 'caption': 'Galaxy Generator'}, + {'url': 'advanced', 'caption': 'Advanced play'}, {'url': "credits", 'caption': "Credits"}, ) diff --git a/stardrifter/advanced.md b/stardrifter/advanced.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8f5889d --- /dev/null +++ b/stardrifter/advanced.md @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +Title: Advanced Play + +## Write off the story + +Of course, "just playing" the game is fine, and I hope you enjoy it. But you may +do a little bit more with it, I guess. You make this game a *Story Game* by +using not only your dice, but your imagination and your creativity. + +When you play Stardrifter, you can write an entry in your Captain's logbook +along. Narrating your story as if you were the Commander of the Star Trek +Enterprise, or something. + +> Week 223: Taking off from Sheldia to Marsengorh. Full load of Electronics in the +> Cargo Units. All systems are GO, although I'm a little bit anxious about the +> Weapon system. Hopefully, the Warp zones are safe in this area so I'm confident +> about this trip. +> + +Each time you build a new World using the [Galaxy Generator][galaxy], describe +it. Try to imagine the way it looks, how are the people living there. Does your +character know someone on this Planet? Has (s)he been there before? What is your +character going to do with fresh money in hands? Drink it? Enjoy life until the +next mission? + +Each time you're travelling and bad things happen, why don't you try to vividly +describe what happened? Were you scared? Why did you decide to flee instead of +fighting? How did you negociate with the Space Pirates? How did you get out of +trouble? + +> When I knew that the Pirates wouldn't want to keep me alive, I had to make +> a choice. Flee or fight. My brand new gun cannons needed to be live tested. +> I made an evasive zig-zag, and they didn't have time to react: a couple of +> seconds after that, their engines were severly damaged, and they were unable +> to chase me. +> +> I sent them a last call before re-entering Hyperspace: "I told you... You +> should have accepted my offer". + + +[galaxy]: ../galaxy/