Last night, we started a new Forged in the Dark game. Girl By Moonlight.

Last night, we started a new Forged in the Dark game. Girl By Moonlight.

This is being run by George Austin. Rachael Storey and Tony Lower-Basch and Davey Cruz and Ariana Tobias and others are involved.

What this game is designed as: Magical Girls anime fiction, mechapilot girls fighting their shitty government and the Leviathans that predate on humanity's last bastion.

What we're using it as: It's like a western, but not. The City is humanity's last bastion that we know of. There's six shooters and other such things, probably. There's a repressive government, but trying to save humanity is hard work. We were really concerned about avoiding the whole cultural imperialism that is in westerns, but wanted some trappings.

It's like this: When the earth sent out a beacon to other dimensions, and everything went and cracked open. Now, we're trying to stay alive and keep our city alive in this other place. The City moves, and is on the back of a giant turtle.

Well, I see turtle. It's a monster critter one of the kids done brought back, and it keeps us moving. We take turns keeping it moving.

If you stay outside the bastion for too long, you attract a monster. That is: the abyss stares back at you. Your own greatest fear manifests and follows you home. You can never interface with it.

Who my character is: During char gen, we choose two descriptive words. I went with civilian and rebel. Because I aim to misbehave, and I ain't no hero.

Origin of powers i like this: Few years ago I went out looking for my kid sister, who got lost outside the bastion when we started to move. She took her teddy bear. I never did find her.

When I was sad and depressed and scares and was about to give up all hope, I found Teddy. Except now, Teddy moves and can shapeshift and talks all creepy. It scares me, that's for sure.

With that, I wanted to be both a civilian and a rebel.

We decided the team was kept in line through gilded cages -- we are treated better than others, so long as we stay in line. With the back story I had in mind and being a civilian and a rebel, that was seeming harder.

I pick up the character sheet of The Enigma -- your transcendent self and mundane self are entirely different. No one knows they are the same.

Then, boom: Embedded official journalist, writing official propaganda and writing bad about the government. I'm a bad journalist -- I disappear whenever the action starts.

Should be good gaming. I'm looking forward to our first full session.