{"id":1600,"date":"2013-05-08T11:51:50","date_gmt":"2013-05-08T18:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/?p=1600"},"modified":"2013-05-08T11:51:50","modified_gmt":"2013-05-08T18:51:50","slug":"inside-better-angels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/2013\/05\/inside-better-angels\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside ‘Better Angels’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Better-Angels-cover-v4-front-612px\"<\/a>Better Angels<\/em> is available now in PDF<\/a> and will be shipping soon in a full-color hardcover<\/a>. Check out these online resources to see what the game’s like, where it came from, and what it’s like to play.<\/p>\n

Esther Minges and the Villainous Nine<\/a><\/strong>
\nGreg Stolze’s first ideas for Better Angels<\/em> took shape in 2008 as Wild Talents<\/em>\u00a0setting brainstorming. The game eventually evolved so it best fit into a different rules set, but the original discussion thread took on a life of its own.<\/p>\n

Audio Actual Play: ‘The Good, the Bad, and the Hunky<\/a>‘<\/strong>
\nThe RPPR podcast playtested an upcoming Better Angels<\/em> adventure for us and recorded the fun.<\/p>\n

Soul-Catcher In the Rye<\/a><\/strong>
\nGreg wrote and released this\u00a0Better Angels<\/em> short story as a Kickstarter reward.<\/p>\n

What Are We Doing, and Why Is It Fun?<\/a><\/strong>
\nA preview of the rules for Better Angels<\/em> and why they work the way they do.<\/p>\n

Q&A With the Author<\/a><\/strong>
\nWhat does\u00a0Better Angels<\/em>\u00a0do better, or different, than other supers\/horror games?\u00a0How does\u00a0Better Angels<\/em>\u00a0limit, guide, or direct the kind of bad things that a person playing someone’s demon can do?\u00a0Would it be possible to basically run this as\u00a0Leverage<\/em>, with the group a bunch of supervillains who take down bad guys in illegal, morally ambiguous ways? \u00a0Ask your own question!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Better Angels is available now in PDF and will be shipping soon in a full-color hardcover. Check out these online resources to<\/p>\n

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