Overview
Geiger Counter was designed to do two things: 1) emulate movies in which most of the main characters eventually die and 2) perform really well in single-session play, such as a pick-up or convention game. I originally aimed to replicate the fun of watching movies like Alien and Scream, but Geiger Counter can also create play that feels like Jurassic Park, Dawn of the Dead, Twister, Nightmare on Elm Street, Vertical Limit, Jaws, or even sobering fare such as Black Hawk Down or Saving Private Ryan. Currently, I’m most excited about playing out movies that are too interesting to ever actually be made.
Documents
- 2009-06-14: Beta Edition in Italian
- 2008-08-17: Beta Edition (Proofed) – now with fewer typos!
- 2008-08-17: Beta Play Sheet – now with fewer bears!
- 2008-08-13: Beta Edition (GenCon)
- 2008-07-23: Alpha Play Sheet
- 2008-03-21: Alpha Edition
Play Reports & Example Maps*
- 2008-10-26: Total Eclipse (Mostly Geek)
- 2008-10-26: Total Eclipse (Mike Sands)
- 2008-10-24: Zombie Zoo (Jackson Tegu)
- 2008-10-08: Collider (Andrew Cain)
- 2008-09-15: I’ll Get This Fish to Fly! (Frederik J. Jensen)
- 2008-08-22: The Rig (Matthew Gagan)
- 2008-07-22: The Cylinder (Michael Sands)
- 2008-06-08: The Silent Deep* (Ben Robbins)
- 2008-06-03: Long May You Run* (Ben Robbins)
- 2008-06-02: The Protocol (Lukas Myhan)
- 2008-04-19: Crystal Alien Ziggurat* (John Harper)
- 2008-04-04: Diamonds in the Sky (Lukas Myhan)
Rules Discussions
- 2008-10-25: Bang-Bang-Bang-Click-Click-Throw (Ben Robbins)
- 2008-09-15: I Don’t Have to Outrun This Bear… (Ben Robbins)
- 2008-08-19: Version Beta Rocks (Ben Robbins)
- 2008-08-13: Geiger Counter for Free (Jonathan Walton)
- 2008-06-13: Overrun by Zombies (Ben Robbins)
August 13, 2008 at 11:14 pm |
Sweet action pants!
August 21, 2008 at 2:55 pm |
On page 7 of the Beta Edition (Proofed) you a period instead of a comma after old habits.
old customs, old culture, old habits. and old ideas.
September 2, 2008 at 9:40 pm |
Hey, I ended up playing a demo of Geiger Counter here at Guardian Games in Portland a couple of weeks ago, and just wanted to drop in and say hello. Lots of fun, and I’m probably going to try running it for some friends at our bi-weekly “Booze ‘n’ Dice” gathering.
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September 15, 2008 at 6:11 pm |
[...] En beta-version kan i øjeblikket downloades fra spillets hjemmeside. [...]
September 16, 2008 at 8:03 am |
[...] I’m not discounting other great players-as-GM/world creator games such as Geiger Counter with the rotating GM and Shock with the issues, but those games have a lot of set up, set up that [...]
September 18, 2008 at 2:06 am |
[...] are just not enough hours in the day to play all the Geiger Counter games I want to try. I’m particularly interested in using the system in less obvious ways [...]
September 29, 2008 at 10:07 am |
Downloaded and played yesterday at a local con. Really awesome indeed, our “Rave Or Death” movie — a zombie-style flick “filmed” with a rave party aesthetic — turned out to be quite a blockbuster
. Great!
November 2, 2008 at 6:07 am |
[...] Geiger Counter is an rpg that allows you to recreate survival horror movies. It’s a shared narration/creation game where you create the premise of the movie, characters and plot once you sit down to play. It’s perfect for pick up play and cons. Not to mention being a whole lot of fun. I played a game run by Mike Sands at Fright Night ‘08 and managed to survive! [...]
December 15, 2008 at 11:29 am |
[...] to Shock: by Joshua A.C. Newman for proving you can tackle big sci fi in small games, Geiger Counter by Jonathan Walton for showing our crew that shared authority can be fun, and of course to Jared A. [...]
January 5, 2009 at 6:19 pm |
[...] Dead and Dirty in Dubai Part 1: The Prologue Posted in Continual Story by Taylor on January 5th, 2009 (Author’s Note: I can’t claim full credit for this story. It’s based on a story several friends and I came up with using the collaborative storytelling game Geiger Counter.) [...]