Re: (TFT) Creating the mood

["John Paul Bakshoian" <shadowhex@hotmail.com>]

> From: "John Paul Bakshoian" <shadowhex@hotmail.com>
> Subject: (TFT) Creating the mood
> Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 11:59:59 PDT
>
> Howdy Gamers
>
> How do you set up a mood to game?  Do you turn down the lights, light up 
> the candles, pour the ale in a pewter or wooden mug, put out bagettes and 
> lumps of cheese that your crew has to cut with their daggers?
>
> I found that music can set the mood for gaming.  Here is a list of albums 
> or composers that are used by my groups:
>
> 	Movie albums
> 		Last of the Mohicans
> 		Conan the Barbarian
> 		Lord of the Rings
> 		Star Wars
>
> 	Rock Groups
> 		Led Zepplin
> 		Moody Blues
> 		Blue Oyster Cult
> 		Black Sabbath
> 		Inna-Gadda-Davida
>
> 	Classical
> 		Carmina Burana
> 		Edgar Grieg's Pier Gynt Suite
		Lorena Mckinnet
> 		Any Celtic music
>
> 	Other
> 		There's a orchestra version of Zepplin songs that is great
> 		Haunted house effects
>
> Obviously I'm not listing half of what I play (can't think of them
> right now), but you get the idea.
>
> Are there any mood enhancements that you like to use?
>
>
> Hail Melee,
> John Paul

Here is what some of our intrepid crew do:

> Perry Holly
> My short list for FRPG background music...
>
> Soundtracks:
> Army of Darkness
> Conan the Barbarian
> Hercules
> Xena
> Mulan, tracks 6-11 (ingnore the cutesy songs and go straight for the 
> orchestral score)
> The Frighteners
> "Legend" by Clannad (soundtrack for the British 'Robin of Sherwood' TV 
> series)

      THIS ROBIN HOOD SERIES IS ABSOLUTELY GREAT!  I RECOMMEND
      ALL TO VIEW IT.  I BELIEVE SOME EPISODES ARE OUT ON VIDEO.
          - JPB

> Classical pieces:
> Holst - "The Planets"
> Mussorgsky - "Night on Bald Mountain"
> Wagner - "Ride of the Valkryies"
> Mozart - "Requiem"
> Greig - "In the Hall of the Mountain King"


> Stan
>
> Before a TFT game we usually turn out all the lights, form
> everyone up in a marching order, and spend a few minutes
> trying to navigate around the basement while only turning
> at 60 degree angles.  Then we go back upstairs, charge
> at each other with padded rattan pikeaxes, and start the
> game.
>
> Well, it works for us.

     WOW.  DO YOU EVER SIMULATE AN ATTACK ON EACHOTHER USING
     THIS CONCEPT?  THIS IS WHERE SOME OF THE AUSTRALIAN
     LIVE ACTION RPG COMES IN I WOULD THINK.


> Rodney
>
> In the game I ran last month, when the players were exploring a
> damp cave with a running stream, I used some of my wife's
> "relaxation" tapes. The one I used for the above setting was
> "Mountian Stream". It had the sound of running water and a constant 
> dripping/bubbling sound. It really helped to bring out
> the ambiance of the place. My favorite is "Forest Clearing", complete with 
> chirping birds and a gentle breeze blowing through
> the branches.
>
> I checked through her tape library and she doesn't have "Goblin
> Slaughter" or "Orc Horde on the move at the coming of spring". Bummer

        MY SUGGESTION FOR ORC HORDE ON THE MOVE AT THE COMING
        OF SPRING:  The Lord of the Rings Soundtrack!  WHEN
        YOU HEAR 'THE ORCS TAKING HELMS DEEP' RUMBLING AT 80
        DECIBLES ALL AROUND YOU, YOU KNOW THERE IS GOING TO BE
        AN ENCOUNTER OF EPIC PROPORTIONS.

        LIKE RODNEY, I USE NATURE TAPES SOMETIMES:  THUNDER STORM
        IS A GOOD ONE.

Any other gamer tricks of the trade?

Hail Melee,
John Paul

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