So, I like to try and play characters who are smarter than I am. As tonight, this is often frustrating since when I think I’ve been really clever it often turns out I haven’t been.
Lisa politicked with everyone she thought mattered and had business deals going with most everyone else…well…except for that one NPC of course.
Damn.
If it’s of any reassurance, role playing Paradise is like being the last person in the room to get the punchline of a joke.
Only "the room" is my head.
Often, coming back from Wednesday games and, fuck it, even *months* afterwards, I’ll be looking back on actions and reactions and I’ll suddenly twig "Oh, fuck me… that’s actually quite clever…".
Playing Lance is murderous sometimes. He should notice stuff I just wouldn’t, and I’m pretty perceptive. He takes notes and has a memory like a trap, I don’t. It’s tough to not metagame when in that sort of situation.