My Life With Master

         This is a page about My Life With Master, described as "a roleplaying game of villainy, self-loathing, and unrequited love" -- released in 2003. It is available from Half Meme Press, the imprint of author Paul Czege. It has received very positive critical acclaim, although it remains a very small press release. The author reported 135 units of My Life with Master sold over its first four months, about half print and half PDF download.

• My Review of the core book
  A general review of the game.
• Using a Board with MLWM
  An idea for graphically representing the progress of minions in their struggle.
• Original Character Sheet (PDF)
  The gorgeous character sheet as included in the back of the book, in non-standard size.
• My Improved Formulae Sheet, in HTML and PDF
  A play aid which expands on the formulae neccessary for play.
• Improved Character Sheet (PDF)
  A letter-sized landscape character sheet including the complete formulae and thresholds information to the right of the illuminated stat box.
• More Than Human / Less Than Human Examples, in HTML and PDF
  A list contributed by Michael S. Miller.
• Eastern European Names, in HTML and PDF
  Another list contributed by Michael S. Miller.

Actual Play

         Thus far, I have GMed one campaign of MLWM -- which was a game with three players set in the mountain village of Roszakabad where Dr. Charlus plotted evil electrical experiments at the spa there. His experiments involved draining the electricity out of people to imbue power into others, but he came to a bad end during the visit of a French inspector general who represented Napoleon.

• Character Creation
• Session 1 Events
• Session 2 Events
• Campaign Report and Discussion
  A thread on The Forge where I reported on the campaign and my thoughts following it.

External Links

• Official MLWM Page
• "A Manifesto on Mastery" by Michael Miller
  published in the Spring 2005 issue of the Daedalus webzine.
• Review of MLWM on The Forge by Heather Barnhorst