Message no. 1

From:	Robert Blackberg III <blackbrc@***.fiserv.com>
Subject:	Establishing Mood (was: Re: olympics)
Date:	Tue, 23 Jul 1996 10:05:12 -0400

>>> "Gurth" <gurth@******.nl> - 7/23/96 6:27 AM >>>

>Anyway, since this looks like a "what kind of music do you play
while
>gaming" thread, we usually just dump anything into the CD or
cassette
>player that happens to lie around. Anything from Tori Amos to Beck
to
>Peter Gabriel to Nirvana to NOFX to U2, and lots of stuff in the
middle
>as well. I find theme music very hard to create because I usually
have
>other things on my mind than "what CD would be good for this scene?"

>during an adventure, and I don't think I own enough cyberpunk(ish)
music
>for an evening of shadowrunning. The only time I did have what I
>considered to be appropriate music for an encounter, I only though
of it
>the next session :/

Since we're on the subject (sort of) let me ask a question. I can
see that music is prevalent for establishing mood, but what about
other things? What else do you folks use to establish the mood of
your game?

Robert