Saturday Seeds – 25 (Mechwarrior)
This seed is being potted for ‘A Time of War,’ the excellent new edition of the Mechwarrior RPG. Now that I am embroiled in a campaign using this system, all sorts of ideas are starting to surface, some of which are much better and less work than the one I actually opted to use for … Continue reading
The seeming absence of HR in RPGs
A lot of stories rely on people being in the right place at the right time. While I like that structurally, and enjoy making use of it in various ways and to varying degrees in the games that I play, it really only works once in any given setting… unless you are playing Mage and … Continue reading
Mechwarrior: Running A Time of War
Play began for my Mechwarrior Campaign, ‘Hair of the Dog‘ a little over a week ago. We are nearing the end of the second major scene in the first story, and I expect there to be four more scenes before that story is done. Each scene in the campaign will deal with one significant event, … Continue reading
Mechwarrior PBeM report I: Hair of the Dog
The following is a dramatization of the first scene of a Mechwarrior RPG campaign played by e-mail using the Time of War rules (4th Edition) published by Catalyst Game Labs. Cast of Characters Mel “Mad Dog” Winters Current Rank: 1st Lieutenant Age: 30 Eyes: Blue Hair: Black caucasian Accent: A very “standard” sort of English … Continue reading
Saturday Seed – 24 (Serenity)
This week’s seed is for Serenity, for groups centered around a nomadic life aboard a ship. The Seed: As a complication in a regular scenario, have the crew stumble across a derelict, (‘Cause, who doesn’t like a good derelict ship drifting by?) which from the looks of things, might have been drifting for quite some … Continue reading
Casting Shadows 