Walking in Gumshoes ~ Investigating
Posted by Runeslinger on August 15, 2012 · 2 Comments
For all intents and purposes, our three characters are now in the thick of investigating our first crime scene for our Mutant City Blues campaign. We opened in the Montreal Heightened Crime Units bullpen, where the three of us were assigned a homicide case at a local culinary landmark. We have spent the last two weeks … Continue reading →
Shadowscast Episode 6
Posted by Runeslinger on August 15, 2012 · Leave a Comment
This episode has been delayed for a few months and as such has expanded to nearly twice its normal expected size. No guests were harmed in the filming of this episode, but one crane was filmed without his permission while stalking three-eyed fish. Topics for this Shadowscast range from a look at some GameScience dice … Continue reading →
Filed under Running Games, Shadowscast · Tagged with casting shadows, Character Development, gamescience dice, Role-playing game, RPG, running games, setting development, Shadowscast
Saturday Seed ~ 116 (Dungeon Crawl Classics)
Posted by Runeslinger on August 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Although no doubt easily planted in any fantasy setting with varying degrees of work, this week’s small story seed is for Dungeon Crawl Classics. I have been intending to put one out for this game solely because I enjoyed reading it so much. After much delay, here it is. As I mentioned last week, I … Continue reading →
Filed under Infectious Plots, Saturday Seeds · Tagged with dungeon crawl classics, fantasy campaigns, Plot Hooks, roleplaying, Story Ideas
Serial Setting 2 ~ Week 23
Posted by Runeslinger on August 10, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Casting Shadows blog’s second Serial Setting appears in weekly installments and is scheduled for a 6-month run in which less only this and one other post remains. This series is focused on providing basic details for heroic pulp adventures for the Ubiquity Roleplaying System as presented in Hollow Earth Expedition and to a much lesser extent Leagues of … Continue reading →
Filed under Daring Tales, Hollow Earth Expedition, Serial Settings, Ubiquity · Tagged with casting shadows, Hollow Earth Expedition, korean peninsula, Plot Ideas, pulp adventures, roleplaying system, Serial Settings, Story Hooks, Ubiquity
Let the beats fall where they may…
Posted by Runeslinger on August 8, 2012 · 4 Comments
I have been struggling to write a certain post since I started this blog. This is a run at it, but probably won’t be it. Bits and pieces of the theme have crept out here and there in other posts, but simply what I want to write about is this: There is much more to … Continue reading →
Filed under Casting the Shadows, Preparation and Preparedness, Running Games, The Blog, Themes and Intentions · Tagged with Role-playing game, roleplaying, roleplaying system, RPG, running games, Thoughts





