Posted by Runeslinger on November 29, 2010 · 11 Comments
For 1 year, between December 1, 2010 and November 30, 2011, I will be detailing a setting for a ‘pulp adventure’ setting suitable for Hollow Earth Expedition, Daring Tales, and the like, using the Ubiquity rules. The time period will be a loose ‘end of the 30’s’ for easier customization and use by other groups, … Continue reading →
Category Casting the Shadows, Characters and Support Cast, Daring Tales, Hollow Earth Expedition, Preparation and Preparedness, Serial Settings, Ubiquity · Tagged with Daring Tales, Hollow Earth Expedition, Plot Ideas, roleplaying, Story Hooks, Ubiquity
Posted by Runeslinger on November 26, 2010 · Leave a Comment
As has been mentioned several times in several posts over the last several weeks, I have been running the new Mechwarrior RPG as a play by e–mail game. When I decided to undertake this project, my technical goal was to try to find a way to generate a feeling of anticipation and excitement comparable to … Continue reading →
Posted by Runeslinger on November 21, 2010 · 1 Comment
Rick sold the Cafe and the real adventure began. Sometimes, a person just has to stay up late, turn out the lights, and wrap themselves in the flickering light show of accidental greatness. Rick (often): I stick my neck out for nobody. With stacks of games about me, my dog asleep at my side on … Continue reading →
Category Casting the Shadows, Characters and Support Cast, Playing in Games, Preparation and Preparedness, The Blog, Themes and Intentions · Tagged with players, playing in games, role-playing, roleplaying, The Blog, Thoughts
Posted by Runeslinger on November 19, 2010 · 8 Comments
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 →
Category Casting the Shadows, Characters and Support Cast, Preparation and Preparedness, Running Games, The Blog · Tagged with players, playing in games, role-playing, roleplaying, RPG, running games, Thoughts
Posted by Runeslinger on November 4, 2010 · 2 Comments
Do not, as some ungracious pastors do, Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven; Whiles, like a puff’d and reckless libertine, Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads, And recks not his own rede. -Hamlet Stirred, not shaken Temptation to the point of corruption is not something which I consider to be easy … Continue reading →
Category All for One: Regime Diabolique, Call of Cthulhu, Casting the Shadows, Characters and Support Cast, Running Games, The Blog, The Gamers, Themes and Intentions, WoD ad nauseum · Tagged with Character Development, players, role-playing, roleplaying, running games, The Blog, themes, Thoughts
Casting Shadows 