Iconic Heroes ~ part 3
Posted by Runeslinger on September 9, 2010 · Leave a Comment
A friend of mine asked me why I was choosing to use Icons for the mechanics of this story, seeing as how I didn’t really like aspects of it and consider it ‘not my thing.’ I gave him a long-winded response that boils down to, “I feel that I should give this lineage of games … Continue reading →
Category Casting the Shadows, Characters and Support Cast, Icons, Preparation and Preparedness, Running Games · Tagged with Icons, role-playing, roleplaying, RPG, running games, setting development
On this battlefield, no one wins
Posted by Runeslinger on August 24, 2010 · 2 Comments
In a few weeks, I will be engaged in playing a game wherein, due to a lack of time and players with compatible schedules, the GM and I have decided to employ a variant of troupe-style play that I haven’t really had to use since I was first introduced to gaming (which was just after … Continue reading →
Category Characters and Support Cast, Playing in Games, Running Games, The Blog · Tagged with playing in games, roleplaying, running games
Billy Idol’s Guide to Gaming
Posted by Runeslinger on August 21, 2010 · 1 Comment
I am convinced that not only was Billy Idol an avid gamer with a penchant for dragon-baiting and studded leather, but that he was also an expert developer of exquisitely detailed characters. If you read the following entry and are still unconvinced, I believe that if you look carefully at a freeze-frame of Mr. Idol … Continue reading →
Category Casting the Shadows, Characters and Support Cast, Playing in Games, Running Games, The Blog · Tagged with playing in games, The Blog, Thoughts
Saturday Seed – 12 (Aberrant)
Posted by Runeslinger on August 21, 2010 · Leave a Comment
This seed has been planted for Aberrant, but has the potential to grow in the soil of pretty much any supers story. If you roll your dice right – it can grow into a super story. Thank you. I will be here all week. The Seed: It would be nice if everyone gifted with abilities … Continue reading →
Category Aberrant, Characters and Support Cast, Saturday Seeds · Tagged with Aberrant, Icons, Mutants and Masterminds, Plot Ideas, Story Hooks
Palladium Fantasy: My turn behind the dice ~ The Mercenary
Posted by Runeslinger on August 13, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The Mercenary: Throughout most of my time as a player, I have eschewed playing non-humans as a character. While I did have a few half-elves in the very early days, I quickly felt a sort of dissatisfaction with this as, for the most part, it was more being human-in-a-rubber-suit than representing a different species and … Continue reading →
Category Characters and Support Cast, fiction, Palladium Fantasy, Playing in Games · Tagged with Character Development, Palladium Fantasy, playing in games
Casting Shadows 