I have seen the King, and he has Six Strings
Posted by Runeslinger on November 9, 2025 · 2 Comments
Recently, I managed to record a series of talks with Jason Connerley of the Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast Blog and Podcast about the film, Six-String Samurai, and part of that included taking my BRP adaptation of it out for a spin like a beloved platter from the days when music mattered.
Category Actual Play, BRP, BRP/RQ, Live Game Report, Preparation and Preparedness, Running Games, The Blog, Themes and Intentions · Tagged with Role-playing game, roleplaying, roleplaying games, Six-String Samurai
Returning to Pendragon… again
Posted by Runeslinger on September 29, 2025 · Leave a Comment
What is Pendragon, really? Can we come to terms with it without first finding and naming our Arthur as King?
Category Casting the Shadows, Mythic Britain, Pendragon, Preparation and Preparedness, The Blog, Themes and Intentions · Tagged with Fantasy, gaming, Pendragon, Reviews, roleplaying, roleplaying games, RPG, ttrpg
Chaosium’s Basic Roleplaying
Posted by Runeslinger on July 27, 2025 · 2 Comments
…BRP hits a precise point where it makes a clear and resonant kind of sense. It is grounded in the experience of being human and the underpinning logic of the imaginative worlds we create. It surges with brutal magic and the even more brutal harm people can inflict upon each other – and receive in turn. It finds ways to make risk easy to run yet pleasantly agonizing to choose. It has a lot to say about who the characters we play are, yet has the room to listen to our ideas as well. It is incredibly responsive to the ongoing events of play… It has a boldness about how it limits characters to a human mold, yet expects better of them. Anyone can be a hero, the pages of BRP whisper, they just have to act…
Category BRP, BRP Mecha, BRP/RQ, Call of Cthulhu, Casting the Shadows, Clockwork&Chivalry, Clockwork&Cthulhu, Dark Streets, Luther Arkwright, Morrow Project, Mythras, Mythras, Pendragon, Product Overviews, Raiders of R'lyeh, Renaissance Deluxe, RuneQuest, RuneQuest, Stormbringer · Tagged with BRP, Chaosium, Games, gaming, roleplaying, roleplaying games, RPG, ttrpg
Call of Cthulhu Immersive Sandbox Campaign Recap and Reflection ~ 1
Posted by Runeslinger on April 13, 2025 · Leave a Comment
The campaign has grown from one investigation with a single investigator to five independent investigations (or branches) and nine investigators, so far…
Category Actual Play, Call of Cthulhu, Campaign Recaps, Casting the Shadows, Live Game Report, Playing in Games, Preparation and Preparedness, Running Games, The Blog, Themes and Intentions · Tagged with Call of Cthulhu, Call of Cthulhu campaign play, Chaosium, gaming, roleplaying, roleplaying games, RPG, RPGs, setting development, ttrpg
#RPGaDAY2024 – Day 3 – Most Often
Posted by Runeslinger on August 3, 2024 · Leave a Comment
#RPGaDAY2024 Day 3: Most Often
Category Call of Cthulhu, Casting the Shadows, Live Game Report, RPGaday, Running Games, The Blog · Tagged with Call of Cthulhu, Role-playing game, roleplaying, RPG, RPGaday








