#RPGaDay 2017 is on its way!
Posted by Runeslinger on July 21, 2017 · 2 Comments
Autocratik‘s #RPGaDay will return for a fourth run of positivity and celebration of the roleplaying game hobby starting on Tuesday, August 1 and ending on Thursday, August 31. This has been an impressive year in RPGs so we can rightfully expect a lot of fascinating responses to read, comment upon, and reshare. Questions old and … Continue reading →
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Ministry of Unusual Affairs: GM Notes 1
Posted by Runeslinger on June 13, 2017 · Leave a Comment
What follows is a brief Q&A with the GM of our Play by e-Mail campaign featuring Agents of the Ministry of Unusual Affairs, using Leagues of Gothic Horror – a supplement for Leagues of Adventure. GM (Murderbunny): I was looking forward to the recap of the caper in the caves. Thanks for this; reliving the campaign … Continue reading →
Category Actual Play, Characters and Support Cast, Horror, Leagues of Adventure, Leagues of Gothic Horror, Leagues of Gothic Horror Actual Play, Live Game Report, Preparation and Preparedness, Running Games, Technical Questions, The Gamers, Themes and Intentions, Ubiquity · Tagged with campaign preparation, Games, GM Advice, Leagues of Adventure, Leagues of Gothic Horror, roleplaying, roleplaying games, RPG
Ministry of Unusual Affairs [Recap 2]
Posted by Runeslinger on June 4, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The first assignment for our ‘Agents of the Ministry’ has concluded with success, but not without losses. These losses were not to life or limb – although that was a narrowly missed outcome – but rather to sanity, and a more innocent view of the Victorian world our characters are duty-bound to protect. Did you … Continue reading →
“You are doing it wrong…”
Posted by Runeslinger on May 15, 2017 · Leave a Comment
We can all make mistakes. An expression of which I am particularly fond is that even monkeys fall from trees. We can trip while walking upstairs, we can fumble with our keys, spill our drinks, and we can be mistaken in our understanding of things we have learned and been taught. Mistakes are many of … Continue reading →
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Behind the Lines: Instigation
Posted by Runeslinger on May 14, 2017 · 1 Comment
Not long after the initial scenario pitch requirements for Parallel Lines were given to us, I found myself latching on to a set which would put the Agents against a backdrop of what they might at first see as someone else’s war. I hoped that I could provide a framework for the GM to work … Continue reading →
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