Theater of the Mind: Parlay Issue – Bonus Content
Posted by Runeslinger on March 12, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Theater of the Mind Magazine and the Casting Shadows blog I have been contributing to a new gaming magazine called Theater of the Mind for the past few months. The magazine, available in PDF and Print-on-Demand from DriveThru, grew out of the underlying community supporting the YouTube RPG Brigade. In keeping with the nature of … Continue reading →
Category Playing in Games, Preparation and Preparedness, Technical Questions, The Blog, The Gamers, Themes and Intentions · Tagged with roleplaying games, RPGs, running games, Theater of the Mind
Casting Runes 6: A Season for All Things – Session 1 Recap
Posted by Runeslinger on March 9, 2014 · 5 Comments
This post continues the exploration and implementation of RuneQuest 6th Edition for the creation of a sword and sorcery campaign setting. Phase one of implementing the campaign has gone far better than I hoped. I was able to connect with a few good gamers via the G+ Community: Tabletop Roleplaying – Asia-Pacific, and build a … Continue reading →
Category BRP, Campaign Recaps, Characters and Support Cast, Live Game Report, Preparation and Preparedness, Runequest, RuneQuest Actual Play, Running Games, The Blog, Themes and Intentions · Tagged with Actual Play, Campaign setting, campaign world, Character creation, fantasy settings, recap, roleplaying, Runequest, sword and sorcery
Conspicuous RPG Consumption
Posted by Runeslinger on February 3, 2014 · 4 Comments
I recently moved. While there are many tales I could tell about these experiences, such as the death-defying stunts perpetrated by the movers working with no safety gear on a small elevator platform 12 storeys up and outside my kitchen window, I will keep this focused on RPG stuff. Having movers come over to my … Continue reading →
Category Casting the Shadows, Playing in Games, Running Games, The Blog
Desolation Hangouts #2 – 5
Posted by Runeslinger on November 8, 2013 · 2 Comments
My 5 sessions of the YouTube Desolation campaign have come to an end. As hoped, one of the players will be taking over as GM and running 5 more sessions from where session 5 ended. What follows is an overview of Hangouts, some final thoughts on the gaming culture which we adopted over five sessions … Continue reading →
Category Campaign Recaps, Desolation, Desolation Actual Play, Live Game Report, Online Games, Preparation and Preparedness, Running Games, The Blog, Themes and Intentions, Ubiquity · Tagged with Actual Play, Desolation, Hangout, Ubiquity, YouTube
HEX Contest Winners
Posted by Runeslinger on November 1, 2013 · 2 Comments
They say that quality is more important than quantity, particularly if you are afflicted with too much or too few of something. Despite the large number of page reads for the Hollow Earth Expedition Character Creation Contest, there were few entrants. Fortunately for me, those few submissions were intriguing and serve as a fine demonstration … Continue reading →
Category Casting the Shadows, Hollow Earth Expedition, The Blog, The Gamers, Ubiquity · Tagged with Games, Hollow Earth Expedition, roleplaying, Ubiquity








