Let the beats fall where they may…
Posted by Runeslinger on August 8, 2012 · 4 Comments
I have been struggling to write a certain post since I started this blog. This is a run at it, but probably won’t be it. Bits and pieces of the theme have crept out here and there in other posts, but simply what I want to write about is this: There is much more to … Continue reading →
Category Casting the Shadows, Preparation and Preparedness, Running Games, The Blog, Themes and Intentions · Tagged with Role-playing game, roleplaying, roleplaying system, RPG, running games, Thoughts
Assessing Group Performance
Posted by Runeslinger on July 26, 2012 · 9 Comments
Perception shapes reality, but sadly individual perception shapes only an individual’s reality to any great degree. I say sadly, not because I long for the chaos such a totally mutable world would bring with it, but because many of us remain trapped in glass rooms for 1 in the Hotel of the Real, thinking that our perception … Continue reading →
Category Preparation and Preparedness, Technical Questions, The Blog · Tagged with gaming, playing in games, Role-playing game, roleplaying, RPG, running games, signal loss
Why do supplements feel like an anchor, not support?
Posted by Runeslinger on June 25, 2012 · 7 Comments
When I was a D&D player my cohorts and I had no access to much beyond the core books we had obtained from far-flung centers of population with amazing things like book and hobby stores. Core books had come to us from mail order, or older brothers who didn’t understand what the game was, or … Continue reading →
Category Casting the Shadows, Preparation and Preparedness, Running Games, The Blog · Tagged with running games, setting development, Technoir, Thoughts, Ubiquity Roleplaying System
Interrogation in ‘A Time of War’
Posted by Runeslinger on June 9, 2012 · 1 Comment
Due in part to moving to a new city and starting a new job as the head of a newly created department, I have fallen woefully far behind in the actual play reports for my ongoing Mechwarrior PBeM. Much has happened since the last report, but this week has brought about a kind of scene … Continue reading →
Category A Time of War, Battletech, Battletech / Mechwarrior, Mechwarrior Live Game Reports, Preparation and Preparedness, Running Games · Tagged with Battletech, Role-playing game
Facilitating Function in Fractious Factions
Posted by Runeslinger on May 2, 2012 · 13 Comments
Thoughts on Parties of Mixed Capability Inspired by Joss Whedon’s film based on Marvel’s Avengers Last week, thanks to early release dates in Asia, I watched the Avengers on a local screen in Daejeon, South Korea. As I was leaving the theatre I was struck by just how well Joss Whedon had managed to present … Continue reading →







