Fantastic locations & the fantastic things that happen there
Posted by Runeslinger on January 2, 2012 · 4 Comments
This month’s RPG Blog Carnival, hosted by Keith J. Davies, covers the topic ‘Fantastic Locations’ and as I tend to run games set in one way or another in a version of the real world – my current games notwithstanding – I was left wondering if I would be able to participate. After a little thought, … Continue reading →
Category Preparation and Preparedness, Running Games, Themes and Intentions · Tagged with roleplaying, RPG Blog Carnival, setting development, themes
Calls to Harms… (RPG Blog Carnival – 12-2011)
Posted by Runeslinger on December 12, 2011 · 10 Comments
As we start the second full week of December’s RPG Blog Carnival, discussions about the entries from last week, particularly ‘Honeymoon Adventure’ have led me in this direction: The care and feeding of heroes without fudging or molly-coddling If a hero is someone who is willing to answer a call to action, and is perhaps … Continue reading →
December RPG Blog Carnival – Heroes Living & Dead
Posted by Runeslinger on December 1, 2011 · 27 Comments
In many if not most RPGs, the characters are called upon in one way or another to be heroes. They may not all be heroes we can look up to, or even recognize at first glance as being heroes, but – in the heat of the moment if nothing else – heroes they are. From … Continue reading →
Category Characters and Support Cast, Preparation and Preparedness, Running Games, The Blog · Tagged with Heroes, RPG Blog Carnival
A Pentacle of Trapping (Blog Carnival, 11-2011)
Posted by Runeslinger on November 15, 2011 · 2 Comments
This month’s RPG Blog Carnival is ‘how to think like a villain’ with a focus on traps and tricks. My first entry this month was focused on the villains. This one is focused on the traps, and covers my pentacle of trapping; the five principles on which I base my traps. On Berin Kinsman’s Dire … Continue reading →
Category Preparation and Preparedness, Running Games, Technical Questions · Tagged with Plot Ideas, Role-playing game, RPG Blog Carnival, Story Hooks, Traps
Objects in Motion
Posted by Runeslinger on November 15, 2011 · 2 Comments
When I first came to Korea, I was too busy adapting to life, working 12hr days 6 days a week, and training in two martial arts to have any time to run, play or seek a roleplaying game of any kind. Eventually, I got a little time and tried to run and play in some … Continue reading →
Category Casting the Shadows, Preparation and Preparedness, Running Games, The Blog · Tagged with Play-by-mail game, Role-playing game, roleplaying, setting development, Thoughts






