Posted by Runeslinger on September 23, 2010 · Leave a Comment
I am not sure what to think about automatically connecting the phrase, It is a time of war, with the Battletech Universe, but I do. As my project to prepare a campaign with a balanced mix of roleplaying and wargaming progresses, I was not unhappy to discover that what amounts to the 4th Edition of … Continue reading →
Posted by Runeslinger on September 16, 2010 · Leave a Comment
A few times in the last year, mainly due to our group’s tendency to switch between a few ongoing campaigns, with the occasional short-term story thrown in for the sake of variety and experimentation, I have had a discussion about the actual application of mechanics for a few of our regular systems. If your experience … Continue reading →
Posted by Runeslinger on September 15, 2010 · 6 Comments
Prologue: Due to a lack of clarity on my part in a post earlier this week, I find myself with a new post to write. The topic isn’t new, and I have referred to it in passing before, but in this entry, we will drag the bastard out into the sunlight and see what happens. … Continue reading →
Category Casting the Shadows, Characters and Support Cast, Preparation and Preparedness, Running Games, Technical Questions, The Blog, The Gamers, Themes and Intentions · Tagged with Call of Cthulhu, Icons, Palladium Fantasy, roleplaying, RPG, running games, The Blog, World of Darkness
Posted by Runeslinger on September 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Now that a theme has been chosen, and some of the character design issues have been worked out, I think it is time to consider possible settings. My last few modern games have been set in stylized versions of real cities in various parts of the world (Chicago, San Francisco, and London) or in similar … Continue reading →
Posted by Runeslinger on September 13, 2010 · 6 Comments
Weak Analogies and Misdirection: I love reading old pulp stories. Even though I live in an apartment with virtually no convenient storage or display space, on the other side of the Earth from the bunker in which all my other cool stuff is kept, I still have literal stacks of pulps from the likes of Maxwell Grant, … Continue reading →
Category Adventure!, Characters and Support Cast, Preparation and Preparedness, Running Games, Spirit of the Century · Tagged with Adventure!, Character Development, roleplaying, RPG, running games, Spirit of the Century, Thoughts
Casting Shadows 