To Live and Die in Roleplay
Posted by Runeslinger on March 2, 2011 · 8 Comments
When I saw the announcement on Campaign Mastery that the RPG Blog Carnival theme for March was an open one covering the breadth of Life and Death in RPGs, my first thought was to wonder how many of the posts will focus on the latter half of the theme. Despite how much the hobby has grown, it is … Continue reading →
Category Characters and Support Cast, Running Games, Technical Questions, The Blog, Themes and Intentions · Tagged with playing in games, running games, setting development, Story Hooks, Thoughts
Making World-Building Memorable
Posted by Runeslinger on February 16, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Reality is what I make of it February’s RPG Blog Carnival is being hosted by Evil Machinations, and deals with World-Building – something which ranges from a labour of love for some GMs, but for others is a nightmarish task better left to professionals. In my experience, populating a game world of my own design … Continue reading →
Running Westerns
Posted by Runeslinger on January 8, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Despite the deep shadows cast by the placement of gothic buttresses in my very soul, I love the sun-baked elegance of classic westerns, and the dust-caked brutality of revival westerns. Like many, I feel that the west is a rich source of material for long-term roleplay, and like some, I see no real need to stray far from real history … Continue reading →
Category Aces & Eights, Running Games, Technical Questions, The Blog, Themes and Intentions · Tagged with Aces & Eights, Deadlands, setting development, The Blog, themes, Westerns
Unusual Suspects
Posted by Runeslinger on November 21, 2010 · 1 Comment
Rick sold the Cafe and the real adventure began. Sometimes, a person just has to stay up late, turn out the lights, and wrap themselves in the flickering light show of accidental greatness. Rick (often): I stick my neck out for nobody. With stacks of games about me, my dog asleep at my side on … Continue reading →
Corruption: the other white meat
Posted by Runeslinger on November 4, 2010 · 2 Comments
Do not, as some ungracious pastors do, Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven; Whiles, like a puff’d and reckless libertine, Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads, And recks not his own rede. -Hamlet Stirred, not shaken Temptation to the point of corruption is not something which I consider to be easy … Continue reading →







