Behind the Lines: Instigation
Posted by Runeslinger on May 14, 2017 · 1 Comment
Not long after the initial scenario pitch requirements for Parallel Lines were given to us, I found myself latching on to a set which would put the Agents against a backdrop of what they might at first see as someone else’s war. I hoped that I could provide a framework for the GM to work … Continue reading →
Category BRP, BRP/RQ, Casting the Shadows, Hawkmoon, Horror, Infectious Plots, Luther Arkwright, Mythras, Product Overviews, Runequest, RuneQuest, Running Games, Science Fiction, The Blog · Tagged with Design Mechanism, GM Advice, Parallel Lines, roleplaying games
Saturday Seed ~ 200 (Call of Cthulhu)
Posted by Runeslinger on March 22, 2014 · Leave a Comment
This 200th entry will be the last Saturday Seed on this blog. It has been enjoyable to share some of these seeds for different games over the last 4 years, but this nice round number of seeds is telling me that it is time to try something else for my short, weekly post. That is … Continue reading →
Category Call of Cthulhu, Saturday Seeds · Tagged with Call of Cthulhu, Plot Ideas, roleplaying games, RPG, Story Hooks
Saturday Seed ~ 199 (Legionnaire)
Posted by Runeslinger on March 15, 2014 · Leave a Comment
This is a seed for the near-forgotten RPG, ‘Legionnaire,’ which supported the Renegade Legion set of skirmish games from FASA. Those games were Interceptor, Centurion, Leviathan, and the planetary conquest strategy game Prefect. Legionnaire, to those familiar with the early versions of the Mechwarrior RPG will seem very familiar and of comparable depth of setting … Continue reading →
Category Saturday Seeds, Shadowrun · Tagged with Plot Ideas, roleplaying games, RPG, Shadowrun, Story Hooks
Saturday Seed ~ 198 (Shadowrun)
Posted by Runeslinger on March 8, 2014 · Leave a Comment
This is a seed in celebration of all the Shadowrun Returns: Dragonfall I have been trying to play since its release. I would have played more but the dogs refuse to feed and walk themselves [jerks], and I prefer to keep rather than lose my job because I cannot shake my attachment to housing and … Continue reading →
Category Saturday Seeds, Shadowrun · Tagged with Plot Ideas, roleplaying games, RPG, Shadowrun, Story Hooks
Saturday Seed ~ 197 (All for One)
Posted by Runeslinger on March 1, 2014 · Leave a Comment
This is a slightly sexy seed for All for One: Regime Diabolique’s take on a darkly supernatural 1630s France. The seed This seed takes a stab at a darker reflection on the oldest profession and its ages old association with soldiery and other brave, but lonely people who put their lives on the line for … Continue reading →
Category All for One: Regime Diabolique, Saturday Seeds, Ubiquity · Tagged with All for One, Plot Ideas, roleplaying games, RPG, Story Hooks
Casting Shadows 