The GM of Many Parts

Posted by Runeslinger on February 8, 2011 · 8 Comments 

Running Campaigns with multiple GMs. One of the most memorable campaigns I have ever been involved with was also one of the most complicated. The campaign, a Vampire: The Dark Ages Chronicle, was run by 4 GMs, started with 8 players, grew to 13 at its peak, had countless NPCs, and as events took their … Continue reading →

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Serial Setting 1: Ubiquity ~ Week 11

Posted by Runeslinger on February 7, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

This series of posts is intended to provide a quickly usable setting for busy GMs looking to run Daring Tales of Adventure or Hollow Earth Expedition.   Each serial installment for the setting builds on, connects to, or in some way embellishes those that have gone before. Story seeds are liberally strewn throughout, and each entry features a location and a … Continue reading →

Category Daring Tales, Hollow Earth Expedition, Serial Settings, Ubiquity

Pulp Time

Posted by Runeslinger on February 2, 2011 · 2 Comments 

If I could only have gotten here sooner, I might have prevented this As I have mentioned many times in posts on this blog, I have a difficult time maintaining the breathless pace of heroic action I feel is required for great ‘pulp’ gaming. Whether this be of the mysterious vigilante variety, or that of … Continue reading →

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Serial Setting 1: Ubiquity ~10

Posted by Runeslinger on January 31, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

This series of posts is intended to provide a quickly usable setting for busy GMs looking to run Daring Tales of Adventure or Hollow Earth Expedition.   Each serial installment for the setting, builds on, connects to, or in some way embellishes those that have gone before. Story seeds are liberally strewn throughout, and each entry features a location and a … Continue reading →

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Let those with eyes see…

Posted by Runeslinger on January 27, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

Have you ever noticed that something which was initially off-putting about a system may become a favoured aspect of that setting once you really get into things? I think this is the quieter cousin of the brash and well-known truth that often the things that first draw us to something become the very things which … Continue reading →

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