Supporting BrigadeCon
Posted by Runeslinger on October 8, 2014 · Leave a Comment
The Casting Shadows blog and YouTube Channel will be taking part as supporters of the inaugural BrigadeCon on November 15, 2014. This virtual con, taking place in Google+ Hangouts and featuring events hosted and attended by gamers all over the world, will run for 24 hours. Its purpose is to share a love for tabletop … Continue reading →
Category BrigadeCon, Hollow Earth Expedition, Live Game Report, Online Games, The Blog, Ubiquity, YouTube Channel · Tagged with Actual Play, All for One, BrigadeCon, Hollow Earth Expedition, Leagues of Adventure, Role-playing game, Runequest, Star Wars role-playing games, Ubiquity, Ubiquity Roleplaying System
Casting Runes 6: A Season for All Things – Session 13 Recap
Posted by Runeslinger on August 31, 2014 · 2 Comments
This post continues the exploration and implementation of RuneQuest 6th Edition in a sword and sorcery campaign setting. This was a short session, focused on roleplaying through the fallout of events from the previous one. Check the list of links below for the recaps of the previous sessions, and other related articles on this campaign. … Continue reading →
Category BRP, Campaign Recaps, Characters and Support Cast, Live Game Report, Preparation and Preparedness, Runequest, RuneQuest, RuneQuest Actual Play, Running Games, The Blog, Themes and Intentions · Tagged with Actual Play, Campaign setting, campaign world, Character creation, fantasy settings, recap, roleplaying, Runequest, sword and sorcery
Casting Runes 6: A Season for All Things – Session 12 Recap
Posted by Runeslinger on July 21, 2014 · 7 Comments
This post continues the exploration and implementation of RuneQuest 6th Edition in a sword and sorcery campaign setting. This was the second attempt at this session as the last was sabotaged by both a sudden change in schedules and trouble with an ISP. In the weeks which have passed since Session 11, we have met online … Continue reading →
Category BRP, Campaign Recaps, Characters and Support Cast, Live Game Report, Preparation and Preparedness, Runequest, RuneQuest, RuneQuest Actual Play, Running Games, The Blog, Themes and Intentions · Tagged with Actual Play, Campaign setting, campaign world, Character creation, fantasy settings, recap, roleplaying, Runequest, sword and sorcery
Passing Familiarity
Posted by Runeslinger on July 20, 2014 · 5 Comments
For a few years, my game group and I switched games and usually systems every month. Every once in a while, the other GM in the group would switch systems out from under a setting to try a new way of running a game we’d already played for his month of sessions. Generally, though, each … Continue reading →
Category Running Games, The Blog · Tagged with Role-playing game, roleplaying, RPG, running games
Spectrum Shifts
Posted by Runeslinger on July 3, 2014 · 10 Comments
I encounter a lot of certainty on the Internet, and no doubt convey no small amount of it myself – especially in posts like these. Hopefully, what registers that I am certain about is that we can rarely be certain of anything. Last week, I shared some ideas on gaming that seemed to register with … Continue reading →






