Saturday Seed ~ 151 (Menace from Beyond)

Posted by Runeslinger on April 13, 2013 · 4 Comments 

A new ubiquity game is in the last stages of development by Sechin Tower, one of the movers and shakers behind the scenes of Exile Games. Under his own company, Siege Tower Games, Tower will be releasing a 50’s Sci-Fi game next year with public play testing being guided via the game’s blog until then. … Continue reading →

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Casting Runes 3: Developing the Experience

Posted by Runeslinger on April 2, 2013 · Leave a Comment 

This post continues the exploration and implementation of RuneQuest 6th Edition for the creation of a sword and sorcery campaign setting. Balancing Interests For me, the lure of developing this campaign is to delve deeply into RuneQuest. I hope to develop a believably violent world with mediation, tactical evasion, and strategic forethought as hallmarks of … Continue reading →

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Saturday Seed ~ 149 (Leagues of Adventure)

Posted by Runeslinger on March 30, 2013 · Leave a Comment 

This week’s seed is for Leagues of Adventure by Triple Ace Games.  With a little tweaking it could be set to connect to and run in a variety of different places on Earth either in the Steampulp Victorian age of Leagues, or in the Heroic Pulp era of Exile Game Studio’s Hollow Earth Expedition. My … Continue reading →

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PvP and/or CvC? Intraparty Conflict

Posted by Runeslinger on March 19, 2013 · 6 Comments 

Although Player versus Player (PvP) seems to be the accepted term among a large proportion of gamers for conflict within the party, the broad use of this term can cause enough confusion that discussion of the outcomes of intraparty conflict can become unproductive. This entry chooses to focus on two types of intraparty conflict: Player … Continue reading →

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Enforcing Genre Fidelity Mechanically

Posted by Runeslinger on March 18, 2013 · Leave a Comment 

For the sake of sanity and brevity, I do not want to get into the distinctions between being true to a genre to varying degrees, and caricaturing a genre. If you see me doing that, please stop me. I would like to remain briefly sane… wait. Nevermind. “I am gonna send you to a deep, … Continue reading →

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