Is there a person in personality?
Posted by Runeslinger on December 18, 2012 · 6 Comments
I have recently become involved in a conversation about roleplaying which is not new, but this time is with people new to me, and more importantly is with people who do not seem to argue for the sake of arguing nor argue solely to win. The question at hand most recently has been the degree … Continue reading →
Category Casting the Shadows, Playing in Games, Running Games, The Blog · Tagged with character, emergent character, roleplaying, roleplaying games
Saturday Seed ~ 134 (Call of Cthulhu)
Posted by Runeslinger on December 15, 2012 · Leave a Comment
This week’s Saturday Seed is for Call of Cthulhu. It is a very cruel little seed appropriate for any era from the 1890’s forward. The Seed This seed deals with responsibility, the realization of guilt after the fact, and a personal challenge to overcome great vileness. Planting the seed The seed is appropriate for a … Continue reading →
Category Call of Cthulhu, Infectious Plots, Saturday Seeds, Ubiquity · Tagged with Call of Cthulhu, Plot Ideas, Role-playing game, roleplaying, Story Hooks
Neither a Mark nor a Lender be: Kickstarter
Posted by Runeslinger on December 8, 2012 · 7 Comments
Erik Tenkar has been keeping an eye on RPG Kickstarter projects for a while now, and I appreciate his perspective on the phenomenon of some of these explosive bidding processes followed by months of waiting and – more often than not, it seems, by delays. I especially appreciate that he does not proclaim the sky … Continue reading →
Category Preparation and Preparedness, Technical Questions, The Blog · Tagged with Kickstarter, roleplaying, RPG, rpg industry
Saturday Seed ~ 133 (Leagues of Adventure)
Posted by Runeslinger on December 8, 2012 · Leave a Comment
This week’s Saturday Seed is for Leagues of Adventure from Triple Ace Games. It is a very small seed which starts out in the city and heads off into the little known reaches of distant lands. The Seed This seed deals with the spirit of adventure, the quest for knowledge, the virtue of loyalty, and … Continue reading →
Category Hollow Earth Expedition, Infectious Plots, Leagues of Adventure, Saturday Seeds, Ubiquity · Tagged with Leagues of Adventure, Plot Ideas, Role-playing game, roleplaying, Story Hooks
Roleplaying: The Simulation
Posted by Runeslinger on November 25, 2012 · 8 Comments
For a few weeks now I have been in the process of doing short clips (no, really!) on my YouTube channel which are intended to serve as an introduction to a style of play which I feel was more common in the past than it is now. Although badly or misleadingly named (and I apologize … Continue reading →






