Posted by Runeslinger on March 31, 2011 · Leave a Comment
I took most of this week off from my pulp-related projects, and spent extra time catching up on the game logs for my Mechwarrior PBeM, and fleshing out the next stages of the Hair of the Dog campaign. I think the most common complaints about play-by-post gaming tend to be about interruptions in the posting … Continue reading →
Category A Time of War, A Time of War Actual Play, Battletech / Mechwarrior, Campaign Recaps, Live Game Report, Mechwarrior Live Game Reports, Running Games, The Blog · Tagged with A Time of War, Battletech, Mechwarrior, Play-by-mail game, Play-by-post role-playing game, roleplaying, running games, Thoughts
Posted by Runeslinger on March 28, 2011 · Leave a Comment
This is the 18th installment of this year’s Serial Setting project, adding to my island setting in the South Pacific intended for use with Hollow Earth Expedition or Daring Tales of Adventure. Ostensibly a corporate holding off the usual shipping lanes, known to savvier career sailors in the region as a possible refuge between Pitcairn and French Polynesia, the Windlet Isles strangely represent … Continue reading →
Posted by Runeslinger on March 26, 2011 · 1 Comment
In discussions about pulp adventure this week, a recurring theme appropriately appeared, and it is in its honor that this week’s seed is being planted. Suitable for any pulp game, but written with HEX in mind, this seed is a non-combat action sequence starting from an innocuous event and potentially ending up in the morgue. … Continue reading →
Category Adventure!, Daring Tales, Hollow Earth Expedition, Saturday Seeds, Spirit of the Century, Ubiquity · Tagged with Adventure!, Daring Tales, Hollow Earth Expedition, Plot Ideas, Pulp, Spirit of the Century, Story Hooks, Ubiquity
Posted by Runeslinger on March 23, 2011 · 9 Comments
Over the last few weeks, I have been gearing up to run the first session of Hollow Earth Expedition for my game group here in Seoul. This past Sunday was our trial run, and the playtest of a one-shot introductory scenario based in Shanghai that I have been writing with intent to share with other … Continue reading →
Category Daring Tales, Hollow Earth Expedition, Live Game Report, Reviews, Running Games, The Blog, The Gamers, Ubiquity · Tagged with Daring Tales, Hollow Earth Expedition, running games, The Blog, Thoughts, Ubiquity
Posted by Runeslinger on March 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment
This post continues the dramatized actual play report from the Mechwarrior ‘A Time of War’ RPG campaign ‘Hair of the Dog’ where PBeM Report 3 left off in its description of events as experienced by Mel ‘Mad Dog’ Winters. For details of the campaign and previous entries detailing the events therein, please start here. Hair of the … Continue reading →
Casting Shadows 