The Gathering ~ Week 2
Posted by Runeslinger on May 2, 2016 · Leave a Comment
We have completed the second week of preparation for our pending global Immortals campaign inspired by Highlander and using the Ubiquity Roleplaying System. Guidelines for players, both with and without experience with the system, have been made available to the group of potential players and discussion about the nature of our Immortals in the system … Continue reading →
#RPGaDay2015 Day 24: Favorite Houserule
Posted by Runeslinger on August 24, 2015 · Leave a Comment
Day 24 is another tough one to answer. I play quite a few games over the course of a year. Few of them go into long-term rotation. To ensure that we learn the game for real, I run them RAW (rules as written) and don’t fiddle with them unless we have consistent problems. I have … Continue reading →
Category Playing in Games, Preparation and Preparedness, Running Games, Themes and Intentions · Tagged with #rpgaday2015, roleplaying games
Who Watches the Roleplayers?
Posted by Runeslinger on June 18, 2015 · Leave a Comment
I almost had a good discussion about Watchmen recently when Ron Edwards made an interesting post on an aspect of the graphic novel on his Dr. Xaos comics madness blog. I say ‘almost,’ because as our points in the comments run counter to each other, nothing much came of it. Tangents are traps in any discussion of … Continue reading →
Category Characters and Support Cast, Playing in Games, Preparation and Preparedness, Running Games, The Blog, The Gamers, Themes and Intentions, Under the Hood · Tagged with gaming, roleplaying, roleplaying games, RPG, The Blog, Watchmen
Deeper Impressions from the Edge of the Empire
Posted by Runeslinger on February 2, 2015 · 2 Comments
This series was originally envisioned as being of technical discussions and recaps for our Edge of the Empire campaign, but that latter aspect ended up being shunted to the YouTube channel. Now that the campaign is in its 8th month, the idea of trying to catch up on written recaps is a preposterous one, and … Continue reading →
Category Edge of the Empire, Edge of the Empire Actual Play, FFG Star Wars, Playing in Games, Running Games, Star Wars, The Blog · Tagged with Actual Play, Edge of the Empire, FFG Star Wars, Role-playing game, roleplaying, roleplaying games, roleplaying system, running games, Star Wars, Star Wars role-playing games
BrigadeCon Update: 2 weeks left!
Posted by Runeslinger on November 2, 2014 · 1 Comment
At the time of writing, there are just twelve days until the online gaming convention under the inclusive name ‘BrigadeCon’ will open its virtual doors for the first time. As mentioned in previous posts, the convention has been organized for two purposes, promoting the fun and vitality of playing tabletop roleplaying games via services like … Continue reading →
Category BrigadeCon, Call of Cthulhu, Edge of the Empire, Firefly, Hollow Earth Expedition, Online Games, Playing in Games, RuneQuest, Running Games, The Blog, Ubiquity · Tagged with BrigadeCon, Hollow Earth Expedition, Role-playing game, roleplaying, RPG, Runequest







