Playing Proactively – A rant?
Posted by Runeslinger on April 14, 2011 · 9 Comments
As both a player and a GM, I have learned that one thing I like is for the characters to improve beyond their traits and skills. I love it when they build up a network of contacts and resources which make them so much more than an operator in that world – they become a … Continue reading →
Category Casting the Shadows, Playing in Games, Preparation and Preparedness, Running Games, Technical Questions, The Blog, Themes and Intentions · Tagged with role-playing, roleplaying, Thoughts
Ready to Explore~
Posted by Runeslinger on January 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Over the weekend, what used to be my regular gaming group assembled over lunch to discuss getting back into the swing of actually playing around the same table in the same room again. It has been too long. While PBeM and games over Messenger have enabled us to keep certain games moving along at a … Continue reading →
…in both hands
Posted by Runeslinger on January 15, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Despite having to use the implied handist term set down by our commonly handed overlords, I am pleased to have been born with a reasonable degree of ambidexterity. I suspect it is because of this that I have often found the rules in virtually all the RPGs I have ever played which concern this relatively … Continue reading →
Category Playing in Games, Running Games, Technical Questions, The Blog · Tagged with Ambidexterity, Handedness, Role-playing game, roleplaying, running games, The Blog, Thoughts
Adjudication 3: Conversion
Posted by Runeslinger on December 8, 2010 · 2 Comments
Over the last few years, my group tried out a few alternate rules systems to see if converting from the rules associated with a game could alleviate issues that one or more of us may have had. As those who have gone this route will know, unlike house-ruling or giving the system another chance to … Continue reading →
Category Playing in Games, Running Games, Technical Questions
Unusual Suspects
Posted by Runeslinger on November 21, 2010 · 1 Comment
Rick sold the Cafe and the real adventure began. Sometimes, a person just has to stay up late, turn out the lights, and wrap themselves in the flickering light show of accidental greatness. Rick (often): I stick my neck out for nobody. With stacks of games about me, my dog asleep at my side on … Continue reading →







