Mechwarrior: Running ‘A Time of War’ Pt.2
As has been mentioned several times in several posts over the last several weeks, I have been running the new Mechwarrior RPG as a play by e–mail game. When I decided to undertake this project, my technical goal was to try to find a way to generate a feeling of anticipation and excitement comparable to … Continue reading
The seeming absence of HR in RPGs
A lot of stories rely on people being in the right place at the right time. While I like that structurally, and enjoy making use of it in various ways and to varying degrees in the games that I play, it really only works once in any given setting… unless you are playing Mage and … Continue reading
Mechwarrior: Running A Time of War
Play began for my Mechwarrior Campaign, ‘Hair of the Dog‘ a little over a week ago. We are nearing the end of the second major scene in the first story, and I expect there to be four more scenes before that story is done. Each scene in the campaign will deal with one significant event, … Continue reading
Ubiquity in Use: Weak Characters?
Are starting characters weak or just misunderstood? To answer this question for myself, I have decided to build two characters for All for One, then show them in use in standard genre scenes Character One: Gerard DeMoutiers, King’s Musketeer Although as a swordsman I tend to shy away from building characters with that archetype for … Continue reading
Casting Shadows 