Casting Runes 6: A Season for All Things – Session 1 Recap

Posted by Runeslinger on March 9, 2014 · 5 Comments 

This post continues the exploration and implementation of RuneQuest 6th Edition for the creation of a sword and sorcery campaign setting. Phase one of implementing the campaign has gone far better than I hoped. I was able to connect with a few good gamers via the G+ Community: Tabletop Roleplaying – Asia-Pacific, and build a … Continue reading →

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Saturday Seed ~ 197 (All for One)

Posted by Runeslinger on March 1, 2014 · Leave a Comment 

This is a slightly sexy seed for All for One: Regime Diabolique’s take on a darkly supernatural 1630s France. The seed This seed takes a stab at a darker reflection on the oldest profession and its ages old association with soldiery and other brave, but lonely people who put their lives on the line for … Continue reading →

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Giving Powergamers What They Deserve…

Posted by Runeslinger on February 5, 2014 · 6 Comments 

Chances are if you asked a room full of gamers to list some negative player types, powergamer, min/maxer, rules lawyer, and thespian would vie for first place… Then the powergamer would take out the min/maxer from a position of advantage in a flurry of massive dice rolls, and the rules lawyer would drown in the … Continue reading →

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Conspicuous RPG Consumption

Posted by Runeslinger on February 3, 2014 · 4 Comments 

I recently moved. While there are many tales I could tell about these experiences, such as the death-defying stunts perpetrated by the movers working with no safety gear on a small elevator platform 12 storeys up and outside my kitchen window, I will keep this focused on RPG stuff. Having movers come over to my … Continue reading →

Category Casting the Shadows, Playing in Games, Running Games, The Blog

Saturday Seed ~ 193 (A Time of War)

Posted by Runeslinger on February 1, 2014 · Leave a Comment 

This is a seed for the Battletech roleplaying game, A Time of War. While for convenience of writing it will make the assumption the characters are mechwarriors, no such requirement is needed. The seed This seed is all about storms, calms, and storms to come. Planting the seed This seed can be planted during a … Continue reading →

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