Casting Runes 6: A Season for All Things – Session 2 Recap

Posted by Runeslinger on March 16, 2014 · 1 Comment 

This post continues the exploration and implementation of RuneQuest 6th Edition for the creation and use of a sword and sorcery campaign setting. The recap of session 1 can be found >HERE< Session 2 covered less metaphorical ground, but marks the point where the game’s direction shifted entirely into the hands of the players. Had … Continue reading →

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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 →

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