Saturday Seed ~ 183 (A Time of War)
Posted by Runeslinger on November 23, 2013 · Leave a Comment
This Saturday Seed presents an idea for A Time of War, pitting units against adversity and an unknown prize. The seed Two small units, cut off from their own forces, and pitted against each other in a game of attrition and endurance on a barren rock only of value on a strategic map, find themselves … Continue reading →
Category A Time of War, Battletech, Battletech / Mechwarrior, Running Games, Saturday Seeds · Tagged with A Time of War, Battletech, Mechwarrior, Plot Idea, roleplaying, Story Hook
Getting an Earful
Posted by Runeslinger on November 17, 2013 · Leave a Comment
One of the major problems of conversations is when they are composed of speakers who use the moments where the other person is talking to compose what they will say next instead of actually listening to what has been said. While this is a common, annoying, and somewhat insulting aspect of daily life, it is … Continue reading →
Category Playing in Games, Running Games, The Blog, The Gamers · Tagged with listening, Role-playing game
Desolation Hangouts #2 – 5
Posted by Runeslinger on November 8, 2013 · 2 Comments
My 5 sessions of the YouTube Desolation campaign have come to an end. As hoped, one of the players will be taking over as GM and running 5 more sessions from where session 5 ended. What follows is an overview of Hangouts, some final thoughts on the gaming culture which we adopted over five sessions … Continue reading →
Category Campaign Recaps, Desolation, Desolation Actual Play, Live Game Report, Online Games, Preparation and Preparedness, Running Games, The Blog, Themes and Intentions, Ubiquity · Tagged with Actual Play, Desolation, Hangout, Ubiquity, YouTube
HEX Contest Winners
Posted by Runeslinger on November 1, 2013 · 2 Comments
They say that quality is more important than quantity, particularly if you are afflicted with too much or too few of something. Despite the large number of page reads for the Hollow Earth Expedition Character Creation Contest, there were few entrants. Fortunately for me, those few submissions were intriguing and serve as a fine demonstration … Continue reading →
Category Casting the Shadows, Hollow Earth Expedition, The Blog, The Gamers, Ubiquity · Tagged with Games, Hollow Earth Expedition, roleplaying, Ubiquity
Choice of Voice~
Posted by Runeslinger on October 20, 2013 · 11 Comments
As discussion cycles through toward gaming techniques again in the YouTube RPG Brigade, it has brought a latent point about the narrative voices in gaming to the fore. This post brings together some ideas from a variety of earlier posts and videos and then tries to take some solid technical steps forward toward a framework … Continue reading →







