Taking a Stab at Seven Games
Posted by Runeslinger on December 24, 2012 · 2 Comments
The Black Campbell got me thinking about the Seven Games thread that has been running on G+ for a while. This was a topic I had been studiously ignoring as it doesn’t seem to easily break down into 7 discrete games for me. I tend to run more than one game at a time, and … Continue reading →
Category A Time of War, Aberrant, Aces & Eights, Adventure!, All for One: Regime Diabolique, Call of Cthulhu, Desolation, Hollow Earth Expedition, Palladium Fantasy, Running Games, Technoir, Trinity (Aeon), WoD ad nauseum · Tagged with Aces&Eights, Basic Role-Playing, Call of Cthulhu, Role-playing game, Ubiquity, World of Darkness
Is there a person in personality?
Posted by Runeslinger on December 18, 2012 · 6 Comments
I have recently become involved in a conversation about roleplaying which is not new, but this time is with people new to me, and more importantly is with people who do not seem to argue for the sake of arguing nor argue solely to win. The question at hand most recently has been the degree … Continue reading →
Category Casting the Shadows, Playing in Games, Running Games, The Blog · Tagged with character, emergent character, roleplaying, roleplaying games
Saturday Seed ~ 134 (Call of Cthulhu)
Posted by Runeslinger on December 15, 2012 · Leave a Comment
This week’s Saturday Seed is for Call of Cthulhu. It is a very cruel little seed appropriate for any era from the 1890’s forward. The Seed This seed deals with responsibility, the realization of guilt after the fact, and a personal challenge to overcome great vileness. Planting the seed The seed is appropriate for a … Continue reading →
Category Call of Cthulhu, Infectious Plots, Saturday Seeds, Ubiquity · Tagged with Call of Cthulhu, Plot Ideas, Role-playing game, roleplaying, Story Hooks
Saturday Seed ~ 133 (Leagues of Adventure)
Posted by Runeslinger on December 8, 2012 · Leave a Comment
This week’s Saturday Seed is for Leagues of Adventure from Triple Ace Games. It is a very small seed which starts out in the city and heads off into the little known reaches of distant lands. The Seed This seed deals with the spirit of adventure, the quest for knowledge, the virtue of loyalty, and … Continue reading →
Category Hollow Earth Expedition, Infectious Plots, Leagues of Adventure, Saturday Seeds, Ubiquity · Tagged with Leagues of Adventure, Plot Ideas, Role-playing game, roleplaying, Story Hooks
Roleplaying: The Simulation
Posted by Runeslinger on November 25, 2012 · 8 Comments
For a few weeks now I have been in the process of doing short clips (no, really!) on my YouTube channel which are intended to serve as an introduction to a style of play which I feel was more common in the past than it is now. Although badly or misleadingly named (and I apologize … Continue reading →





