The Thrill of Victory and the Agony of Conversation
Posted by Runeslinger on June 8, 2012 · 12 Comments
It would be foolish to contest that our hobby grew out of the war games community. How far, however, has it grown? A quick tour of the ever-growing spectrum of RPG blogs will suggest that what growth there has been is not without some serious backsliding into the hobby’s primordial ooze. When virtually every discussion … Continue reading →
Category Playing in Games, Running Games, The Blog, Themes and Intentions · Tagged with roleplaying, roleplaying games, RPG, Ubiquity
Serial Setting 2 ~ Week 14
Posted by Runeslinger on June 8, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Casting Shadows blog’s second Serial Setting appears in weekly installments scheduled for a 6-month run. This series is focused on providing basic details for heroic pulp adventures for the Ubiquity Roleplaying System as presented in Hollow Earth Expedition. These ideas, set in a fictionalized and mysticized version of the Korean peninsula in 1936, present a community oppressed by … Continue reading →
The Light that Never Warms (All for One: Regime Diabolique) – Campaign Report 5
Posted by Runeslinger on June 3, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Campaign: The Light that Never Warms Story Two: I Came for the Waters Session 1 Turning Trouble’s Tables This is the fifth installment of reports for my current face-to-face campaign using Triple Ace Games’ fantastic All for One: Regime Diabolique ~ a game of supernatural intrigue and swashbuckling action in a dark reflection of 17th … Continue reading →
Category All for One Actual Play, All for One: Regime Diabolique, Campaign Recaps, Live Game Report, Running Games, Ubiquity · Tagged with Actual Play, All for One, Role-playing game, roleplaying, Ubiquity
Serial Setting 2 ~ Week 13
Posted by Runeslinger on May 31, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Casting Shadows blog’s second Serial Setting appears in weekly installments scheduled for a 6-month run, now starting its fourth. This series is focused on providing basic details for heroic pulp adventures for the Ubiquity Roleplaying System as presented in Hollow Earth Expedition. These ideas, set in a fictionalized and mysticized version of the Korean peninsula in 1936, … Continue reading →
Review: Leagues of Adventure
Posted by Runeslinger on May 29, 2012 · 10 Comments
Produced by Triple Ace Games and using Exile Game Studio’s Ubiquity System, Leagues of Adventure is a broad-shouldered yet elegant game set in the age of Victoria and the brave new world of Stream-that-never-was, opening new vistas, charting new courses, and shining light on forgotten places. It is consulting detectives, daring inventors, challengers of convention, firsts-to-do, culture-clashing, mind and … Continue reading →
Category Leagues of Adventure, Reviews, The Blog, Ubiquity · Tagged with Leagues of Adventure, role-playing, roleplaying, RPG, RPG Review, Ubiquity, Ubiquity Roleplaying System





