Posted by Runeslinger on May 7, 2012 · 3 Comments
By way of explanation… This post is one of two entries the Casting Shadows blog will be contributing to the May of the Dead blog carnival. This entry encourages a more implacable yet more personal approach to motivating and envisioning the risen dead. The next, due on May 21, will travel in the other direction, daring … Continue reading →
Posted by Runeslinger on May 4, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Casting Shadows blog’s second Serial Setting has been running once a week for just over two months, and will continue for another four, providing basic details for heroic pulp adventures for the Ubiquity Roleplaying System as presented in Hollow Earth Expedition. These ideas, set in a fictional version of the Korean peninsula in 1936, present a … Continue reading →
Category Daring Tales, Hollow Earth Expedition, Serial Settings, Ubiquity · Tagged with casting shadows, Hollow Earth Expedition, korean peninsula, Plot Ideas, pulp adventures, roleplaying system, Serial Settings, Story Hooks, Ubiquity
Posted by Runeslinger on May 2, 2012 · 13 Comments
Thoughts on Parties of Mixed Capability Inspired by Joss Whedon’s film based on Marvel’s Avengers Last week, thanks to early release dates in Asia, I watched the Avengers on a local screen in Daejeon, South Korea. As I was leaving the theatre I was struck by just how well Joss Whedon had managed to present … Continue reading →
Category Preparation and Preparedness, Running Games, Technical Questions, The Blog, Themes and Intentions · Tagged with Character creation, Character Development, Role-playing game, RPG, running games, setting development, Thoughts
Posted by Runeslinger on April 27, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Casting Shadows blog’s second Serial Setting has been running once a week for two months, and will continue for another four, providing basic details for heroic pulp adventures for the Ubiquity Roleplaying System as presented in Hollow Earth Expedition. These ideas, set in a fictional version of the Korean peninsula in 1936, present a community oppressed … Continue reading →
Category Daring Tales, Hollow Earth Expedition, Serial Settings, Ubiquity · Tagged with casting shadows, Daring Tales, Hollow Earth Expedition, Plot Ideas, pulp adventures, setting development, Story Hooks, Ubiquity, Ubiquity Roleplaying System
Posted by Runeslinger on April 22, 2012 · 10 Comments
I don’t play any type of D&D anymore, and as it has been 23 years since I left that particular game behind in favour of others I can be fairly sure that there will be no returning. From time to time, the urge to run a fantasy game surfaces, of course, but those urges are … Continue reading →
