Middle-aged tech for a middle-aged man

Posted by Runeslinger on August 11, 2011 · 4 Comments 

Infernal Device

This week I entered the Tablet Age, as my wife generously purchased one for me. What a difference this week has made! As anyone who knows me will attest, I am not a fan of the cult whose temple lies at 1 Infinite Loop, so this was a choice between Windows7, Android, and WebOs. I … Continue reading →

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Invasion of Character

Posted by Runeslinger on August 8, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

Yesterday, something clicked…I love that feeling. Yesterday was a session of our Desolation campaign called The Path Less Taken, and I have very much been enjoying being ‘just a player.’ I am playing a sorcerer from the Saikin Wastes, and the setting for this introductory story is a caravan whose members comprise a fair cross-section … Continue reading →

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Serial Settings 1: Ubiquity ~ Week 37

Posted by Runeslinger on August 8, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

The entry this week for Serial Setting 1 for Ubiquity adds an additional location to the beautiful, yet deadly Windlet Islands. The Serial Settings series of posts is intended to provide usable setting material for busy GMs. Series 1 is for those looking to run Daring Tales of Adventure or Hollow Earth Expedition. 37) Storm Shelters, Greater Windlet Island The storms of 1934 … Continue reading →

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Saturday Seed ~ 63 (HEX)

Posted by Runeslinger on August 6, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

This week’s seed is for Hollow Earth Expedition. A Villain has captured one whom he believes is the hero’s paramour, and sets an elaborate trap to delay our heroes with threat of her death. To succeed the hero must know her life intimately, yet… he has never met her. This week’s seed is very short … Continue reading →

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Mechwarrior PBeM Report 5 ~ Hair of the Dog ~ Story I Act IV Scene 8

Posted by Runeslinger on August 3, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

This entry continues the ‘behind the scenes’ look at A Time of War, and how the Hair of the Dog campaign, set in the brilliant Battletech Universe and using Catalyst Game Labs’ RPG rules, is being conducted as a PBeM. If you are new to the story being created in this campaign, you might want to start at … Continue reading →

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