Come hell or high water…
Anyone who has spent any time with games set in the World of Darkness has probably at one time or another wondered if their Storyteller were out to get them. While games like Vampire do not have a monopoly on pushing for consequences for character action, they certainly introduced a lot of young gamers to … Continue reading
The Thrill of Victory and the Agony of Conversation
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
Review: Leagues of Adventure
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
May of the Dead: Building Undead Cults from Nothing
Another explanation… This post is the second of two entries the Casting Shadows blog is contributing to the May of the Dead blog carnival. This entry pulls back the curtains of misdirection and manipulation which allow the formation of undead cults through mundane not mystical means. The previous entry from this blog can be read here, and … Continue reading
May of the Dead: A Victim’s Revenge
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
