Mechwarrior: Running A Time of War, part 6
As the PBeM reports for my Mechwarrior Campaign, Hair of the Dog, show – progress is ‘rapidly’ being made to get into the meat of the tale, leaving the preliminaries safely resolved behind us. In many aspects I think of this part of the campaign as Christmas Day, with New Years to follow, and all … Continue reading
“Before-ing” the After: Desolation
On Sunday, our new group of gamers settled in to play the introductory session of our new Desolation campaign. While this is exciting, even more exciting is that I get to play. The campaign will be using a shared setting, and my part of that setting will not appear until later. Lucky me! Before The … Continue reading
Rise of the Apocalypse, Fall of the Pulps
Not for lack of trying, and not without a certain amount of success, we have decided to shelve Hollow Earth Expedition in favor of Desolation. The cause, more than anything else, was the double-tap of period plus genre familiarity. The players adapted to the system rapidly, and our sessions were fast-paced, not prone to wish-fulfillment … Continue reading
Technoir is no punk
I cannot say that I like FATE. I am willing to admit that it may have been the learning process that lead me to that blasé reaction, but I suspect it is a little more. This being the case, I was somewhat surprised at my strong positive reaction to Technoir, the new game in development … Continue reading
Casting Shadows 