Objects in Motion
When I first came to Korea, I was too busy adapting to life, working 12hr days 6 days a week, and training in two martial arts to have any time to run, play or seek a roleplaying game of any kind. Eventually, I got a little time and tried to run and play in some … Continue reading
Cracking Open the Skull of Evil (11-2011 Blog Carnival)
This month’s RPG Blog Carnival is being hosted by Elthos RPG on the topic of “How to Think Like a Villain.” It is a daunting topic to be sure, but one with which every GM has to deal on a fairly regular basis, even if the primary sources for their games is printed adventures and … Continue reading
Playing A Time of War pt.2: Do you know where your XPs are?
This is the second in my series of posts on being a player of Catalyst’s dynamite new edition of the Mechwarrior RPG. For some reason, today’s entry has an air of cloak and dagger about it, and for a while it bore the Nixonian title XP-Gate in my mind as I was formulating how to … Continue reading
The Skill of Immersion
I did a lot of gaming this weekend, and combined with the increased traffic in my PBeM as a result of ‘mech combat ending allowing normal communications to resume, I found myself thinking about immersion in character in terms of things players do to prevent it even while being very actively and for the most … Continue reading
Frontline News from the Honeycomb
In August, my wife claims to have widowed herself by giving me an Acer A500 Iconia tablet. Reports of my death notwithstanding, I thought I would share my reaction to the tablet after some serious usage time. For those who are unfamiliar with it, the A500 Iconia is a tablet with a 10- inch display, … Continue reading
