The Morrow Project Pre-Release: Character Generation
For me, the character creation rules are often the window I use for getting a good understanding of how an RPG is intended to be interpreted and implemented. This section tends to be my first, best source of first impressions. Digging into my Pre-Release copy of The Morrow Project, I was quickly given the sense … Continue reading
Kicking my own tires as a Kickstarter backer
I reviewed my ‘backed projects’ list on Kickstarter this month in reaction to a late project I have backed and the accommodating comments posted in response to a late and frankly insulting update from the project manager. After posting a polite, fact-filled response to this nonsense, I began to wonder about the whole idea of backing … Continue reading
The Missing Spherical Dice~
The Kickstarter project by Impact! Miniatures went smoothly from the backers’ perspective, and was characterized by clear and frequent communication about each stage of the development process from the beginning. Yesterday, my backer rewards arrived a little earlier than I expected. It wasn’t an easy road for the developers to travel, but they have persevered … Continue reading
Iron Man 3: The IC, OoC Divide
Last night, my wife took me out to see the midnight showing of Iron Man 3 which opened here yesterday. She’s cool like that. We enjoyed it, even though we didn’t get back home ’til 3am and we both have to work today, but that enjoyment was at times hard-won. This blog post should contain … Continue reading
Casting Runes 4: The Dance of Death
This post continues the exploration and implementation of RuneQuest 6th Edition for the creation of a sword and sorcery campaign setting. This installment focuses on combat in general and magic use in combat in particular. Our Combatants For my first few sample combats with RuneQuest 6, I picked pregenerated characters and creatures randomly and worked … Continue reading
Casting Shadows 