Playing A Time of War pt.2: Do you know where your XPs are?

Posted by Runeslinger on October 31, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

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 →

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Playing A Time of War ~ Part 1

Posted by Runeslinger on October 27, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

Believe it or not, another of my RPG prayers has been answered. BF Wolfe, damage curve analyst, and the motive force behind Lucas ‘Cool Hand Luke’ Rom in my Mechwarrior Campaign, Hair of the Dog, is just wrapping up character creation and concept tweaking with a group of us in order to start a campaign … Continue reading →

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Mechwarrior PBeM report 6 ~ Report from the Front 1

Posted by Runeslinger on September 7, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

As of today we have entered into the tenth turn of mech combat in my Time of War PBeM campaign, Hair of the Dog. So far, events in the battle have been characterized by chaos, the suddenly shifting tides of fortune and fate, and maintaining cohesion in the face of too many obstacles to count. … Continue reading →

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Mechwarrior PBeM Report 5 ~ Hair of the Dog ~ Story I Act IV Scene 9

Posted by Runeslinger on August 28, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

This entry finishes Act IV of the first story of our ongoing Mechwarrior campaign set in 3028. This post continues the ‘behind the scenes’ look at A Time of War, showing 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 … Continue reading →

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Hair of the Dog PBeM Report ~ 5.4d Alexandre

Posted by Runeslinger on August 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

BATTLETECH: A TIME OF WAR RPG Campaign: Hair of the Dog Story 1: Running with the Big Dogs Act 4: Bites, Scene 9 – Casing and Entering – PoV – Alexandre ‘Luckjaw’ Lechasseur Thursday, November 27, 3028 Beasville, Ward Marik Museum of Military History 7:58 PM GM After a difficult and very personal interview with the HR committee for … Continue reading →

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