Posted by Runeslinger on December 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment
These entries comprise the official turn resolution posts for Act V Scene 1 of our PBeM-run A Time of War Mechwarrior RPG campaign entitled Hair of the Dog. This scene encapsulates the entire urban aspect of the Battle for the port city of Beasville on the planet Oliver – a Marik industrial world recently annexed … Continue reading →
Category A Time of War, Battletech, Battletech / Mechwarrior, Battletech Actual Play, Mechwarrior Live Game Reports, Running Games · Tagged with A Time of War, BattleMech, Battletech, live report, Mecha, Play-by-mail game
Posted by Runeslinger on November 29, 2011 · 2 Comments
I had intended to write a single overview entry on or review of A Time of War – The Mechwarrior RPG, 4th Edition much earlier than this, but hopefully the added perspective will balance out the delay. It is hard to believe that it has been a year already. I have posted several times on … Continue reading →
Posted by Runeslinger on November 12, 2011 · Leave a Comment
This week’s seed is for A Time of War and is meant to combine the dramatic tensions of a colleague’s brush with debilitating stress, with the challenge of a rescue operation. The seed This seed is planted in the cold and infertile soil of space, and will spring to life around a unit of characters … Continue reading →
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 →
Category A Time of War, A Time of War Actual Play, Battletech, Battletech / Mechwarrior, Campaign Recaps, Playing in Games, Reports · Tagged with Battletech, Battletech Universe, Character creation, Play-by-mail game, Role-playing game, roleplaying, RPG
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 →
Casting Shadows 