Posted by Runeslinger on August 9, 2022 · 3 Comments
#RPGaDay2022 Day 9, wherein a simple question becomes both detailed and complex~
Category BRP, Call of Cthulhu, Casting the Shadows, Palladium Fantasy, Preparation and Preparedness, RPGaday, The Blog, Themes and Intentions · Tagged with #RDGaDay2022, Call of Cthulhu, Palladium Fantasy, Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game
Posted by Runeslinger on June 17, 2018 · 7 Comments
There is a sense among gamers that for games played with Lovecraft and Company’s Cthulhu Mythos as the setting, that insanity, death, or both are a foregone conclusion. Play to Find Out takes on a slightly limited meaning, ‘play to find out how you meet your end.’ I think it is helpful to take a … Continue reading →
Category Actual Play, BRP, BRP/RQ, Call of Cthulhu, Clockwork&Cthulhu, Cthulhu Dark, Dark Streets, Heroic Pulp, Horror, Leagues of Gothic Horror, Luther Arkwright, Mythras, OpenQuest, Preparation and Preparedness, Raiders of R'lyeh, Renaissance Deluxe, Runequest, The Blog, Tremulous · Tagged with Call of Cthulhu, Cthulhu Mythos, Games, Mythras, roleplaying games, themes
Posted by Runeslinger on June 2, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Mythras introduces rules for the mental effects of ‘unpleasantness’ and long-term abuse and vices in its Luther Arkwright: Roleplaying Across the Parallels expansion which also broadens the social and technological base of the game beyond the bronze and iron ages into the industrial age and far, far beyond. This makes it a solid match for … Continue reading →
Category Beyond the Supernatural, BRP, BRP/RQ, Call of Cthulhu, Campaign Recaps, Clockwork&Cthulhu, Cthulhu Dark, Dark Streets, Esoterrorists, Gumshoe, Horror, Live Game Report, Luther Arkwright, Mythras, Mythras, OpenQuest, Preparation and Preparedness, Raiders of R'lyeh, Renaissance Deluxe, Runequest, RuneQuest, RuneQuest Actual Play, Running Games, The Blog, Trail of Cthulhu, Tremulous · Tagged with Cthulhu Mythos, D100, Games, Mythras, PBeM, play by e-mail, play by post, roleplaying games
Posted by Runeslinger on May 14, 2017 · 1 Comment
Not long after the initial scenario pitch requirements for Parallel Lines were given to us, I found myself latching on to a set which would put the Agents against a backdrop of what they might at first see as someone else’s war. I hoped that I could provide a framework for the GM to work … Continue reading →
Category BRP, BRP/RQ, Casting the Shadows, Hawkmoon, Horror, Infectious Plots, Luther Arkwright, Mythras, Product Overviews, Runequest, RuneQuest, Running Games, Science Fiction, The Blog · Tagged with Design Mechanism, GM Advice, Parallel Lines, roleplaying games
Posted by Runeslinger on May 7, 2017 · 1 Comment
The new release from the Design Mechanism for April was a scenario collection called Parallel Lines. Usually, when a new book from the Design Mechanism is released, I do some sort of overview and share my thoughts here, on my YouTube channel, or both. This time is a little different as I have had a … Continue reading →
Category BRP, BRP/RQ, Hawkmoon, Luther Arkwright, Mythras, Product Overviews, Runequest, The Blog, YouTube Channel · Tagged with Design Mechanism, Luther Arkwright, Mythras, Parallel Lines, RuneQuest 6
Casting Shadows 