Posted by Runeslinger on September 23, 2010 · Leave a Comment
I am not sure what to think about automatically connecting the phrase, It is a time of war, with the Battletech Universe, but I do. As my project to prepare a campaign with a balanced mix of roleplaying and wargaming progresses, I was not unhappy to discover that what amounts to the 4th Edition of … Continue reading →
Posted by Runeslinger on September 20, 2010 · 2 Comments
“Center Torso, possible crit!” Magical words from my first game of Battletech in the summer of ’87 in a basement that smelled of old tires, engine oil, and detergent. Oddly appropriate smells now that I think about it. One moment later, they were followed up by even more magical words forever cementing a love of … Continue reading →
Posted by Runeslinger on September 18, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The Perfect Imposter This seed drifts down to us from a Kenson tree, and if planted might sprout some entertainment for some Mutants & Masterminds sessions. In an awful lot of comics, there are issues of mistaken identities. This seed is one for one such story, wherein one of the heroes – preferably one who … Continue reading →
Posted by Runeslinger on September 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Now that a theme has been chosen, and some of the character design issues have been worked out, I think it is time to consider possible settings. My last few modern games have been set in stylized versions of real cities in various parts of the world (Chicago, San Francisco, and London) or in similar … Continue reading →
Posted by Runeslinger on September 13, 2010 · 6 Comments
Weak Analogies and Misdirection: I love reading old pulp stories. Even though I live in an apartment with virtually no convenient storage or display space, on the other side of the Earth from the bunker in which all my other cool stuff is kept, I still have literal stacks of pulps from the likes of Maxwell Grant, … Continue reading →
Category Adventure!, Characters and Support Cast, Preparation and Preparedness, Running Games, Spirit of the Century · Tagged with Adventure!, Character Development, roleplaying, RPG, running games, Spirit of the Century, Thoughts
