Casting Runes – An exploration of RuneQuest ~ Introduction
Posted by Runeslinger on December 31, 2012 · 17 Comments
This post is an introduction to the series and as such little to no content was harmed in its making. As I mentioned last week, my next series on the blog will focus on RuneQuest. For whatever reason, I have never played it and from what I can see now, I should have. While I … Continue reading →
Category BRP, Preparation and Preparedness, Runequest, Running Games, Stormbringer, The Blog · Tagged with Ars Magica, Basic Role-Playing, Call of Cthulhu, Dragon Warriors, dungeon crawl classics, Plot Ideas, Role-playing game, roleplaying, RPG, Runequest, running games, setting development, Stormbringer, Story Hooks
Saturday Seed ~ 136 (Stormbringer)
Posted by Runeslinger on December 29, 2012 · Leave a Comment
This week’s seed is a grisly little item for Stormbringer. It is not much more than a rumor, but deployed skillfully, can twist itself into a long-running quest, full of the ambiguity and mystery for which the Elric saga is famed. The seed The seed is nothing more than news that an item known as … Continue reading →
Category BRP, Infectious Plots, Runequest, Saturday Seeds, Stormbriger · Tagged with Elric, Elric of Melniboné, Plot Ideas, roleplaying, Runequest, Stormbringer, Story Hooks
Taking a Stab at Seven Games
Posted by Runeslinger on December 24, 2012 · 2 Comments
The Black Campbell got me thinking about the Seven Games thread that has been running on G+ for a while. This was a topic I had been studiously ignoring as it doesn’t seem to easily break down into 7 discrete games for me. I tend to run more than one game at a time, and … Continue reading →
Category A Time of War, Aberrant, Aces & Eights, Adventure!, All for One: Regime Diabolique, Call of Cthulhu, Desolation, Hollow Earth Expedition, Palladium Fantasy, Running Games, Technoir, Trinity (Aeon), WoD ad nauseum · Tagged with Aces&Eights, Basic Role-Playing, Call of Cthulhu, Role-playing game, Ubiquity, World of Darkness
Saturday Seed ~ 135 (Shadowrun)
Posted by Runeslinger on December 22, 2012 · Leave a Comment
This week’s Saturday Seed is for Shadowrun. It is a seed about a dead man, with deadly property. The Seed This seed deals with a classic case of a simple job which turns out to be something else, coupled with more than the normal amount of fear, loathing, and uncertainty and wrapped in an unhealthy … Continue reading →
Category Infectious Plots, Saturday Seeds, Shadowrun · Tagged with Mummy, Plot Ideas, Shadowrun, Story Hooks
Saturday Seed ~ 134 (Call of Cthulhu)
Posted by Runeslinger on December 15, 2012 · Leave a Comment
This week’s Saturday Seed is for Call of Cthulhu. It is a very cruel little seed appropriate for any era from the 1890’s forward. The Seed This seed deals with responsibility, the realization of guilt after the fact, and a personal challenge to overcome great vileness. Planting the seed The seed is appropriate for a … Continue reading →
Category Call of Cthulhu, Infectious Plots, Saturday Seeds, Ubiquity · Tagged with Call of Cthulhu, Plot Ideas, Role-playing game, roleplaying, Story Hooks




