Shadowscast Episode 8
Posted by Runeslinger on October 9, 2012 · 2 Comments
It is October once again, and my often futile quest to find a decent carving pumpkin here in Korea is on. It is also a period wherein several of my favorite holidays coincide: Chuseok, the Korean Harvest Festival, Canadian Thanksgiving, and Halloween. This episode of Shadowscast, the eighth, presents two segments on Korea, one on … Continue reading →
Category Casting the Shadows, Playing in Games, Reports, Running Games, Shadowscast, The Blog · Tagged with Chuseok, gaming, Halloween, Korea, Role-playing game, roleplaying, RPG, setting development, Shadowscast, South Korea
Saturday Seed 124 (Aces & Eights)
Posted by Runeslinger on October 6, 2012 · Leave a Comment
With October upon us, and dreams of Halloween One-Shots in the air, the Seeds for the next four Saturdays will focus on horror, but perhaps not in the usual places. This week’s seed is for Aces & Eights and pits the characters against terrors in the darkness. The Casting Shadows blog offers Saturday Seeds and … Continue reading →
Category Aces & Eights, Infectious Plots, Saturday Seeds · Tagged with A Time of War, Aces & Eights, Battletech, Mechwarrior, Plot Ideas, Role-playing game, Story Hooks
All for One: Campaign Development Report 3
Posted by Runeslinger on October 2, 2012 · 4 Comments
This post is intended both to help newcomers to All for One: Regime Diabolique get into the game more smoothly by discussing elements of the combat systems which can raise questions, and offer some ideas for transitioning from other game systems to Ubiquity. This post will look at physical and social combat. Subsequent posts will look … Continue reading →
Category All for One: Regime Diabolique, Running Games, Technical Questions, The Blog, Ubiquity · Tagged with All for One, Combat, gaming, roleplaying, roleplaying games, Ubiquity Roleplaying System
Saturday Seed 123 (A Time of War)
Posted by Runeslinger on September 29, 2012 · Leave a Comment
This week’s seed is for A Time of War in celebration of the release of the A Time of War Companion. The Casting Shadows blog offers Saturday Seeds and campaign starters every Saturday (go figure…). Seeds from the blog also appear on Ancient Scroll. The seed This seed could serve as the basis of a … Continue reading →
Category A Time of War, Battletech, Battletech / Mechwarrior, Infectious Plots, Saturday Seeds · Tagged with A Time of War, Battletech, Mechwarrior, Plot Ideas, Role-playing game, Story Hooks
Running A Time of War – again/still
Posted by Runeslinger on September 21, 2012 · 6 Comments
It has been ages since I posted about my Mechwarrior campaign. There has been a lot to say, some of which ended up in Shadowscasts 6 and 7, but there has been a lack of time to do much more than that. To make a long story short, we put the campaign on Indefinite Hiatus. … Continue reading →
Category A Time of War, A Time of War Actual Play, Battletech, Battletech / Mechwarrior, Campaign Recaps, Live Game Report, Mechwarrior Live Game Reports, Preparation and Preparedness, The Blog, Themes and Intentions · Tagged with Battletech, campaign change, Games, gaming, Mechwarrior, Roleplay, Star League, Succession War






