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 December 19, 2011 · Leave a Comment
This will be my final entry for the December 2011 RPG Blog Carnival. This post fills out the trio of posts I wished to contribute on the theme during this carnival: namely the potential hero in each character, the GM’s role in calling heroes to action, and the value of incorporating heroes both living and … Continue reading →
Category Aberrant, Adventure!, Characters and Support Cast, Running Games, The Blog, Trinity (Aeon) · Tagged with character background, Character creation, Role-playing game, RPG Blog Carnival, running games, themes, Thoughts
Posted by Runeslinger on December 17, 2011 · Leave a Comment
This week’s seed is for Palladium Fantasy, but is easily transplanted to other gardens, of course. This seed is geared toward a new group of fledgling adventurers and in keeping with this month’s RPG Blog Carnival, deals with a call to heroism. Hopefully, the forthcoming GM’s Kit for this grand old game will be released … Continue reading →
Posted by Runeslinger on December 10, 2011 · Leave a Comment
This week’s seed is for Shadowrun. I have been meaning to post more material for both it and Aces & Eights, but other things have had to come first. Not so this week! This seed finds the runners trying to turn someone else’s misfortune into profit, while trying to prevent a similar misfortune from befalling … Continue reading →
Posted by Runeslinger on December 5, 2011 · 8 Comments
I have been gaming for a long time, but I haven’t played many heroes. I have had my share of great and memorable characters, but few I would call heroic. Even as a GM with a strong tendency toward using settings which encourage hard choices and calls toward a higher purpose, I have rarely had … Continue reading →