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
Posted by Runeslinger on September 16, 2012 · 5 Comments
The latest episode of Shadowscast lacks guest stars, open-ended questions, gloom, and pre-cursors to massive flooding. Sorry~ What it does have are three segments, and those segments focus on Korea as a game setting, restarting a campaign you have put on hiatus, and a short actual play clip of Leviathans. Sharp-eyed observers will note it … Continue reading →
Category A Time of War, Battletech / Mechwarrior, Leviathans, Reports, Shadowscast · Tagged with A Time of War, Aerial torpedo, Games, Leviathans, Roleplay, Shadowscast, tabletop gaming
Posted by Runeslinger on April 13, 2012 · 1 Comment
A question was raised a while ago on the valuable question and answer site, RPG Stack Exchange, concerning ways to prevent or at least reduce the poor game play brought on by the implementation of the Basic Role Playing system, such as is found in Call of Cthulhu. The question was phrased in such a … Continue reading →
Posted by Runeslinger on October 27, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Believe it or not, another of my RPG prayers has been answered. BF Wolfe, damage curve analyst, and the motive force behind Lucas ‘Cool Hand Luke’ Rom in my Mechwarrior Campaign, Hair of the Dog, is just wrapping up character creation and concept tweaking with a group of us in order to start a campaign … Continue reading →
Category A Time of War, A Time of War Actual Play, Battletech, Battletech / Mechwarrior, Campaign Recaps, Playing in Games, Reports · Tagged with Battletech, Battletech Universe, Character creation, Play-by-mail game, Role-playing game, roleplaying, RPG
Posted by Runeslinger on October 20, 2011 · 5 Comments
In August, my wife claims to have widowed herself by giving me an Acer A500 Iconia tablet. Reports of my death notwithstanding, I thought I would share my reaction to the tablet after some serious usage time. For those who are unfamiliar with it, the A500 Iconia is a tablet with a 10- inch display, … Continue reading →
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