Posted by Runeslinger on March 30, 2011 · Leave a Comment
I have been running Catalyst’s ‘A Time of War’ for a few months now. As the 4th Edition of the Mechwarrior RPG, I find the book to be absolutely packed with information, clearly written, and easily integrated into Battletech. This post is not a review of the system, however. It is instead, more of a … Continue reading →
Posted by Runeslinger on March 23, 2011 · 9 Comments
Over the last few weeks, I have been gearing up to run the first session of Hollow Earth Expedition for my game group here in Seoul. This past Sunday was our trial run, and the playtest of a one-shot introductory scenario based in Shanghai that I have been writing with intent to share with other … Continue reading →
Category Daring Tales, Hollow Earth Expedition, Live Game Report, Reviews, Running Games, The Blog, The Gamers, Ubiquity · Tagged with Daring Tales, Hollow Earth Expedition, running games, The Blog, Thoughts, Ubiquity
Posted by Runeslinger on January 27, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Have you ever noticed that something which was initially off-putting about a system may become a favoured aspect of that setting once you really get into things? I think this is the quieter cousin of the brash and well-known truth that often the things that first draw us to something become the very things which … Continue reading →
Category All for One: Regime Diabolique, Casting the Shadows, Daring Tales, Desolation, Hollow Earth Expedition, Preparation and Preparedness, Reviews, Running Games, Technical Questions, The Blog, Ubiquity · Tagged with All for One, Daring Tales, Desolation, Hollow Earth Expedition, running games, Thoughts, Ubiquity
Posted by Runeslinger on January 19, 2011 · 4 Comments
Produced by Gremalkin Games and using Exile Game Studio’s Ubiquity System, Desolation provides an interesting combination of elements which somehow manages to mix the clarity of a detailed setting with the open-ended freedom of a merely outlined setting. I found this approach to be both refreshing and liberating. While I rarely feel constrained by the limits on a … Continue reading →
Posted by Runeslinger on November 11, 2010 · 3 Comments
Produced by Triple Ace Games and using Exile Game Studio’s Ubiquity System, All for One: Regime Diabolique is a powerful force for sword-wielding, insult-tossing, chandelier-swinging, musket-firing, honor-defending, King-Crown-and-Country-saving, wench-wooing, dice-chucking fun. If you don’t believe me, call your seconds and we will settle this like fictional characters. You can be D’Artagnan, and I will be… … Continue reading →
Casting Shadows 