Posted by Runeslinger on June 8, 2020 · Leave a Comment
Let’s suppose that you are running the Luther Arkwright setting for Mythras, the Design Mechanism’s masterful take on the D100 rules made famous by RuneQuest. Let’s further suppose that you have picked up the loose campaign framework for Arkwright, Parallel Lines. Let’s go even further out into speculative territory and imagine that you have also … Continue reading →
Category Actual Play, Characters and Support Cast, Hawkmoon, Horror, Luther Arkwright, Mythras, Mythras, Preparation and Preparedness, RuneQuest, RuneQuest, Running Games, Stormbringer, Technical Questions, The Blog, Themes and Intentions · Tagged with Luther Arkwright, Mythras, roleplaying
Posted by Runeslinger on June 12, 2016 · 5 Comments
Over the coming weeks, as June becomes July, one of my favorite systems will be transforming once again. RuneQuest 6th Edition, the flexible and powerful iteration of this long-lived system by Pete Nash and Lawrence Whitaker of The Design Mechanism is casting off the name by which it has been known to re-emerge under the name … Continue reading →
Category BRP, BRP/RQ, Casting the Shadows, Mythic Britain, Mythras, OpenQuest, Product Overviews, Runequest, RuneQuest, RuneQuest, Stormbringer, The Blog, Under the Hood · Tagged with Imperative, Mythras, Mythras Imperative, roleplaying, Runequest, RuneQuest 6th Edition, running games
Posted by Runeslinger on August 17, 2015 · Leave a Comment
We are back to a series of difficult questions as we roll into Day 17, which will stretch on to Day 21. I will endeavor to persevere. As with previous posts on the favorites theme, please understand that for me these are for the most part favorites only in the sense of being among my … Continue reading →
Category Desolation, Palladium Fantasy, Runequest, Stormbringer, The Gamers, The Games, Torchbearer · Tagged with #rpgaday2015, roleplaying, roleplaying games, roleplaying system, RPG, RPGaday
Posted by Runeslinger on November 16, 2013 · Leave a Comment
This Saturday Seed presents an idea for the other game in Chaosium’s old Eternal Champion line, Hawkmoon. Not as successful as Stormbringer, it is still a gem of a product in its own right. The seed In the wake of several unexpectedly unsuccessful military actions, agents from Gran Bretan extend diplomatic overtures to foreign nobles … Continue reading →
Category BRP, Hawkmoon, Saturday Seeds, Stormbringer · Tagged with Chaosium, Dorian Hawkmoon, Eternal Champion, Hawkmoon, Plot Idea, roleplaying, Stormbringer, Story Hook
Posted by Runeslinger on January 27, 2013 · 7 Comments
Now available in audio form with commentary from 2020 Casting Shadows Podcast I watched a video clip yesterday evening which asked “Why?” in connection to the disparity in numbers between those who will choose to respond to an ad looking for D&D or Pathfinder players as compared to the number who will respond to ads … Continue reading →
Category Aces & Eights, All for One: Regime Diabolique, Brass&Steel, Call of Cthulhu, Godlike, Hollow Earth Expedition, Leagues of Adventure, Running Games, Stormbringer, Technical Questions, Technoir, The Blog, Themes and Intentions · Tagged with Aces & Eights, dungeon crawl classics, Dungeons & Dragons, gaming, genre conventions, Role-playing game, roleplaying games, RPG, running games, World of Darkness, Wraith the Oblivion
Casting Shadows 