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Casting Runes 6: A Season for All Things – Session 13 Recap
This post continues the exploration and implementation of RuneQuest 6th Edition in a sword and sorcery campaign setting. This was a short session, focused on roleplaying through the fallout of events from the previous one. Check the list of links below for the recaps of the previous sessions, and other related articles on this campaign. … Continue reading →
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Casting Runes 6: A Season for All Things – Session 12 Recap
This post continues the exploration and implementation of RuneQuest 6th Edition in a sword and sorcery campaign setting. This was the second attempt at this session as the last was sabotaged by both a sudden change in schedules and trouble with an ISP. In the weeks which have passed since Session 11, we have met online … Continue reading →
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Passing Familiarity
For a few years, my game group and I switched games and usually systems every month. Every once in a while, the other GM in the group would switch systems out from under a setting to try a new way of running a game we’d already played for his month of sessions. Generally, though, each … Continue reading →
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Spectrum Shifts
I encounter a lot of certainty on the Internet, and no doubt convey no small amount of it myself – especially in posts like these. Hopefully, what registers that I am certain about is that we can rarely be certain of anything. Last week, I shared some ideas on gaming that seemed to register with … Continue reading →
Is There a “Right Way” to Game..?
Originally posted on The Black Campbell:
This post came about from my thoughts on the graph in Runeslinger’s Spectrum of Play article, as well as his Right Way to Game posts. The first has been reblogged here on The Black Campbell, but you can pop over to his Casting Shadows page to read more. His YouTube channel is probably even more…
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