Theater of the Mind: Parlay Issue – Bonus Content

Theater of the Mind Magazine and the Casting Shadows blog I have been contributing to a new gaming magazine called Theater of the Mind for the past few months. The magazine, available in PDF and Print-on-Demand from DriveThru, grew out of the underlying community supporting the YouTube RPG Brigade. In keeping with the nature of … Continue reading →

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Casting Runes 6: A Season for All Things – Session 1 Recap

This post continues the exploration and implementation of RuneQuest 6th Edition for the creation of a sword and sorcery campaign setting. Phase one of implementing the campaign has gone far better than I hoped. I was able to connect with a few good gamers via the G+ Community: Tabletop Roleplaying – Asia-Pacific, and build a … Continue reading →

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Saturday Seed ~ 198 (Shadowrun)

This is a seed in celebration of all the Shadowrun Returns: Dragonfall I have been trying to play since its release. I would have played more but the dogs refuse to feed and walk themselves [jerks], and I prefer to keep rather than lose my job because I cannot shake my attachment to housing and … Continue reading →

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Saturday Seed ~ 197 (All for One)

This is a slightly sexy seed for All for One: Regime Diabolique’s take on a darkly supernatural 1630s France. The seed This seed takes a stab at a darker reflection on the oldest profession and its ages old association with soldiery and other brave, but lonely people who put their lives on the line for … Continue reading →

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Saturday Seed ~ 196 (Call of Cthulhu)

This is a seed for Call of Cthulhu, because it’s the only way to get the blue-painted wahoos dancing around the stones in my backyard to shut up. The seed This seed is a play on the idea of out of sight, out of mind, and will put the investigators face to face with evidence … Continue reading →

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