Games that don’t happen

Life has a lot of ways of nudging events so that games don’t happen. There are periods where we can confound life’s intent to spoil our fun and gratification, but that still leaves a lot of time where life wins. Living in Korea was once a source of gamelessness for me, but I learned how … Continue reading →

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Saturday Seed ~ 170 (Pendragon)

This seed is for Pendragon, now handled by Nocturnal, and should provide the skeleton for a few sessions of play during a period of tension and slow build toward large-scale conflict. The seed A Knight Vassal of small renown, only perhaps known to the player knights but possessed of unflagging courage and good disposition has … Continue reading →

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Home…

I have just returned from my first actual vacation since the summer of 2006… and that one was more like trading my day job for doing one of my hobbies full time. Perhaps it has been even longer since I have really taken time away from everything and just focused on relaxation and seeing the … Continue reading →

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Saturday Seed ~ 169 (Shadowrun)

This seed is being presented in response to my recent weeks of jetting about the globe and my gradual progress through the fifth edition of Shadowrun. This seed has no special requirements for any particular edition, but may be more fulfilling in editions where penetration of the facility would be required for success. The seed … Continue reading →

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Saturday Seed ~ 168 (Call of Cthulhu)

For those like me who backed the 7th Edition of Call of Cthulhu out of love of the grand old game, and faith in the playtesters’ reports that not too much damage had been done to it in the slightly spurious quest to ‘update it for modern players,’ the past day has likely been spent … Continue reading →

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