Saturday Seed ~ 194 (Aces & Eights)

This is a seed for Aces&Eights, the western RPG as broad and beautiful as the vistas of the Old West themselves. The seed This seed is all about having and not having, ego and insecurity, fair play and graft, and most of all…poker. Planting the seed This seed can be planted in any nowhere town … Continue reading →

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Giving Powergamers What They Deserve…

Chances are if you asked a room full of gamers to list some negative player types, powergamer, min/maxer, rules lawyer, and thespian would vie for first place… Then the powergamer would take out the min/maxer from a position of advantage in a flurry of massive dice rolls, and the rules lawyer would drown in the … Continue reading →

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Conspicuous RPG Consumption

I recently moved. While there are many tales I could tell about these experiences, such as the death-defying stunts perpetrated by the movers working with no safety gear on a small elevator platform 12 storeys up and outside my kitchen window, I will keep this focused on RPG stuff. Having movers come over to my … Continue reading →

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Saturday Seed ~ 193 (A Time of War)

This is a seed for the Battletech roleplaying game, A Time of War. While for convenience of writing it will make the assumption the characters are mechwarriors, no such requirement is needed. The seed This seed is all about storms, calms, and storms to come. Planting the seed This seed can be planted during a … Continue reading →

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Saturday Seed ~ 192 (All for One)

This is a seed for the supernatural, swashbuckling, musketeers RPG from Triple Ace Games, All for One: Regime Diabolique. The seed This seed is all about old problems coming home to roost. Planting the seed This seed can be planted at any national event or festival, when the city population expands with visitors, delegates, merchants and … Continue reading →

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