Saturday Seed ~ 134 (Call of Cthulhu)

This week’s Saturday Seed is for Call of Cthulhu. It is a very cruel little seed appropriate for any era from the 1890’s forward. The Seed This seed deals with responsibility, the realization of guilt after the fact, and a personal challenge to overcome great vileness. Planting the seed The seed is appropriate for a … Continue reading →

Filed under Call of Cthulhu, Infectious Plots, Saturday Seeds, Ubiquity · Tagged with , , , ,

Neither a Mark nor a Lender be: Kickstarter

Erik Tenkar has been keeping an eye on RPG Kickstarter projects for a while now, and I appreciate his perspective on the phenomenon of some of these explosive bidding processes followed by months of waiting and – more often than not, it seems, by delays. I especially appreciate that he does not proclaim the sky … Continue reading →

Filed under Preparation and Preparedness, Technical Questions, The Blog · Tagged with , , ,

Saturday Seed ~ 133 (Leagues of Adventure)

This week’s Saturday Seed is for Leagues of Adventure from Triple Ace Games. It is a very small seed which starts out in the city and heads off into the little known reaches of distant lands. The Seed This seed deals with the spirit of adventure, the quest for knowledge, the virtue of loyalty, and … Continue reading →

Filed under Hollow Earth Expedition, Infectious Plots, Leagues of Adventure, Saturday Seeds, Ubiquity · Tagged with , , , ,

Saturday Seed ~ 132 (Broken Rooms)

This week’s Saturday Seed is for Broken Rooms from Greymalkin Designs. It’s a small idea most suitable perhaps for an early foray into the game and its array of tormented worlds. The Seed This seed deals with discovery and deduction, where the characters find themselves having to identify which is hotter – the frying pan … Continue reading →

Filed under Broken Rooms, Infectious Plots, Saturday Seeds · Tagged with , , , , ,

http://www.youtube.com/user/runeslinger

Roleplaying: The Simulation

For a few weeks now I have been in the process of doing short clips (no, really!) on my YouTube channel which are intended to serve as an introduction to a style of play which I feel was more common in the past than it is now. Although badly or misleadingly named (and I apologize … Continue reading →

Filed under Casting the Shadows, Characters and Support Cast, Live Game Report, Preparation and Preparedness, Running Games, Shadowscast, The Blog, Themes and Intentions · Tagged with , , , , ,

  • Revelations of Glaaki

  • Invocation

    Do not summon up that which you cannot also put down:

    runescastshadows at the intersection of Google and Mail.

    Find us on Google+

  • Role-Playing Stack Exchange

    profile for Runeslinger at Role-playing Games, Q&A for gamemasters and players of tabletop, paper-and-pencil role-playing games