Implementation of the rules (BRP/CoC)

A question was raised a while ago on the valuable question and answer site, RPG Stack Exchange, concerning ways to prevent or at least reduce the poor game play brought on by the implementation of the Basic Role Playing system, such as is found in Call of Cthulhu. The question was phrased in such a … Continue reading →

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Serial Setting 2 ~ Week 6

The Casting Shadows blog’s second Serial Setting will be running once a week over a six-month period, and provide details for heroic pulp adventures for the Ubiquity Roleplaying System as presented in Hollow Earth Expedition. These ideas, set in a semi-fictional version of the Korean peninsula in 1936, present a community oppressed by faceless enemies and … Continue reading →

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The Five Games that Influenced the Way I Play

When checking my blog feed after posting today, I discovered that a very similar idea had been proposed for discussion already. I caught wind of it from Dice Monkey’s post, which in turn sent me to Character Generation, and trawling through the comments of each. The similarities and curious differences in the lists presented are … Continue reading →

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Changing Courses: Most Influential Scenarios

If we are all the sum of our predilections as filtered through our experiences then I suppose it stands to reason that the early modules and scenarios we ran as kids just starting out in the hobby have played a significant role in the GMs we are today. With that idea in mind, let’s explore … Continue reading →

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Saturday Seed ~ 98 (A Time of War)

This week’s seed is for A Time of War. It is a short mission best used as a complication in the midst of a larger problem, although it can run independently. It can include action from the individual level up to mech level. The Seed A squad on a significant mission gets ambushed upon arrival … Continue reading →

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