Saturday Seed ~ 109 (Leagues of Adventure)

This week’s seed is for Leagues of Adventure, and is put together primarily for social combat, but has plenty of hooks for the more physical characters to get in on things as well. The seed The characters come to learn of a new discovery which those in the know believe will revolutionize the transportation industry. … Continue reading →

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Saturday Seed ~ 108 (Prime Directive / SFB)

This week’s seed is for Star Fleet Battles and Prime Directive, in whichever flavour you play it. I prefer the original flavour of the game system, personally. This is a set-up with equal parts role play and tactical play, but need not run in a linear fashion with the one leading into the other. As … Continue reading →

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I have a bad feeling about this...

Come hell or high water…

Anyone who has spent any time with games set in the World of Darkness has probably at one time or another wondered if their Storyteller were out to get them. While games like Vampire do not have a monopoly on pushing for consequences for character action, they certainly introduced a lot of young gamers to … Continue reading →

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Serial Setting 2 ~ Week 15

The Casting Shadows blog’s second Serial Setting appears in weekly installments scheduled for a 6-month run. This series is focused on providing basic details for heroic pulp adventures for the Ubiquity Roleplaying System as presented in Hollow Earth Expedition. These ideas, set in a fictionalized and mysticized version of the Korean peninsula in 1936, present a community oppressed by … Continue reading →

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Interrogation in ‘A Time of War’

Due in part to moving to a new city and starting a new job as the head of a newly created department, I have fallen woefully far behind in the actual play reports for my ongoing Mechwarrior PBeM. Much has happened since the last report, but this week has brought about a kind of scene … Continue reading →

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