Saturday Seed ~ 41 (Aces & Eights)

This week’s seed is to be planted in the fertile soil of the Western Frontier brought so clearly to life by Aces & Eights. The Seed: Not all is what it seems among a group of settlers pushing West The characters come upon a wagon train near sunset which looks like it stopped quite early … Continue reading →

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Turning the Wheel

This contribution to the March RPG Blog Carnival is really nothing more than a small suggestion which tries to suggest a means of bringing a healthy balance of the interrelationship of living and dying to the stories into which a group invests their time. What sort of game could we have if the characters played … Continue reading →

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Serial Settings: Week 15 ~ Ubiquity

This, the 15th weekly instalment of this year’s Serial Setting project, adds more to my slowly developing island setting in the South Pacific, intended for use with Hollow Earth Expedition or Daring Tales of Adventure. Ostensibly a corporate holding off the usual shipping lanes, known to savvier career sailors in the region as a possible refuge between Pitcairn and French Polynesia, the Windlet … Continue reading →

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Saturday Seed ~ 40 (Mutants and Masterminds)

This week’s seed is ostensibly being planted for Mutants and Masterminds, although ultimately, this seed could be planted in pretty much any sort of superheroes game with a certain level of reality behind it. This seed is another very basic one, and can be summed up in two short words: Moving Day. Planting the seed: … Continue reading →

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To Live and Die in Roleplay

When I saw the announcement on Campaign Mastery that the RPG Blog Carnival theme for March was an open one covering the breadth of Life and Death in RPGs, my first thought was to wonder how many of the posts will focus on the latter half of the theme.  Despite how much the hobby has grown, it is … Continue reading →

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