Posted by Runeslinger on July 27, 2025 · 2 Comments
…BRP hits a precise point where it makes a clear and resonant kind of sense. It is grounded in the experience of being human and the underpinning logic of the imaginative worlds we create. It surges with brutal magic and the even more brutal harm people can inflict upon each other – and receive in turn. It finds ways to make risk easy to run yet pleasantly agonizing to choose. It has a lot to say about who the characters we play are, yet has the room to listen to our ideas as well. It is incredibly responsive to the ongoing events of play… It has a boldness about how it limits characters to a human mold, yet expects better of them. Anyone can be a hero, the pages of BRP whisper, they just have to act…
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Posted by Runeslinger on August 5, 2022 · 1 Comment
#RPGaDay2022 Day 5 asks us why people would like our choice of introductory game. What does the game itself bring to that equation? What do you bring? What is it about them that will respond?
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Posted by Runeslinger on July 6, 2013 · Leave a Comment
This Saturday Seed is being planted for Call of Cthulhu in anticipation of the fresh surge of horrors the new edition may spawn in players everywhere. My Saturday Seeds also reappear on Ancient Scroll on random Saturdays~ The seed The seed is built around the idea of private investigator, and assumes that those it comes to affect … Continue reading →
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