Posted by Runeslinger on October 20, 2013 · 11 Comments
As discussion cycles through toward gaming techniques again in the YouTube RPG Brigade, it has brought a latent point about the narrative voices in gaming to the fore. This post brings together some ideas from a variety of earlier posts and videos and then tries to take some solid technical steps forward toward a framework … Continue reading →
Filed under Playing in Games, Preparation and Preparedness, Running Games, Technical Questions, The Blog, The Gamers · Tagged with Immersion in RPGs, immersive roleplay, Narrative mode, narrative voice, Role-playing game, RPG, running games
Posted by Runeslinger on October 6, 2013 · 2 Comments
On Wednesday, I hosted a hangout for some notable members of the YouTube RPG community to play the post-apocalyptic fantasy RPG, Desolation. The group was composed of a former arena athlete, a noble, a legionnaire and his young sister, and an outdoorsman. The setting was ostensibly the northern reaches of what used to be the … Continue reading →
Filed under Campaign Recaps, Desolation, Desolation Actual Play, Online Games, Running Games, The Blog, Ubiquity · Tagged with Desolation, Role-playing game, RPG, Sword & Sorcery, Ubiquity, Ubiquity Roleplaying System, YouTube
Posted by Runeslinger on September 28, 2013 · Leave a Comment
This Saturday Seed returns, after too long away, to the amazingly rich game, Broken Rooms. This is a very, very short one, but it has legs… long, disjointed ones which are fit to carry you where you may not have expected to go, and will not, without sacrifice, carry you back. The seed As noted … Continue reading →
Posted by Runeslinger on September 21, 2013 · Leave a Comment
This Saturday continues the celebration of Ubiquity by planting a seed for the Victorian Steampulp game by Triple Ace, Leagues of Adventure. More exploration, discovery, invention, camaraderie and wonder than you might believe are packed neatly between the covers of this game. The seed A dear old friend and mentor seems to have finally gone … Continue reading →
Posted by Runeslinger on September 20, 2013 · 2 Comments
Over the last two years or probably longer, I have been circling an idea which ironically has not found its way out into the realm of words, spoken or written, on my YouTube Channel or here on Casting Shadows. In some of my clips and posts on genre, campaign structure, and nomenclature I have touched … Continue reading →
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