Posted by Runeslinger on May 26, 2014 · 11 Comments
Yesterday, I launched a campaign using Fantasy Flight Games’ Edge of the Empire for a group of five players. They all know each other well, and are just getting to know me. They were previously involved in a Dungeons & Dragons campaign together which has gone on hiatus. For me, this is the first face-to-face … Continue reading →
Posted by Runeslinger on April 29, 2014 · 4 Comments
When I first went over the list of Professional Skills in RuneQuest, I was happy to see how manageable the list is. Games with long and specific skills lists can be daunting to get used to, and bog down simple things like character generation. While the list in RQ6 is easy to get a grip … Continue reading →
Posted by Runeslinger on March 22, 2014 · Leave a Comment
This 200th entry will be the last Saturday Seed on this blog. It has been enjoyable to share some of these seeds for different games over the last 4 years, but this nice round number of seeds is telling me that it is time to try something else for my short, weekly post. That is … Continue reading →
Posted by Runeslinger on March 15, 2014 · Leave a Comment
This is a seed for the near-forgotten RPG, ‘Legionnaire,’ which supported the Renegade Legion set of skirmish games from FASA. Those games were Interceptor, Centurion, Leviathan, and the planetary conquest strategy game Prefect. Legionnaire, to those familiar with the early versions of the Mechwarrior RPG will seem very familiar and of comparable depth of setting … Continue reading →
Posted by Runeslinger on March 12, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Theater of the Mind Magazine and the Casting Shadows blog I have been contributing to a new gaming magazine called Theater of the Mind for the past few months. The magazine, available in PDF and Print-on-Demand from DriveThru, grew out of the underlying community supporting the YouTube RPG Brigade. In keeping with the nature of … Continue reading →
Casting Shadows 