#RPGaDay2020 – Day 4: Vision
Posted by Runeslinger on August 4, 2020 · 1 Comment
I have been stacking poker chips to represent Brownie Points and slide a stack over to Diego’s player then drop one extra on top. He was the first to really buy-in to the scene, his engagement has been contagious, and he is putting elements together in a way that draws on the source material. Lemmon … Continue reading →
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Behind the Lines: Implementation
Posted by Runeslinger on June 8, 2020 · Leave a Comment
Let’s suppose that you are running the Luther Arkwright setting for Mythras, the Design Mechanism’s masterful take on the D100 rules made famous by RuneQuest. Let’s further suppose that you have picked up the loose campaign framework for Arkwright, Parallel Lines. Let’s go even further out into speculative territory and imagine that you have also … Continue reading →
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PDF and the Mobile Gamer
Posted by Runeslinger on October 11, 2019 · 4 Comments
For a year or so I lived a lie. I didn’t know it was a lie while I was living it. It was that strange sense of change that comes with a lot of energy and conviction, stays long enough to leave scars, but vanishes in a moment and without warning. People shrug, and remark … Continue reading →
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SLA Industries: Session Zero
Posted by Runeslinger on October 8, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Even though I am playing with an established group, whenever we change games I still have a first session where we do not play the game as our characters, we get to know the game as players. We already know each other, have gamed with each other, and are friends, so we know what to … Continue reading →
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SLA Industries?
Posted by Runeslinger on October 7, 2019 · 2 Comments
After a very long time, SLA Industries has made a return to my table – and an actual (not virtual) table at that. The last time I ran the game was in 1994 or ’95, and we did not play the game for long or very deeply. I have wanted to get back to it … Continue reading →
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