Posted by Runeslinger on May 26, 2012 · Leave a Comment
This week’s seed is for Call of Cthulhu. It is an extremely small seed, but packed with menace sent in the mail. The seed One of the characters (or a supporting character of personal importance to the Investigators) receives a small package in the mail addressed in their own handwriting. What’s inside is the first slice … Continue reading →
Posted by Runeslinger on May 21, 2012 · 2 Comments
Another explanation… This post is the second of two entries the Casting Shadows blog is contributing to the May of the Dead blog carnival. This entry pulls back the curtains of misdirection and manipulation which allow the formation of undead cults through mundane not mystical means. The previous entry from this blog can be read here, and … Continue reading →
Filed under Adventure!, All for One: Regime Diabolique, Beyond the Supernatural, Brass&Steel, Call of Cthulhu, Casting the Shadows, Deadlands, Hollow Earth Expedition, Leagues of Adventure, Palladium Fantasy, Running Games, Shadowrun, The Blog, Ubiquity · Tagged with Call of Cthulhu, Lich, May of the Dead, Mummy, roleplaying, setting development, Ubiquity, Vampire, Zombie
Posted by Runeslinger on April 22, 2012 · 10 Comments
I don’t play any type of D&D anymore, and as it has been 23 years since I left that particular game behind in favour of others I can be fairly sure that there will be no returning. From time to time, the urge to run a fantasy game surfaces, of course, but those urges are … Continue reading →
Posted by Runeslinger on April 11, 2012 · 6 Comments
When checking my blog feed after posting today, I discovered that a very similar idea had been proposed for discussion already. I caught wind of it from Dice Monkey’s post, which in turn sent me to Character Generation, and trawling through the comments of each. The similarities and curious differences in the lists presented are … Continue reading →
Filed under All for One: Regime Diabolique, Call of Cthulhu, Desolation, Hollow Earth Expedition, Palladium Fantasy, Running Games, WoD ad nauseum · Tagged with All for One, Ars Magica, Call Cthulhu, Dungeons & Dragons, Palladium Fantasy, roleplaying, Ubiquity, Wraith the Oblivion
Posted by Runeslinger on March 23, 2012 · 4 Comments
This episode touches on the new Super Hero RPG based too firmly in the Marvel Universe, and the future loss of Guidance from Triple Ace Games. We look in more depth at using Korea as a location for gaming (this time with Bonus Content!) and compare the approach of “telling the story” versus “discovering it.” Volume 1, … Continue reading →
Filed under All for One: Regime Diabolique, Playing in Games, Reviews, Running Games, Shadowscast, The Blog, Themes and Intentions, Ubiquity · Tagged with All for One, Call of Cthulhu, Hollow Earth Expedition, Role-playing game, roleplaying, Shadowscast, Ubiquity, Video blogging
Casting Shadows 