Shadowscast Episode 8
Posted by Runeslinger on October 9, 2012 · 2 Comments
It is October once again, and my often futile quest to find a decent carving pumpkin here in Korea is on. It is also a period wherein several of my favorite holidays coincide: Chuseok, the Korean Harvest Festival, Canadian Thanksgiving, and Halloween. This episode of Shadowscast, the eighth, presents two segments on Korea, one on … Continue reading →
Filed under Casting the Shadows, Playing in Games, Reports, Running Games, Shadowscast, The Blog · Tagged with Chuseok, gaming, Halloween, Korea, Role-playing game, roleplaying, RPG, setting development, Shadowscast, South Korea
Shadowscast Episode 6
Posted by Runeslinger on August 15, 2012 · Leave a Comment
This episode has been delayed for a few months and as such has expanded to nearly twice its normal expected size. No guests were harmed in the filming of this episode, but one crane was filmed without his permission while stalking three-eyed fish. Topics for this Shadowscast range from a look at some GameScience dice … Continue reading →
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Let the beats fall where they may…
Posted by Runeslinger on August 8, 2012 · 4 Comments
I have been struggling to write a certain post since I started this blog. This is a run at it, but probably won’t be it. Bits and pieces of the theme have crept out here and there in other posts, but simply what I want to write about is this: There is much more to … Continue reading →
Filed under Casting the Shadows, Preparation and Preparedness, Running Games, The Blog, Themes and Intentions · Tagged with Role-playing game, roleplaying, roleplaying system, RPG, running games, Thoughts
To Seek Out New Dice and New… Civilizations
Posted by Runeslinger on August 7, 2012 · 4 Comments
With no small amount of wonderment at myself, I went on an extensive dice hunt this month for a game I am not at all likely to run. The game? Dungeon Crawl Classics. This post is not about the game though, it’s about the dice. Nostalgia and High Impact Dice It took me years to … Continue reading →
Filed under Playing in Games, Running Games, Technical Questions, The Blog · Tagged with Dice, dungeon crawl classics, fantasy campaigns, Role-playing game, roleplaying, RPG, running games
Assessing Group Performance
Posted by Runeslinger on July 26, 2012 · 9 Comments
Perception shapes reality, but sadly individual perception shapes only an individual’s reality to any great degree. I say sadly, not because I long for the chaos such a totally mutable world would bring with it, but because many of us remain trapped in glass rooms for 1 in the Hotel of the Real, thinking that our perception … Continue reading →
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