Posted by Runeslinger on January 11, 2014 · Leave a Comment
This is a seed for whatever version of a Star Wars roleplaying game you might play, with a strong bias toward those who hold little to no sympathy for the Galactic Empire. The seed This seed focuses on criminal interplay in the shadows of the Outer Rim. While not necessarily requiring the characters to be … Continue reading →
Posted by Runeslinger on December 31, 2013 · 2 Comments
My final entry in this month’s RPG Blog Carnival is a story of a player character from a campaign I ran many years ago who typified the ‘take charge’ attitude in an intriguing and non-confrontational way. Played by a novice, in a very large group, the character overcame intra-party politics, conflicting philosophies and religions, and … Continue reading →
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 August 18, 2013 · 3 Comments
I have just returned from my first actual vacation since the summer of 2006… and that one was more like trading my day job for doing one of my hobbies full time. Perhaps it has been even longer since I have really taken time away from everything and just focused on relaxation and seeing the … Continue reading →
Filed under Casting the Shadows, Playing in Games, Preparation and Preparedness, Running Games, The Blog, The Gamers, Themes and Intentions · Tagged with Call of Cthulhu, character growth, comic book stores, gaming, roleplaying, RPG, Runequest, Shadowrun, Twilight 2000
