From RuneQuest to Mythras
Posted by Runeslinger on June 12, 2016 · 5 Comments
Over the coming weeks, as June becomes July, one of my favorite systems will be transforming once again. RuneQuest 6th Edition, the flexible and powerful iteration of this long-lived system by Pete Nash and Lawrence Whitaker of The Design Mechanism is casting off the name by which it has been known to re-emerge under the name … Continue reading →
Filed under BRP, BRP/RQ, Casting the Shadows, Mythic Britain, Mythras, OpenQuest, Product Overviews, Runequest, RuneQuest, RuneQuest, Stormbringer, The Blog, Under the Hood · Tagged with Imperative, Mythras, Mythras Imperative, roleplaying, Runequest, RuneQuest 6th Edition, running games
Deliberating on Dice
Posted by Runeslinger on May 29, 2016 · 4 Comments
I believe that I like dice. I once received a YouTube comment on an unboxing video displaying some new dice designs, which in very pointed terms asked, ‘What the [expletive deleted] I would need’ such things for. It’s a good question, from a certain point of view, I suppose. I tried to answer as best … Continue reading →
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The Gathering ~ Week 4
Posted by Runeslinger on May 22, 2016 · 2 Comments
This week, the fourth and final week of player preparation saw a flurry of questions and activity on our shared Facebook group as character creation went into its final stages before I could begin to look at what had been created as a whole. Of the 20 people engaged in the group, half submitted complete … Continue reading →
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The Gathering ~ Week 3
Posted by Runeslinger on May 10, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Week 3 of preparations for The Gathering is now complete and has seen the submission of numerous concepts and characters with more to come. Some characters are nearing completion, and others are still being developed. Once all submissions have been made, it will be time for me, in the role of GM, to work a … Continue reading →
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The Gathering – Week 1
Posted by Runeslinger on April 24, 2016 · 2 Comments
The first week of preparation for the pending global campaign of immortals contesting for The Prize has gone very well. We have formed a closed group on Facebook for the planning period, and it is seeing good activity. We have a good-sized pool of potential players to draw from, some experienced with games that use Ubiquity … Continue reading →
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