RPGaDay starts on Monday!
Posted by Runeslinger on July 30, 2016 · Leave a Comment
The wait is practically over, August is almost upon us. We will start out with a sort of warm-up question about dice on Day 1, then move into topics which touch on aspects of the hobby we haven’t seen as often in RPGaDay questions, but which have been revealed as important in the responses. Some … Continue reading →
Filed under BrigadeCon, Playing in Games, RPGaday, Running Games, Technical Questions, The Blog, The Gamers · Tagged with Role-playing game, roleplaying, RPGaday, running games
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 →
Filed under Casting the Shadows, Preparation and Preparedness, Running Games, The Blog, The Gamers · Tagged with Dice, gamescience dice, Relic Dice, roleplaying, running games, Ubiquity
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 →
Filed under Actual Play, All for One Actual Play, All for One: Regime Diabolique, Hollow Earth Expedition, Leagues of Adventure, Live Game Report, Preparation and Preparedness, Running Games, The Blog, Ubiquity, Ubiquity · Tagged with Highlander, Hollow Earth Expedition, Role-playing game, roleplaying, running games, Ubiquity
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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