Casting Runes 1: Percentile Violence~
Posted by Runeslinger on January 8, 2013 · Leave a Comment
There are many reasons why I selected RuneQuest to support my serious foray back into fantasy gaming after all these years (No, Vampire: The Dark Ages does not count). Chief among these reasons is the basic simplicity of the core mechanics and the enjoyable lethality of the combat system. At this point in time, I … Continue reading →
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Casting Runes – An exploration of RuneQuest ~ Introduction
Posted by Runeslinger on December 31, 2012 · 17 Comments
This post is an introduction to the series and as such little to no content was harmed in its making. As I mentioned last week, my next series on the blog will focus on RuneQuest. For whatever reason, I have never played it and from what I can see now, I should have. While I … Continue reading →
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Dice and the Gingerbread Person
Posted by Runeslinger on October 30, 2012 · 5 Comments
Not long ago, an excellent new channel on YouTube called EmergentPlay began posting short, punchy clips pertaining to RPG theory and practice. If you have not taken a look at this channel yet, I cannot recommend it highly enough. The poster is very well-spoken, well-prepared, and game-literate; and the clips are 2-5 minutes of thought-provocation. Last … Continue reading →
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More Gaming with Google+
Posted by Runeslinger on October 22, 2012 · 6 Comments
As readers of this blog already know, I like Play by e-Mail games and have found them much easier to run since the advent of Gmail. A few weeks ago, I transformed a game slated to be run as a PBeM into a game run via Google+ and my initial feeling is that I will … Continue reading →
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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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