Posted by Runeslinger on September 11, 2010 · Leave a Comment
This seed is being dropped in the water and left to its own devices. Perhaps it will find a home on some Blue Planet. This seed is wind-blown and storm-swept, and in the usual vague way of these entries will aspire to inspire some sort of idea for your own game. When I first got Blue … Continue reading →
Posted by Runeslinger on September 9, 2010 · Leave a Comment
A friend of mine asked me why I was choosing to use Icons for the mechanics of this story, seeing as how I didn’t really like aspects of it and consider it ‘not my thing.’ I gave him a long-winded response that boils down to, “I feel that I should give this lineage of games … Continue reading →
Posted by Runeslinger on September 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment
As all the players I can reasonably expect to enter the game, should the campaign survive the design phase, have seen Heroes, I suspect that I will dispense with origin stories. Such things can be set firmly in the hands of the players to relate. I think the focal point should rest on the development … Continue reading →
Posted by Runeslinger on September 7, 2010 · 2 Comments
I recently watched the first season of Heroes again. While I was watching, I took notes about things which I really liked when the show was new, and before it wandered off in directions I found to be less-satisfying as a viewer. I appreciate the sense of wonder and confusion which permeates the early episodes, … Continue reading →
Posted by Runeslinger on August 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment
If we are to have heroes, we must have challenges for them to overcome. In a Generation or Legacy game, the quest is handed down through the years, and so by extension are the challenges. Arranging this takes a fair bit of work both to ensure the ongoing survival of the challenge, whatever form it … Continue reading →
