Walking in Gumshoes ~ Setting and Set-up
Posted by Runeslinger on July 10, 2012 · 3 Comments
According to the GM, we are perilously close to starting our campaign of Mutant City Blues by Pelgrane Press. The GM has been encouraging a collaborative approach for laying the foundations of the setting, and so I think it is best to start this second entry on playing Mutant City Blues (MCB) with that before the … Continue reading →
Why do supplements feel like an anchor, not support?
Posted by Runeslinger on June 25, 2012 · 7 Comments
When I was a D&D player my cohorts and I had no access to much beyond the core books we had obtained from far-flung centers of population with amazing things like book and hobby stores. Core books had come to us from mail order, or older brothers who didn’t understand what the game was, or … Continue reading →
Filed under Casting the Shadows, Preparation and Preparedness, Running Games, The Blog · Tagged with running games, setting development, Technoir, Thoughts, Ubiquity Roleplaying System
May of the Dead: Building Undead Cults from Nothing
Posted by Runeslinger on May 21, 2012 · 2 Comments
Another explanation… This post is the second of two entries the Casting Shadows blog is contributing to the May of the Dead blog carnival. This entry pulls back the curtains of misdirection and manipulation which allow the formation of undead cults through mundane not mystical means. The previous entry from this blog can be read here, and … Continue reading →
Filed under Adventure!, All for One: Regime Diabolique, Beyond the Supernatural, Brass&Steel, Call of Cthulhu, Casting the Shadows, Deadlands, Hollow Earth Expedition, Leagues of Adventure, Palladium Fantasy, Running Games, Shadowrun, The Blog, Ubiquity · Tagged with Call of Cthulhu, Lich, May of the Dead, Mummy, roleplaying, setting development, Ubiquity, Vampire, Zombie
Facilitating Function in Fractious Factions
Posted by Runeslinger on May 2, 2012 · 13 Comments
Thoughts on Parties of Mixed Capability Inspired by Joss Whedon’s film based on Marvel’s Avengers Last week, thanks to early release dates in Asia, I watched the Avengers on a local screen in Daejeon, South Korea. As I was leaving the theatre I was struck by just how well Joss Whedon had managed to present … Continue reading →
Filed under Preparation and Preparedness, Running Games, Technical Questions, The Blog, Themes and Intentions · Tagged with Character creation, Character Development, Role-playing game, RPG, running games, setting development, Thoughts
Serial Setting 2 ~ Week 8
Posted by Runeslinger on April 27, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Casting Shadows blog’s second Serial Setting has been running once a week for two months, and will continue for another four, providing basic details for heroic pulp adventures for the Ubiquity Roleplaying System as presented in Hollow Earth Expedition. These ideas, set in a fictional version of the Korean peninsula in 1936, present a community oppressed … Continue reading →







