So, this part is going to be very sketchy. For more information on the characters, the setting, the worlds, and
Category: Table Top
So let’s talk about Galactic.
Then Isabel, seeing before all others that the Scourge would indeed be the end of Humanity, did gather up the
Galactic: good for the brain, bad for the eyes
I was going to write up a post about the character/universe generation for the Galactic game from this weekend (a
Week in Review
So here’s what’s been going on. Face to Face Ran a murder mystery for the most recent Spirit of the
[SotC/Fate] A Different Take on Phases
From one of the game’s author’s a great tweak to the phases in SotC character generation to move away from
Zombies at(e) the Homecoming Dance
Caught up by the desire to play a little wacky horror roleplaying in the middle of the week, I got
Playing to win
I actually had two points for my “serious gamer” post, but the thing was getting too long, so here’s the
Casual/Hardcore vs. the Serious Gamer
Okay. This is going to seem like it has a lot to do with MMO gaming, but at it’s heart
Gaming in review
A mix of gaming this weekend. ((Blogging bitching: it really should be possible to just hit Ctrl-B in Moveabletype to
Week in Review
Tabletop Played a little Spirit of the Century this last weekend. It wasn’t the session I’d dreamed up for the
Hmm
I think, assuming that Birdwell Island is a Chancel (which is clearly is, otherwise all the mortals would have gone
“Now a regular weekly publication!”
It’s a Spirit of the Century-palooza. First, we had a character generation shindig down at Lee and De’s for Nine
Hell did not freeze over, but it did get a little brisk down there.
So I went down to Lee and De’s yesterday and, with Randy, Meera, and Kingsley, made up characters for a
Mortal Coil
This weekend, Kate’s in town and I wanted to have a social kind of gaming thing — while both she
In other news.
Heroquest, Spring Fountain, this Friday … umm soon. Woo? 🙂
Face to face gaming? People do that?
Potentially running two face to face games this coming week while Aaron and Kate are at the Casa: Ancient China.
Very Sad
Went looking for the the Nobilis “Lexicon” projects today. They seem to have vanished.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Stan, if you get this before you’re off to Hackmaster, call me. We’re attempting an uncancellation.
Whoa
Prep for the Heroquest game has generated 105 emails in ten days, between me and five players. Upside: very damn
Weekend in gaming
Friday: Played InSpectres, in which our heros (a hooker, an ex-mormon mechanic, a fringe-fringe-FRINGE scientist, and a cold-war MI-5 operative
Nobilis pre-post-mortem
Let’s say you get into a book club. It’s a pretty interesting set up, where you get a tremendous number
Braaaaaiiiinsss
Dirty little gaming secret: I love undead. Stumbling hordes of zombies, lightning-quick skeletons — it’s all good. Shawn of the
Site notice
The CryHavoc ADRPG archives, formerly at http://average-bear.com/cryhavoc are now located on the GM’s domain: http://nineblackdoves.com/cryhavoc/.
Analyzing the last few sessions
It is something of an irony that the players in my d20 game have been so interested and involved and
Cool.
You can get a pretty cool player-driven narrative out of 3e play. See here.
Narrative d20?
I’ve heard a lot of interesting stuff about the new Conan RPG from Mongoose publishing — that it gives players
‘Scuse me while I gush
In the history of Nobilis, the first 20th century was different. So were the 400 wondrous years after that, but
d20 skill-check hack
As noted here: Where d20 breaks down is when it shifts to non-combat rolls where the entire task (skill) is
d20 vs. the Dice Pool… or is it?
Overheard on The Forge :: d20 vs. 3d6, regarding “linear curves”. D20 combat is really a die pool system (rolling
Greedy
One of the things I said in the comments on this post regarded the way that d20 (or some other