So I’m on my little loremaster last night, just poking at a few quests, and find myself in the Chetwood,
Category: Actual Play
Wrapping up Diaspora, Shakespeare-Style
So quite a little while ago, we started out a Diaspora game. Our schedules have been a little crazy —
Diaspora Hacks, by way of Dresden Files
After a series of scheduling problems, we finally got back to the Diaspora game last night for the first time
In a Wicked Amber
I don’t listen very well, even to myself. Short version of that post — following a session of In a
Diaspora, Session 3: Heat up the Iridium, it’s Shootin’ Time
It had been my intention to introduce everyone to the Ship, Personal, and Social combat mini-games in Diaspora during the
Diaspora, Session 2: Fight!
When we last left our space-faring heroes, they were delivering a cargo bay full of “mining equipment” to a (one
Mass Effect 2 (spoileriffic)
Okay, after I posted about ME1, Dave linked to this super-spoilleriffic post that really ripped into some of the story
Diaspora, Session 1: Teacup on The Tempest
I tell you, I don’t know why I bother prepping. Last night was the only Wednesday in February where I
In which I give in and talk about Mass Effect
Yeah yeah, I know: the game’s been out for two or three years — it’s old news. Well, not to
Diaspora: Cluster and Character generation (ridiculously TL;DR)
Exactly one year after our first gathering, the Wednesday night group got together for our first session of the new
2009: The Year In Gaming
Well, the year in *my* gaming, anyway. Last year, during the holidays, Tim (I’m pretty sure it was Tim) suggested
Danger Patrol: Zombie Kong and Plan 8 from Planet X
Two of the players couldn’t make it to our PTA game last night, and since they were our spotlight character
Mouse Guard: The River at Elmoss, and making players cry
Got a chance to go back and play some Mouse Guard this weekend with Dave and Margie and Kate and
Min-Maxing Fun
Entirely unrelated to this post here -> over on storygames, they’re kind of talking about the same sort of thing
Meta-gaming, Actor-Stance, Author-stance, and Narration
Twitter. The final frontier new hotness. These are the transcripts of gaming nerds, trying to discuss involved game sessions using
“This ends in Mud.”
((The title of this session is a tongue-in-cheek tribute to the finest, most awesome line in the new Mouse Guard
[3:16] Actual Play: Reptiloid Chameleon Tricksters in the Goya Asteroid Belt — no way were those actual troopers.
So the player of this episode’s spotlight character didn’t show up for PTA last night (Khaaaaan!), I suddenly needed to
[PTA] Ironwall, Episode 1: The Ambassador
Wow, it’s been awhile since this episode aired, but as Episode 2 is playing tonight, I thought I’d better get
LotRO – a set on Flickr
Kate and I have taken all the screenshots from the last two years of playing LotRO and put them up
Optimizing my free time
I don’t have anything against DnD 4e. In my opinion, it’s a big step up – a real evolution –
Still making a hobbit of it.
Kate and I started playing Lord of the Rings Online about two years ago. Â I’m only aware of this because,
LotRO: They can rebuild it. Better, stronger, faster, and dude… way f@*#ing cooler.
As I mentioned on my other blog, Kate and I decided a week or so ago to try out some
Making PTA work – hooray
Played another session of Primetime Adventures last night – our Ironwall series. Â There will be a summary of events from
Our first Mouse Guard session: “Not much use as a postmouse” and “A New Route to Ivydale”
Wow, I kind of screwed some things up in the first session, but we had a lot of fun anyway.
More Mouse Guard
I’ve already talked about my current enjoyment of the Mouse Guard RPG, or at least the game-in-concept, as I hadn’t
Primetime Adventures: Ironwall, Pilot Episode, “The Hill”
((Our pitch session is here. The cast includes: Cam, mechanic and tinkerer-savant Joseph, one of the pillars of the settlement,
Primetime Adventures Pitch Session: Apocalypse Fairies!
So last night we got got together to work through the Pitch Session for a new Primetime Adventures game. ((For
We got our butts kicked by Shadows over Camelot, and it was excellent.
As I’ve said before, I’ve wanted to play Shadows Over Camelot for quite a long time. Two and a half
Why I wouldn’t use IAWA to run Amber (at least not with Amber players)
Wednesday night rolled around, and we were set to play In a Wicked Age. This was going to be my
A review of my recent gaming, via pictures.
Interpret as you see fit. MMO: Lord of the Rings Online That would be Geiri, Tiranor, and our new friend,