The team members each have a sort-of date… to meet their boyfriends’ parents. Oh, and it seem like Vanquish is
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Masks, Phoenix Academy, Session 11 – Whoop Whoop, Whoopity Whoop
The team gets ready for homecoming, deals with adults being adults, faces off against Ember’s mom and, FINALLY, make it
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Masks, Phoenix Academy, Session 10 – Midterms Meltdown
The team deals with midterm drama. http://randomaverage.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2019-05-28-Masks-PA-Session-10.mp3Podcast (randompodcast): Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS
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Masks, Phoenix Academy, Session 9 – Stop Trying to Cauterize My Wounds!
The team faces off against Alias and his crew, INSIDE their base. Also, Palancine pretends to be Ember. It’s goes
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Psi*Run – Oneshot Actual play
Palacine’s Jamie is out of town, so we can’t play Masks. Instead Kaylee, Ember-Jamie, and I blast through a one-shot
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A Potentially Gaming Heavy Weekend
Tonight, the first proper session of Apocalypse World: Ironwall with Kate and Kim and Amanda. Sunday, Masks: Phoenix Academy with
Masks – Phoenix Academy – Session 6 – Date Night in Cloud Cuckoo Land
The team faces off against Oversight’s disapproval, then (finally) gets their date night with the bois. http://randomaverage.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2019-02-18-MasksPA-Session06-Date-Night-in-Cloud-Cuckoo-Land.mp3Podcast (randompodcast): Play in
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Looking Back at a Remarkably RPG-heavy Week
I’ve been lucky enough to have a regular gaming group for Some Time Now (thanks, #Roll20 !) – I don’t
Actual Play: Masks Phoenix Academy, Session 5 – Snaking My Way Downtown
The team is in Belize. Ember melts Belize. Palacine snakes one of her palace guards out of a crater. Silhouette
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Apocalypse World, Ironwall – Session 00
Kim, Kate, Amanda, and I get together to build an Apocalypse We’re using the new Burned Over playbooks that Vincent’s
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Masks Phoenix Academy, Actual Play – Session 4 – Skip Day
Everyone deals with some aftermath from Alias’s attack on the P.E. class. Some handle it better than others. Ember talks
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Masks Phoenix Academy, Session 3 – Why I Hate Gym Class (or: The Secret of Jack-toast)
The team deals with the most horrible of school challenges – a Tuesday morning after a bad Monday. Ember’s mom
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Masks Phoenix Academy, Session 2 – The Non-Frolick
The team deals with teacher-pressure, social pressure, and a team-building exercise that goes sideways. Everyone – especially Sil – had
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Masks EG – Session 00 AP Recording
In which our players create their heroes. PLEASE NOTE: This is NOT a great recording – we were in a
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Masks EG, Session 00
Pretty much since the beginning of this school year, Kaylee has been assembling a short list classmate/friends who have some
Fire Goose
Created at the behest of Mark Hunt, for a silly little project on MeWe. Fire Goose Small beast, probably evil
Podcast AP: Freebooters on the Frontier 1 on 1 – Character generation
Kaylee and I decided to do something fun with Freebooters on the Frontier. There will be more of this. Intro
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Masks Menagerie Tropes
A couple weeks ago, I joked that I should try to identify the main tropes that show up in our
Masks “Menagerie” Campaign – Session 6 to 10
It’s been awhile since I’ve written about our ongoing Masks game (superhero antics in the vein of Young Justice, Teen
Dungeon World Character Creation Thread
We’re starting up a mini-campaign of Dungeon World, with most of the conversation taking place in a single private Google+
Pondering FAE Tweaks for Star Wars: Rebel Ops
A few days ago, I publicly mulled over how the game is going. That post attracted quite a bit of
Mouse Guard Risus with Sean and Kaylee (and Zoe!)
Last night, I swapped out normal bedtime activities for a little RPG fun with Sean and Kaylee, as I have
Mouse Guard Risus with Sean and Kaylee
Last night, I swapped out normal bedtime activities for a little RPG fun with Sean and Kaylee. I’ve done this
First proper session of the Pandemic Legacy campaign
Got together on Thursday night with Kim, Tim, and Kate after a long hiatus following our ‘prep session.’ We managed
Still totally not running a Star Wars game
… just killing some time, making up a character with my daughter. Nothing to see here. Move along. Move along…
The Clone Wars as they were Fought in my Head
This post jarred this loose and onto the page. Back in college, I played a minor character in a long-running
Converting Starship Stats from WEG to Fate
Contrary to the evidence from this and previous posts, I am definitely not running thinking about running a Fate-based Star
Summer Break RPGs with Kaylee, #5: Tearful Farewells
After Kaylee voiced her concerns with the way things were going during the last session, we started off this session
Summer Break RPGs with Kaylee, #4: Lines and Veils
The title for this post doesn’t have anything to do with the story of what happened in the game. It
Summer Break RPGs with Kaylee, #3: Getting Things Started
I promise I’m (almost) done mulling over game systems and talking about what might or might not work. Instead, lets