December 2011 RPG Blog Carnival Round Up
The December RPG Blog Carnival for 2011 was on the theme Heroes – Living and Dead, and drew a solid range of posts from the technical through the speculative and on into the introspective. Each in their own way is well worth a read, and I suspect that as different heroes speak to different people among … Read more
In the footsteps of giants~ (RPG Blog Carnival – 12-2011)
This will be my final entry for the December 2011 RPG Blog Carnival. This post fills out the trio of posts I wished to contribute on the theme during this carnival: namely the potential hero in each character, the GM’s role in calling heroes to action, and the value of incorporating heroes both living and … Read more
Calls to Harms… (RPG Blog Carnival – 12-2011)
As we start the second full week of December’s RPG Blog Carnival, discussions about the entries from last week, particularly ‘Honeymoon Adventure’ have led me in this direction: The care and feeding of heroes without fudging or molly-coddling If a hero is someone who is willing to answer a call to action, and is perhaps … Read more
We could be heroes… (Blog Carnival 12-2011)
I have been gaming for a long time, but I haven’t played many heroes. I have had my share of great and memorable characters, but few I would call heroic. Even as a GM with a strong tendency toward using settings which encourage hard choices and calls toward a higher purpose, I have rarely had … Read more
December RPG Blog Carnival – Heroes Living & Dead
In many if not most RPGs, the characters are called upon in one way or another to be heroes. They may not all be heroes we can look up to, or even recognize at first glance as being heroes, but – in the heat of the moment if nothing else – heroes they are. From … Read more
