Posted by Runeslinger on May 2, 2012 · 12 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 … Read more
Category 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
Posted by Runeslinger on April 13, 2012 · Leave a Comment
A question was raised a while ago on the valuable question and answer site, RPG Stack Exchange, concerning ways to prevent or at least reduce the poor game play brought on by the implementation of the Basic Role Playing system, such as is found in Call of Cthulhu. The question was phrased in such a … Read more
Posted by Runeslinger on April 11, 2012 · 3 Comments
If we are all the sum of our predilections as filtered through our experiences then I suppose it stands to reason that the early modules and scenarios we ran as kids just starting out in the hobby have played a significant role in the GMs we are today. With that idea in mind, let’s explore … Read more
Posted by Runeslinger on March 18, 2012 · 3 Comments
As an advocate of discovering a tale during roleplay versus telling one, my exertion for games occurs more often in formulating realistic interactions with the activities of the players and NPCs according to the framework established for the game, coupled with expansion of that framework based on the events of each session. When choosing to tell a … Read more
Posted by Runeslinger on January 2, 2012 · 4 Comments
This month’s RPG Blog Carnival, hosted by Keith J. Davies, covers the topic ‘Fantastic Locations’ and as I tend to run games set in one way or another in a version of the real world – my current games notwithstanding – I was left wondering if I would be able to participate. After a little thought, … Read more