Posted by Runeslinger on December 24, 2012 · 2 Comments
The Black Campbell got me thinking about the Seven Games thread that has been running on G+ for a while. This was a topic I had been studiously ignoring as it doesn’t seem to easily break down into 7 discrete games for me. I tend to run more than one game at a time, and … Read more
Category A Time of War, Aberrant, Aces & Eights, Adventure!, All for One: Regime Diabolique, Call of Cthulhu, Desolation, Hollow Earth Expedition, Palladium Fantasy, Running Games, Technoir, Trinity (Aeon), WoD ad nauseum · Tagged with Aces&Eights, Basic Role-Playing, Call of Cthulhu, Role-playing game, Ubiquity, World of Darkness
Posted by Runeslinger on May 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Another explanation… This post is the second of two entries the Casting Shadows blog is contributing to the May of the Dead blog carnival. This entry pulls back the curtains of misdirection and manipulation which allow the formation of undead cults through mundane not mystical means. The previous entry from this blog can be read here, and … Read more
Category The Blog, Casting the Shadows, Call of Cthulhu, Palladium Fantasy, Adventure!, Shadowrun, Running Games, Beyond the Supernatural, All for One: Regime Diabolique, Ubiquity, Hollow Earth Expedition, Deadlands, Brass&Steel, Leagues of Adventure · Tagged with Call of Cthulhu, setting development, roleplaying, Ubiquity, May of the Dead, Zombie, Mummy, Lich, Vampire
Posted by Runeslinger on December 19, 2011 · Leave a Comment
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
Category Aberrant, Adventure!, Characters and Support Cast, Running Games, The Blog, Trinity (Aeon) · Tagged with character background, Character creation, Role-playing game, RPG Blog Carnival, running games, themes, Thoughts
Posted by Runeslinger on April 5, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Last week I took a step away from my pulp projects to catch up on book-keeping in my other games. This week, I have a clearer sense of what I want to do with my part of our shared HEX campaign, and how I want to accomplish it. As a player in Pulp Action games … Read more
Category Adventure!, Casting the Shadows, Daring Tales, Hollow Earth Expedition, Preparation and Preparedness, Running Games, Spirit of the Century, The Blog, Ubiquity · Tagged with Adventure!, Daring Tales, Hollow Earth Expedition, Pulp, running games, The Blog, Thoughts
Posted by Runeslinger on March 26, 2011 · 1 Comment
In discussions about pulp adventure this week, a recurring theme appropriately appeared, and it is in its honor that this week’s seed is being planted. Suitable for any pulp game, but written with HEX in mind, this seed is a non-combat action sequence starting from an innocuous event and potentially ending up in the morgue. … Read more
Category Adventure!, Daring Tales, Hollow Earth Expedition, Saturday Seeds, Spirit of the Century, Ubiquity · Tagged with Adventure!, Daring Tales, Hollow Earth Expedition, Plot Ideas, Pulp, Spirit of the Century, Story Hooks, Ubiquity
