Kicking my own tires as a Kickstarter backer
Posted by Runeslinger on May 11, 2013 · 2 Comments
I reviewed my ‘backed projects’ list on Kickstarter this month in reaction to a late project I have backed and the accommodating comments posted in response to a late and frankly insulting update from the project manager. After posting a polite, fact-filled response to this nonsense, I began to wonder about the whole idea of backing … Read more
Category Call of Cthulhu, Godlike, Hollow Earth Expedition, Magicians, Morrow Project, Reports, Reviews, Shadowrun, Technoir, The Blog · Tagged with Games, Kickstarter, roleplaying games
The Missing Spherical Dice~
Posted by Runeslinger on May 8, 2013 · 2 Comments
The Kickstarter project by Impact! Miniatures went smoothly from the backers’ perspective, and was characterized by clear and frequent communication about each stage of the development process from the beginning. Yesterday, my backer rewards arrived a little earlier than I expected. It wasn’t an easy road for the developers to travel, but they have persevered … Read more
Category Reports, Reviews, Technical Questions, The Blog · Tagged with d18, Dice, dungeon crawl classics, Impact!, Kickstarter, roleplaying games
Shadowscast Volume 2 Episode 1
Posted by Runeslinger on April 13, 2013 · Leave a Comment
This new volume and episode of Shadowscast, the first of Volume 2, presents more short segments on Korea ranging from the floral to the culinary, and ultimately the political (seas of fire and all that) , a quick look at Magicians – the language learning RPG, an update on Android apps for the gamer who … Read more
Category BRP, Magicians, Menace from Beyond, Playing in Games, Reports, Reviews, Runequest, Running Games, Shadowscast, Technical Questions, The Blog, Ubiquity · Tagged with gaming, Korea, Role-playing game, roleplaying, RPG, setting development, Shadowscast, South Korea
More Gaming with Google+
Posted by Runeslinger on October 22, 2012 · 6 Comments
As readers of this blog already know, I like Play by e-Mail games and have found them much easier to run since the advent of Gmail. A few weeks ago, I transformed a game slated to be run as a PBeM into a game run via Google+ and my initial feeling is that I will … Read more
Category A Time of War, Battletech, Battletech / Mechwarrior, Mechwarrior Live Game Reports, Preparation and Preparedness, Reports, Reviews, Running Games · Tagged with A Time of War, Battletech, Google+, live report, Mechwarrior, Play-by-mail game, playing in games, Role-playing game, running games
Leviathans over Korea
Posted by Runeslinger on August 20, 2012 · 3 Comments
I honestly expected that my core box set for Leviathans would not arrive until we were well into September. What with cons, and all the other things going on, it didn’t really occur to me that I would get my set before GenCon. Technically *I* got it afterward, but it was actually delivered to my … Read more
Category Leviathans, Reviews, Shadowscast, The Blog · Tagged with casting shadows, Leviathans, Shadowscast, Unboxing






