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
Saturday Seed ~ 146 (Shadowrun)
Posted by Runeslinger on March 9, 2013 · Leave a Comment
This week’s seed is for Shadowrun by Catalyst Game Labs. This is another big year for this venerable and intriguing property, but with the online, video and other forms of gaming gearing up for staggered release, I hope that the focus on the RPG is not lost. With a 5th Edition due, we will find … Read more
Category Saturday Seeds, Shadowrun · Tagged with Role-playing game, roleplaying, RPG, Shadowrun
Saturday Seed ~ 135 (Shadowrun)
Posted by Runeslinger on December 22, 2012 · Leave a Comment
This week’s Saturday Seed is for Shadowrun. It is a seed about a dead man, with deadly property. The Seed This seed deals with a classic case of a simple job which turns out to be something else, coupled with more than the normal amount of fear, loathing, and uncertainty and wrapped in an unhealthy … Read more
Category Infectious Plots, Saturday Seeds, Shadowrun · Tagged with Mummy, Plot Ideas, Shadowrun, Story Hooks
Saturday Seed ~ 129 (Shadowrun)
Posted by Runeslinger on November 10, 2012 · 2 Comments
This week’s Saturday Seed is for Shadowrun and could either be the basis of a short series, or a perhaps an ongoing social element through a campaign. The Seed This small seed touches on issues of fandom and the urge to belong, and focuses more on legal savvy and deductive ability than Panther Assault Cannons… … Read more
Category Infectious Plots, Saturday Seeds, Shadowrun · Tagged with Plot Ideas, Role-playing game, Shadowrun, Story Hooks
May of the Dead: Building Undead Cults from Nothing
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 Adventure!, All for One: Regime Diabolique, Beyond the Supernatural, Brass&Steel, Call of Cthulhu, Casting the Shadows, Deadlands, Hollow Earth Expedition, Leagues of Adventure, Palladium Fantasy, Running Games, Shadowrun, The Blog, Ubiquity · Tagged with Call of Cthulhu, Lich, May of the Dead, Mummy, roleplaying, setting development, Ubiquity, Vampire, Zombie




