Posted by Runeslinger on January 27, 2013 · 6 Comments
I watched a video clip yesterday evening which asked “Why?” in connection to the disparity in numbers between those who will choose to respond to an ad looking for D&D or Pathfinder players as compared to the number who will respond to ads for other roleplaying games – mainstream or otherwise. The thoughts which followed … Read more
Filed under Aces & Eights, All for One: Regime Diabolique, Brass&Steel, Call of Cthulhu, Godlike, Hollow Earth Expedition, Leagues of Adventure, Running Games, Stormbringer, Technical Questions, Technoir, The Blog, Themes and Intentions · Tagged with Aces & Eights, dungeon crawl classics, Dungeons & Dragons, gaming, genre conventions, Role-playing game, roleplaying games, RPG, running games, World of Darkness, Wraith the Oblivion
Posted by Runeslinger on October 6, 2012 · Leave a Comment
With October upon us, and dreams of Halloween One-Shots in the air, the Seeds for the next four Saturdays will focus on horror, but perhaps not in the usual places. This week’s seed is for Aces & Eights and pits the characters against terrors in the darkness. The Casting Shadows blog offers Saturday Seeds and … Read more
Posted by Runeslinger on July 30, 2012 · 6 Comments
The Black Campbell‘s post on which 10 game books he would like to be marooned with should he ever take a tour on the Minnow or start working for FedEx came across my screen this weekend and I have been thinking about it off and on since. I am honestly not sure I can list … Read more
Filed under Running Games, Technical Questions · Tagged with A Time of War, Aces & Eights, Battletech, Call of Cthulhu, game books, Leagues of Adventure, Role-playing game, roleplaying system, running games, Ubiquity
Posted by Runeslinger on July 20, 2012 · 4 Comments
Old Dog on the prowl As those with any familiarity with this blog will know I have been focused pretty heavily on running games with the Ubiquity roleplaying system for almost two years now. One interesting side effect of that which I noticed this week was that other systems are starting to look awfully slow … Read more
Filed under Battletech, Running Games, The Blog, Ubiquity · Tagged with A Time of War, Aces & Eights, All for One, Call of Cthulhu, Desolation, Hollow Earth Expedition, Leagues of Adventure, Mechwarrior, roleplaying system, running games, Shadowrun, Trinity, Ubiquity, World of Darkness
Posted by Runeslinger on June 25, 2011 · Leave a Comment
A confluence of calamity This week’s seed is for Aces&Eights. It can be used with any group of characters, connected or not, but presumes that they are making a lengthy trip by rail, through desolate territory. The seed Characters from all walks of life find themselves stranded in the middle of nowhere on a train … Read more
