Imagine the world, a primal place of raw potential, where the magick is strong and true. The People live within the boundaries of a forest glade below an outcrop of rock, within which the tribal elders say the origin of our village is found. There are shallow caves that sit upon the outcropping, delving into … Continue reading Reconnecting Mykovnia
There’s an inherent tension in my tastes when it comes to adventure gaming. On the one hand, I am drawn to stories of high adventure and pulp action. My favourite novels are high-paced tales of action heroism and somewhat ridiculous feats of James Bond-like derring-do. On the other hand, I tend to gravitate towards low-powered … Continue reading The Call of Pulp Cinematics
It was the Poetic Map of Harn, itself printed on the back of HarnPlayer, that did it. HarnPlayer is the overview of the World of Harn that covers what any native of that place might well know - a useful tome for any potential player in a Harn campaign. But it was the map, alongside … Continue reading Webster’s Harn
This post is as much for my players as it is for anyone else. It is also the means by which I am working out how I plan to tackle the challenge of learning to run games of GURPS: the Generic Universal RolePlaying System (Fourth Edition) published by Steve Jackson Games. GURPS was first published … Continue reading Learning GURPS: Play Some Adventures
Just as with the previous posts in this series, I’ve continued to progress through trying the expanded character generation rules found with Traveller Books 4 to 7. Read from the beginning: Learning Traveller 1 Trey Dershyb Joins The MegaCorp Having worked my way through the first three additional books, I felt I needed to try … Continue reading Learning Traveller 6: Merchant Prince
I’ve just had a very pleasant morning rolling up a Scout character using Scouts: Traveller Book 6. Just as with the previous posts in this series, I’ve continued to progress through trying the expanded character generation rules found with Traveller Books 4 to 7. Read from the beginning: Learning Traveller 1 It was during this … Continue reading Learning Traveller 5: Scouts
This week I returned to the school club as the Dungeon Master and offered a fresh new game of Dungeons & Dragons using the D&D Essentials Kit. Frankly, I had a really good time - probably the best game of the Fifth Edition I have ever had - and introduced five players to Phandalin. The … Continue reading D&D With Teens
Go back to the beginning? Read: Learning Traveller 1 Having read through the Book 1 chapter on Combat, I feel ready to pitch two of my previously generated characters against each other. This will be a training simulation: we can imagine the two old hands meeting in some kind of urban combat practice range, complete … Continue reading Learning Traveller, Part 2: Combat Simulation
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