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
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
I've been having an enormous amount of fun rolling up characters using the Classic Traveller rules. It's an easy, quick, very entertaining mini-game. I totally get why we loved this game back in the 80's. Unlike most other RPGs, Traveller does not simply dump inexperienced 18-year-olds into the world and let them fend for themselves. … Continue reading Learning Traveller, Part 1: Making Characters
Yesterday, I outlined my project to learn how to play Traveller. This post is an update after the first 24 hours of reading and thinking. As with most projects, I find there is an initial flurry of activity before I settle into the slower pace of doing the things I aim to do. First, I … Continue reading Leaning Into Classic Traveller
This morning I allowed a project that has been bubbling around in my mind for ages to pour out into a rough draft for action. Patrons at the Swordbearer tier will become pretty familiar with images of my Project Daybook, but here's the picture from today: Haven't You Been Playing Since The 80's, Webster? Yes, … Continue reading Learning How To Play Traveller
This week, given that I had an enormous amount of time to sit in bed and read, I was grateful to receive a book recommendation from one of my awesome Patrons, John Schuhr. The book he suggested was "Refuse To Choose" by Barbara Sher. I have to admit that I approached this with some cynicism … Continue reading Learning To Embrace Scanning
Today I have begun a bold experiment in my hobby gaming. In short, I have decided to run at least four sessions of Old-School Essentials for the Friday Night Gamers. What and Why? Old-School Essentials is, to quote from the Core Rules book: "Old-School Essentials is a role-playing game of fantastic adventure, peril, monsters, and … Continue reading Old-School Essentials: First Impressions
