Showing posts with label Campaign Design. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Campaign Design. Show all posts
Sunday, November 30, 2014

Bethorm has arrived!

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Yesterday I got to open a package I have been waiting for. Once again there's a Tekumel game in print! Jeff Dee's Bethorm has arriv...
Monday, November 3, 2014

Some impressions of Mutant: Year Zero

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I guess you have heard that Modiphius is going to publish the Swedish post-apocalyptic game Mutant ? If you have not, go forth and click tha...
Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Campaign design in Tianxia

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By now you have probably picked up on what's my favourite Fate setting, the wuxia game Tianxia from Vigilance Press. I have ran a few s...
Tuesday, March 4, 2014

The Vampire sandbox

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I listened to a podcast that discussed the first scenario for Vampire, in the back of the 2nd ed rulebook. I remember when Vampire was the h...
Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Gamer ADD strikes again

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I had just decided that I needed to capitalize on the enthusiasm I had left from JackerCon and run an online Hangout game of my own. I foun...
Wednesday, July 10, 2013

My problem with Fiasco

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I have read so many times, and heard on so many podcasts, that Fiasco is a great game. Having listened to some actual play, and detailed rul...
Sunday, January 20, 2013

Looking for inspirations? Look no further

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This morning I read the post about the Banner of the Seas on the Ancient Vaults & Eldritch Secrets blog. I just needed to share my ent...
Thursday, December 27, 2012

How to make time mean something in your campaign

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What does it mean you have to hole up for two weeks to wait for natural healing, or wait two weeks for that magic item you ordered to be m...
Saturday, December 1, 2012

Upper Echelon gaming - Rebellion Era Traveller & Endgame D&D

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Thinking back a bit upon my notes and impressions of Out of the Darkness , I realize that the issue I have with time lines for game settings...
Monday, June 18, 2012

Where to start a campaign in the Forgotten Realms?

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It has been fairly quiet around here a while now. I have been playing some D&D 3rd ed. but it is summertime and the regular slow down wh...
Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Why some games are hard

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I just read the following by Justin Alexander about why the Transhuman Space game is known to be hard to get into. To make things worse, T...
Sunday, December 4, 2011

Where to go for you next game setting? The bible!

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Even if you care nothing for the religious dimensions of the christian bible, read this marvellous post by FrDave! That is a truly inspired...
Monday, November 28, 2011

An interesting way to start a sandbox

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I have been listening to podcasts again. Yeah, I do that a lot. Me and my spouse cover different ones. She listens to 'casts about book ...
Friday, August 26, 2011

Battletech: Random Encounter!

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It was time to play another BattleTech scenario today. Last day at work was hell, so I needed something to take my mind of it all. We decide...
Saturday, August 20, 2011

Battletech, fantasy and the technological arms race

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One thing I find interesting with Battletech, is that there are different levels of technology in the setting, and they all fight over techn...
Saturday, August 13, 2011

Battletech: The Dragon holds the line! (and a few thoughts avbout Traveller)

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A few days ago we assembled to commanders at my place and fought a Battletech scenario. BT is old school to me, whatever rules you use. My b...
Sunday, June 5, 2011

Never split the group! Maybe you should...

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I have had the fortune to be invited to a Unknown Armies game. The gamemaster is one of my dear readers, and he have done some quite cool t...
Monday, May 9, 2011

My thoughts on sandboxing

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A few days ago I read some reviews of old Swedish modules, the shared heritage kind of thing, if you like. I noticed that one module was des...
Monday, January 10, 2011

Once again into the breach - starting a new campaign

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So now my Wednesday group have ended due to scheduling difficulties and I'm looking to recruit some new people for a game. First questio...
Sunday, December 19, 2010

Reading Dragons at Dawn Part V

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In this installment we will look at magic and some general ideas on campaign building in Dragons at Dawn. Magic The first thing you notic...