Showing posts with label Savage Worlds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Savage Worlds. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 22, 2014

How to have a moving combat

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A while ago we had a game session in our irregular D&D game, and it made me realize that as mechanics went, it was a very clunky game se...
Saturday, March 29, 2014

Comparing two game sessions and the prep - Savage Worlds & Stormbringer

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I've been thinking and writing a bit about my recent online game. One thing I was not really satisfied with that game was the flow and ...
Thursday, March 27, 2014

Flavour of the week - converting between gamesystems

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In between the Fate game I play in, and my resurging love of BRP, I think about these trends in converting games to your favourite system. ...
Tuesday, October 22, 2013

More freeform magic - Savage Worlds

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Just as I wondered about alternative system for the freeform kind of magic of Mage, I suddenly find multiple alternatives! This is just as m...
Thursday, September 26, 2013

How to write adventures - stringing scenes together

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I've posted before on my thoughts about scenes as the currency of gaming. This post is about how to use them to best effect. I'm not...
Thursday, August 22, 2013

How to write adventures - I keep talking about scene based design

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I'm continuing my thinking on adventure design, and have now come to how I've planned out my Savage Worlds scenarios. Since I've...
Saturday, July 20, 2013

More experiences with Savage Worlds

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Last night we finished up our latest mission in the Agents of Oblivion series of adventures we're playing. The team was this time lackin...
Monday, July 1, 2013

Savage Worlds - issues with character generation

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I was just starting to listen to a podcast , and they were playing Savage Worlds. Ever since I first read the original 40k miniatures rules,...
Sunday, April 15, 2012

T&T hacks - Savage Worlds

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There was a time when you couldn't read the forums at  Big Purple (AKA rpg.net) without it every day serving you another thread where p...
Sunday, March 4, 2012

A generic extended conflict system for LL, S&W etc.

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I was reading the Savage Worlds fanzine Shark Bytes , and in there was an article on more uses of the mass combat system. Since I have a so...
Monday, February 27, 2012

A small Rolemaster hack

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I am running a Call of Cthulhu campaign, just generated a character for a 3rd ed D&D game, have a play by post S&W character kind of...
Sunday, February 12, 2012

Game giveaway

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Now I have rearranged stuff on my selves, and some of the stuff I have put aside to one day put up on eBay have showed up. I'm sick of t...
Wednesday, January 4, 2012

The idea of Interludes

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I have been very much into the idea if running Savage Worlds for a week or so. It's a game that manages to look kind of plain when read...
Monday, January 2, 2012

RPG and card play - whimsy cards and suchlike

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Those of you who have read this blog from the beginning (What? Haven't you all? Go back and read up. I'll wait here) might remember ...
Wednesday, December 28, 2011

2011 is behind me, 2012 is coming...

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So, the year is nearly in the bag, and a new one looms ahead. Let's look back a moment. What did 2011 bring to the table? For me one o...
Sunday, March 21, 2010

Collecting games, or playing them?

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A few days ago I got a package in the mail. It was my second copy of DragonQuest . Yes, I have bought a second copy of a game I have not yet...
Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Thanks Pinnacle/Studio 2 Publishing!

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I bought Savage World: Explorer Edition a short while ago. Some of you might have noticed that the second printing was not holding up to nor...
Thursday, October 1, 2009

Some good advice on impromtu game mastering found

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After my somewhat rambling post about being empty headed when preping and my random thoughts about how to cope, I found this good piece of a...
Thursday, September 10, 2009

Warhammer 40K roleplaying - a few thoughts

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Since it was first released in 1987, Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader have tempted many gamers with the idea of a rpg in the far future, of o...