Thursday, March 20, 2014

How to run a con game, some notes for myself

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Last Saturday I ran a online Stormbringer game for an online game con. It was in the middle of the nineties the last time I did something li...
Tuesday, March 11, 2014

The strangeness of Fate

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I'm now a few sessions into a Fate game. It's a fantasy game, with magic and elves and all that jazz. Even though those parts makes ...
Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Wilderness and pursuits

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I've found that while a chase is often quite intense in a movie, they are seldom as much fun in a game. But, while that's interestin...
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...
Monday, March 3, 2014

Some extra rules for BRP - autofire and initiative

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I've been very much in love with BRP lately. It's a game system I've played since I began this hobby, and it still feels like it...
Friday, January 17, 2014

Empty rooms and slow moving dungeons

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You how the players in your game always wakes up when you without hesitation give a name to a NPC, or suddenly mentions the look of a door i...
Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Delving Deeper - long/short weapons

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As a companion to my post about weapon speed/reach. These are the arms listed in the Delving Deeper boxed set, with an entry for which weap...
Monday, January 13, 2014

Long weapons with reach for older editions

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I just revisited my old favourite Stormbringer, and found that in that game there's a neat mechanic for how to handle reach and speed of...
Sunday, December 22, 2013

Using the right tool for the job

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Yesterday I was browsing my collection of game books. Some of them I don't read that often, and almost forgets about. I have a few... ...
Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Some thoughts on veils and lines

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Today I was listening to an episode of the podcast Saving the Game, and they were discussing the terms lines and veils . These come from th...