So this is kind of a sad one. I had to move for a job and decided to retire Dima. I didn't want to feel like I had to Skype every fortnight to join the game or for the DM to have to work out a way to shoehorn me in every time I could make … Continue reading Retiring Dima the Crow early
Factions in the Endless Sea
The problem with the Factions in play in the Endless Sea is that, unlike the Factions in Cambria, they're much more local. The rulers of Lyonesse or Iram of the Pillars or Baochuan or Ravenser Odd - whoever they might be - are going to be factions. The various thieves or political advisors or merchants … Continue reading Factions in the Endless Sea
Department 7
So, I've played a lot of games with Department 7 as a central focus. When d20 Modern was new, I ran a few different X-Files style games, with the players working for a mysterious Department 7. Sometimes they were a subsidiary of the FBI (I think they were some kind of "Frontline Division Department 7" … Continue reading Department 7
The Goblin Market
I've used the Gobin Market as a location in a lot of my games since seeing a version of it in Hellboy 2. I think it's a great location that works really well in most fantasy settings, and it's one of my favourite things to suggest as a part of a Dresden Files game. The … Continue reading The Goblin Market
Factions in Cambria
So far, I've come up with a few factions in play in the world of Cambria, at least the ones that operate over a larger area than a couple of settlements. The Reclaimers The Reclaimers seek to uncover the artefacts of fallen civilisation all around them, in order to determine those that are safe or … Continue reading Factions in Cambria
Ginnungagap – Expanded first adventure opening
So I've been writing about this thing for a long time, but my opener has for years just looked like this: "The many atmosphere processing plants have mysteriously shut down, and without them, the air of Midgard is quickly becoming colder. In the past, the gods or their representatives would have arrived to repair the … Continue reading Ginnungagap – Expanded first adventure opening
Free RPG day 2018
Well, another year, and another opportunity missed. I really need to start getting ahead and planning these things. I missed International Tabletop day too. I have a habit of missing these things. I think I've only ever played a game on exactly one of those days. I might have once managed to play a board game … Continue reading Free RPG day 2018
Samsara part 2
Or does this count as part 3? Ok, here's the initial idea. Samsara is the city at the centre of the world, where people travel to so they can have one last conversation with their departed relatives before those relatives pass on to the next life, or where the dead awake to find they don't … Continue reading Samsara part 2
Sense8 RPG – Everyone is John
So, what with the Sense8 finale being a thing now, I thought it was about time I sat down and actually started watching the series. And then, of course, I watched a series and thought "hey, this could make an interesting RPG." And then, I remembered the game Everyone is John. In Everyone is John, … Continue reading Sense8 RPG – Everyone is John
Alternate Oriental Adventures
In the Oriental Adventures campaign supplement for D&D 3rd edition, there was a tiny few of paragraphs about transporting the rules presented to a South Asian inspired setting, rather than the usual East Asian that tends to be presented more often in similar supplements (and which forms much of the basis of the main book … Continue reading Alternate Oriental Adventures
Dima the Crow at level 4
So following a siege from a zombie army and a necromancer, and the deaths of half the town NPCs, I think I'm not happy with the build I'm using for Dima. Being able to understand languages and talk to animals is fine for the character, but the game has a lot more combat to come, … Continue reading Dima the Crow at level 4
Mages everywhere – The Goon Squad
Ok, so I've been running a few ideas around my head since the last post and I think I've come up with something now. This is an idea I have for an adventure, just a very basic seed at the moment. Players take on the role of a character in a group of enforcers, but … Continue reading Mages everywhere – The Goon Squad
Polyalbion
Recently I feel like I've been dumping a lot of my ideas out of my head and onto storage, which is useful for me but maybe a bit like cluttering up the place for other people? Regardless, here's another idea I've been dreaming up for a few years, on and off, but only have a … Continue reading Polyalbion
A return to Vampire: the Masquerade
Well, it had to happen eventually - I'm playing a game of Vampire again. For the first time, I'm playing a Nosferatu, and for the maybe the second time, I've woken up the day after the Embrace with a weird hunger that burgers and fries reeeeallly didn't help to cure. I had a few teething … Continue reading A return to Vampire: the Masquerade
Mages everywhere
So, a good few years ago, I wrote something about a magic college I had in mind, and that never saw a moment of play. Stealing Borrowing heavily from Rothfuss, who I was obviously reading at the time, and Rowling and Dresden Files, it was an idea for a school of private learning for some … Continue reading Mages everywhere
Ostromarka – yet more D&D
I started thinking of yet another D&D setting - this one is for my horror ideas, nominally. The idea was for Ostromarka to be the most distant, easterly outpost of the kingdom of Theudengard. Everything to the east, beyond Ostromark, is a blighted wasteland filled with demons and marauding orcs and probably a good few … Continue reading Ostromarka – yet more D&D
Samsara
I've been thinking more about my Immortal Emperor idea, and as I mentioned before, Cambria originally had elements of the Ghostwalk setting planned (but I realise now that I completely misunderstood at the time how that place worked). So now, I think I have an idea of how to pull them all together, and I'm … Continue reading Samsara
Social Contracts
I recently got to play Vampire: the Masquerade for the first time since 2011/12 and, at the end of the first session, I wasn't sure whether I wanted to continue playing or not. It was a fun game, and I enjoyed playing a Nosferatu for the first time, but I spent time over a few … Continue reading Social Contracts
Immortal Emperor
Back when I started in college, I played in a 3rd ed D&D game set in a pseudo-Rome with an immortal emperor. We'd been sent off to the far north/fake Rheinland to help defend against Cthulhuesque monsters, and then we'd headed across a southern ocean towards a version of Alexandria. We were about to explore … Continue reading Immortal Emperor
Worlds still to visit
Today, I thought I'd post a little sequel to one from a while ago, this time looking forward to places to go instead of back to places I've been. Underdark – I've never played an Underdark game, though know the setting from Neverwinter Nights. I remember flicking my way through Out of the Abyss when … Continue reading Worlds still to visit
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