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
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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
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
Back to the Endless Sea
This might be the last of my Endless Sea posts for now. I've more or less established all the facts I need to run a game, except for an adventure. I'd actually be happy to borrow a bit from FATE for that, and maybe have the players put their home port using the location building … Continue reading Back to the Endless Sea
More from Cambria
After thinking a bit more about the setting and checking for some of my old files, I realised most of my old notes were destroyed when an external hard drive failed, so now I have to start putting things back together and try and work out what went where and such. But since it's well … Continue reading More from Cambria
Dima the Crow at level 3
So another session and another level, not so much combat this session, but I picked up a magical violin that looks pretty, which fits the "no, I'm a bard, honest" theme I had going. So I can ditch the wooden flute I had now. I still have that annoyingly cursed dagger though. Where to next? … Continue reading Dima the Crow at level 3
More Endless Sea
I've been thinking more about my high seas D&D idea and I've done a bit more reading. Here are some more ideas I have so far - I was looking into the mythical island of Hybrasil, which was supposed to be off the west coast of Ireland. I ran into the idea of the 'Elder … Continue reading More Endless Sea
Dust – a seed of an idea
Well, for post 201 of this lovely blog, I'm at much of a loss for what to talk about. Last night, I started brainstorming a new setting that seems it's probably just a game of Numenera in a desert-y place. I'm calling it Dust at the moment. I've not had a chance to play Numenera … Continue reading Dust – a seed of an idea
Ginnungagap – Guns and Armour
Ok, so I've been thinking about this stuff for years, I must have come up with some ideas for it by now right? ... Hmmm. Basic sidearms A typical sidearm, no fanciness. Many classes and backgrounds will open this proficiency to characters. Basic longarms Typical longarms/rifles, again, no fanciness. A few characters will start … Continue reading Ginnungagap – Guns and Armour
Another new D&D setting – Cambria
So I was browsing through Pinterest the other day and a few things caught my eye, and then I was brought back to thinking about an old setting I had come up with during 3rd Edition. Originally a post-apocalyptic steampunk setting with jungles and tall ruined stone towers and airships, I think I managed to … Continue reading Another new D&D setting – Cambria
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