I am OSR because I resist the idea that good/evil doesn’t matter. My monsters remain monsters, not half-monsters that can be ‘good’ (i.e. a monster in the FF or MM cannot be a PC). My players and/or party must remain Tolkien-esque. Orcs are bad. Elves are good. My heroes are heroic, not flawed. The party […]
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LFG Looking For Game
Game stores are hard to find these days. That’s where I frequently found a game I can join. tag: #FLGS #LFG I set up a DM account online and I invite nearby (Central-US +/-) players: https://app.roll20.net/campaigns/details/16957896/into-the-void 1 – ADnD – Salem-town – play witch finders searching for clues in a dreary town in the ‘West […]
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A1 Rus wakes
Memento is to bear in mind, usually serving as a warning: “remember!” Mori is the present tense ‘to die’. Thus, the phrase literally translates as “you must remember death”. Mors venit velociter quae neminem veretur. LOCKED-IN 2017.11.1 The air was wrong – lighter with aromas of fire, food, stale sweat and metal instead of home. […]
Moving the Game Table
We are physically moving at the end of month. The d’Arsenal game table has been packed. As per usual, my table will re-open in the new location in the garage. Games at the ‘Arsenal’ will continue Thursday Nights: SCRaTs, Call of Cthulhu, Down Darker Trails. Leave a message for online access.
Friendly Local Game Stores
Our FLGS had a deep dark secret (negative cashflow). They would order anything for you at the regular price, if you knew to ask, but the ‘display books’ were marked-up 80%. This was to ‘keep them in stock’, but he seems not to have a very good background in Maths. He went into the Yugi […]
Internet Gaming
Personally, I just haven’t had a good experience playing online at all. That’s on me, I’m playing a boardgame with maps, while most of the others are ‘acting’ roles and have forgotten to move on the board altogether. As a DM, I try to offer both stage-like moments to accept the game-hook, transitional moments for […]
Looking For Title
[SPOILER] Cleaning up and looking for a title: “A Time For Ice” “Icy Errand”“Ship” “Pyramid cap” “Mummy” “Spacegirl” “Fungi” “Race” “Glacier”? -I am working on a scenario design that I thought of [’20 during convalescence]: mystery based on a glacier, The team must a) stop a madman; b) secure the macguffin; c) collect items from […]
There are many ways
There have been many ways to play ‘the game’. Not just different settings and systems. Some flat-out sucked [5e,PF,VtM]. Some were beautiful, but unplayable as long-term. The longest was Traveller Classic Black Empire Strikes Back – 2yr I’m not saying all have been bad. Online has differed greatly from the FLGS. And IRL suffered during […]