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The Hard Realities of the Mechwarrior Campaign
I'm approaching a confluence of variable factors when it comes to our ongoing RPG time and I'm going to have to make some decisions.First, Con Season approaches. Four of my eight regular players are...
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40K Friday - Ork Horde Gathering
Not much playing around here lately but plenty of building. Even before the release of the Ork codex for 10th I was feeling like I needed to spruce up my horde. For one, I felt like it was finally...
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Figuring Out the Next Game - Fantasy Options
So I have two problems to solve: What do I run for my reduced group of four in July while the Con Crew is busy?What do I run for the full group as the new Main Game after July?Is the bigger game a...
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Figuring Out the Next game - the Not-Fantasy Options
Despite it's length yesterday's post did not cover all of the possible games I might run. Indecision is a harsh mistress. The other leading contenders:TORG Eternity - I finally picked this one up and...
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40K Friday - A Complete Lack of Focus
Besides the Orks that I mentioned last time a few other armies have crept on the painting table. Fortunately I have two! One of them is covered with Orks (still) while the other is a bit of a grab bag...
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40K Friday: Balance Dataslate and Thinking About Age of Sigmar
The new balance document is out as is the new points update. There are a ton of changes there - except for Tau for some reason. I'm playing a lot less 40K these days so I find myself caring less...
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Campaign Decisions - The Next Game is ...
So, after poring through multiple older school and newer school rulebooks - the ones I mentioned here, mostly - I ended up deciding to run this campaign using Tales of the Valiant. I think this is the...
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Valiant Swords of Greyhawk - Session Zero
Feels like it's official now.So we had a little get-together last weekend and talked through the new campaign and enough details that it effectively turned into a session zero for the game. Decisions...
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Valiant Swords of Greyhawk - Setting Details
Well the setting is obviously Greyhawk but it was not automatic. I considered running it in the Forgotten Realms - mainly because it's pretty familiar to my group (and to everyone else right?) - but...
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40K Friday - Not a lot of 40K - It's mainly about D&D Mini's this week
Not playing much 40K here right now so while I'm doing a little work here and there on the Tyranids, Orks, and Fists I am mostly sitting out the Pariah Nexus stuff for now. It may change but it's not...
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Tales of the Valiant - a Look at the Rules
I've talked about the setting for the new campaign but today let's talk about the rules. It's been a while since I've run a traditional fantasy RPG and with the 50th anniversary of D&D this year...
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Temple of Elemental Evil 5E Style - Experience Points
I thought it would be a worthwhile exercise to check how much XP is actually available under 5E style rules (technically ToV but they are the same). Some of this is to help me figure out where the...
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Temple of Elemental Evil - 5E Style - Experience Points & The Nodes
Ah, the Nodes ... the most controversial part of the physical dungeon! If you've looked into online discussions of running the adventure - in any edition - you will find a lot of people either...
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Valiant Swords of Greyhawk - Session 1
With characters made but a few weeks left before the full team could gather I talked to the available players and we decided to get together and play some prequel sessions. This came together fairly...
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Valiant Swords of Greyhawk - Session 2: Beneath the Tower of Zenopus
We begin in Saltmarsh at the Wicker Goat inn as our party prepares to return to the ruined tower. Our heroes (all at level 2 now):Paladin Steve: Sir Kentor - Human PaladinBoom-Gun Brandon: Lantor-...
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Players, Characters, Habits, and Choices
With a new campaign kicking off, particularly a D&D campaign and the associated character generation I got to thinking about my players and their characters and the mix we have had over the years....
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Scheduling for the New Campaign and a look back at my Agile-Style Gaming Posts
Schedule Magic!A few years ago I was working through some schedule angst and came up with an idea that managed to cover just about all of the bases I needed. I brought it up again a year later and...
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Kickstarter for D6 System Second Edition
Link is here if you're interested. I'm a fan of these mechanics and have been for a long time. It's been a while since I ran it but it's always on the list. Primarily this is because of Star Wars for...
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Valiant Swords of Greyhawk - Session 3: Hommlet Ho!
Originally I had planned to use one of several possible intro adventures covering the journey to Hommlet but as the session approached I decided to chuck that and just jump right into it - enough with...
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Valiant Swords of Greyhawk - Session 4: The Moathouse
Back in the village the party hands their borrowed gear back and hands the prisoner over to Rufus for questioning and detainment. Then it's off to weapons trading and evaluation and some intra-party...
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