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Would I GM for money?

There's a bloke on StoryGames who's advertising his new business: Will GM for money. The price is $50.00 per month of weekly play, as of the 23rd of Febuary, the…
Posted inCommentary Game Design

My Superhero Game.

I'm not happy with the current crop of superhero games. My favourite is Advanced Marvel Superheroes from TSR which is nearly 20 years old. It's certainly the most flexible and…
Posted inCommentary TTN

Tonight at TTN

Tonight at TTN we made characters for my upcoming WatchTower superhero game. True to form we generated them using the random generation rules for the Marvel FASERIP system and we'll…
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Weekly Gaming

The game at TTN was delayed again essentially because in the middle of the afternoon my car died. I did eventually get a courtesy car but the day was so…
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Cherry Hinton

I have a friend who looks just like Cherry Hinton. No, not the town. The character Jared Earle used to play in SLA Industries who was nicely illustrated by Dave…
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Looking for some men in tights

Back in 1998/99, we played my WatchTower campaign with Aidan, Gavin, John, Alan (and Iain briefly). The team took over an Avengers-style franchise in San Francisco and fought several implacable…
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Paleography…

From the National Archives, a tutorial on paleography. Fascinating subject and with a little work you can use it to construct some fairly classy looking props for games. I was…
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Gaming again

Gaming resumes next week with both KinnyGraham's DG game and my own Zombi game. It's been a dry couple of weeks.
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Reading tonight

I've read a fabulous article about Opium which dictates why we should blame the British Government for the modern drug cartels. Not to mention toe futility of the War on…
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Welcome…

Welcome to the oceans in a labeled can, Welcome to the dehydrated lands, Welcome to the self police parade, Welcome to the neo-golden age, Welcome to the days you've made.…