T2000: W+26
Monk is a strange fish. He doesn't talk much, isn't prone to fits of emotion but it's plain to me that he's suffering, you can see it in his eyes.…[...]
T2000: W+24
Progress has been slow. Monk warned us that running two vehicles was guzzling our gas so with great reluctance we siphoned off everything from the tank in "Dale" and filled…[...]
T2000: W+22
The little things in life make a big difference. We'd just crossed into Germany and pulled into a town called Görlitz. It's beautiful, even now with the smoke blackened towers…[...]
T2000: W+12
I remember just after I finished Basic, I was late for Guard duty and the SM thought I should work it off in the kitchens. I spent days peeling potatoes,…[...]
T2000: W+10
W+10 No. That is not the sunrise. We’d been near the town of Luban, not far drom the German border for a few days and was beginning to feel a…[...]
T2000: W+9
After the fire raged through, we took the UAZ through a small town land on the outskirts of Warsaw. The bushes and trees and grass were still burning. I saw…[...]
T2000: W+8
I woke at 7 am and padded into the shower. Hot water. Soap. Clean towel. Breakfast. Coffee. I heard a voice calling me. I knew it was the Colonel. And…[...]
T2000: W Day
The silence is deafening. We were shelled last night. I could hear the pum-pum of guns and the blasts as they landed near. My ears bled from the pressure waves…[...]
The Laundry is here
On Thursday I received 'The Laundry' in the post. The announcement came back in March so I was really excited to get the book in the post this week. I…[...]
WatchTower New England – Episode 2
Sunday March 17, 2002 (St. Patrick's Day) From the log of Karl Maclean, WTNE Controller 8am: New recruits have lasted 24 hours without injury or fatality. Void seems to have…[...]
SixSimple: for use with CONTROL
I do like narrative systems. Character Generation You create a character description consisting of up to 10 facts (maybe related to Quirks, Drive, Flaws) and underline 5 of them. These…[...]
What’s He Building In There?
Title taken from the Tom Waits track. This blossomed into a scenario where the PCs were sent to investigate a murder. A newcomer to a quiet US suburb was found…[...]
Man vs…
The topic of conversation this morning in the car was the substance of plots. Traditionally, we have plots which are Man versus Man (and yes, I intend to keep the…[...]
Project NEMESIS
I recently registered on Project NEMESIS, a web site dedicated to ORE (One Roll Engine) and BRP. BRP (Chaosium's Basic RolePlaying). Seeing as my gaming group plays nothing but BRP…[...]
RQ: Black Rock Epilogue
For two days they plodded in silence, each lost in their own reverie, as they considered the days which had gone before. For most it had been their first encounter…[...]
RQ: character portraits
Mike puts a LOT of work into his Glorantha. Melo Yelo, the Yelmalion Baboon[...]
RQ: Actual Play Thread at RPG.NET
Graham has started a Runequest/Glorantha Actual Play thread at RPG.net which we can only hope will be as popular as his Delta Green Actual Play thread which has had nearly…[...]
RQ: Fantasy Games
Since I joined the group, we've been playing either Delta Green (check for kinnygraham's Actual Play on rpg.net) or Gaslight Cthulhu. Michael's RuneQuest represents the first game where we haven't…[...]
RQ: Something bad at Black Rock
Anaxippos removed his golden breastplate and greaves and started to unpack his kitbag. He opened the cap of the spiced oily lotion he had prepared and began kneading it into…[...]
Roman Road Maps
They didn't have a GPS system back in those days. BBC News link it is an intensely practical document, more like a plan of the London Underground than a map.…[...]