SeaFarers: TheePort
Characters are from the fishing port of Theeport located on the western coast the country. The town has nearly 1000 people within it's area of influence - 10 miles radius…[...]
SeaFarers: Characters
Our beginning characters in SeaFarers are going to be inhabitants of the fishing port of Theeport which lies on the West coast of a large country. The Narrator has decreed…[...]
SeaFarers
As I mentioned before, we're losing our Pendragon GM to the greener pastures of London and I was quite enjoying playing rather than being the GM which is why I'm…[...]
A Tale of the Golden Dawn
We've begun an investigation as minor members of the Golden Dawn as a break from our Delta Green game. We've now got two more sessions before Graham goes on holiday…[...]
Tiroconium – March 531
In the fair city of Cirencester, the Duke of Clarence hosts a tournament each year for newly-made knights, called Tiroconium. Two knights have stood out as being particularly noteworthy in…[...]
From superheroes to Knights errant.
Last night we decided to give The WatchTower a rest as we've lost Yellowfist for a couple of months due to his impending martial marital duties. Thus ensued a discussion…[...]
Episode Seven: 28th October 2000
"This is Kitty Thoreau for LCI News Dakota in a prefab cabin built by the newly inaugurated WatchTower New York. What are they doing in Dakota? Good question and something…[...]
Out of Character
A couple of days ago I wrote about and got some very interesting comments about how this is relevant to games. On the Story Games forum they talk about Improv…[...]
Episode Two – 26th October 2000
At 9 am, the doors to the conference room open and a motley crew of individuals file in. At the head of the table sits Jack White, the marble-faced CEO…[...]
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…[...]
Episode Zero: The Premise
Premise: Game start is June 2000. There are superheroes. There is no known definitive reason for their being, but they've been among us for decades. During the war years, the…[...]
Out-Of-Character… For Me, I Mean.
The most difficult character I ever had to play was one drawn from a stack of manila folders in a gameroom in Astoria, Oregon. It was a one-nighter session --…[...]
TTN: Zombi
Tonight at TableTopNorth, I decided to eschew my plans of running 2300AD because, simply, the setup is massive and I don't know my players very well. They seemed to want…[...]
DG: 9th November
With a start, Kruse sat up and rubbed his eyes. The close confines of the safe house were weighing on his mind. He glanced over at Jimmy and instinctively reached…[...]
DG update…
As I may have mentioned, I'm in KinnyGraham's DeltaGreen game. The other night, after losing one agent to the nameless horror and receiving a chewing from our DG contact, my…[...]
Keeping track of time
One of the more challenging aspects of being a GM is ensuring the game world retains its believability. Mature players (by this I mean anyone who role-plays, rather than someone…[...]
DG: 16th May
The worst thing about going undercover is making it airtight. This means learning mannerisms. This means picking up habits. This means changing your diet and cutting your hair. It means…[...]