This may be my longest post – it’s closing in on 7000 words, which is a respectable length for a short story. Thaumaturgy is a big subject to cover, because it’s a big system in the game. Just wanted to warn you before you start reading. Quick recap. First, I … Continue reading
Last night was the latest Storm Point session. Due to some real-life concerns, we had to make sure that the game wrapped up early, which at first disappointed me a little, because the encounter I had planned was a tough one, and I didn’t want it glossed over. In retrospect, … Continue reading
Last night was the latest installment of my Shadow Wars campaign, using Hunter: The Vigil modified rules. It was a wrap-up to the previous session which, due to one thing and another, ran long. You may recall that I was not entirely pleased with the way things went with the … Continue reading
Today The Dresden Files RPG debuts at Origins Game Fair in Columbus, Ohio. While I have had .pdfs of the books for some months, now, I still covet the physical things fiercely. My preorder is in, and I’m checking my mail eagerly every day. So, those of you who manage … Continue reading
Last time, I talked at a high level about the nature and process of magic in DFRPG, both in the game world and in the game mechanics. This time, I’m going to take a closer, more detailed look at evocation – what it can do and how it works. What … Continue reading
Spellcasting is easily the most complex part of The Dresden Files RPG. This should come as no surprise; the game is based on a series of books about Wizard, and the books are full of all the cool things Harry does with magic. To be true to the source material, … Continue reading
Last night was the latest Fearful Symmetries session. To prepare for it, I had asked last session for the players to send me some idea of what they wanted their characters to do in Prague. I got a nice, high-level list of goals that I intended to use to plan … Continue reading
Last Sunday was the latest session of the Storm Point game, and the start of a new adventure. This adventure came about because of one of the players wanting to do a little more with his backstory – he plays a dwarf, whose family was chased from the nearby dwarven … Continue reading
**Potential Spoilers** The Armitage Files is an improvised campaign structure. It uses a number of stock pieces, such as NPCs, organizations, and locations, that are strung together by individual GMs to fit player action. The adventures I create with it may or may not match any other GM’s version of … Continue reading
Friday night we had the latest episode of Hunter – Shadow Wars. It didn’t go all that well. The pace of the adventure lagged, and there was much flailing about by the players trying to find the plot, and a full helping of player frustration throughout. All of which was … Continue reading
