We made it. Long day. Breakfast at Bob Evans, as is traditional. We made Indy around 12:30 ((Actually 1:30, because of the time change.)), and ran into some drama with Clint’s hotel room. That’s all straightened out, now. Set-up was stupid hot, but we got it done, then went to … Continue reading
So, here I sit in the Super 8 in Rochelle. We made decent time getting here today – left Winnipeg about 6:30am and arrived in Rochelle around 10:00pm. We made our ritual stop in Fargo to check out Barnes & Noble ((And not to get malts from Culvers at all. … Continue reading
A little over a week ago ((As I post this; it’s taken me a few days to write.)), I posted an outline of techniques I use to develop campaign storylines during play. Apparently, folks liked it, and I’m glad. But one person requested some more specific examples ((And if one … Continue reading
I haven’t received my print copy of Do: Pilgrims of the Flying Temple, yet. According to pictures on the Kickstarter updates, Daniel Solis is busy signing and doodling in it as we speak. But I’ve got the .pdf of the game, and The Book of Letters, and I browbeat a … Continue reading
Let me get this out up front: I like campaigns that tell a story. When I create a campaign, I always try to have it tell a story ((Though, to be fair, it’s usually more like a series of books with a through-line of metaplot than like a single book, … Continue reading
Friday night was the latest Feints & Gambits session. I had four players for this one, and by Thursday, I had no idea what the scenario was going to be, but I wanted it to be quick enough to run in a single session, but still fun. I mentioned this … Continue reading
Last Saturday was the latest game in Clint’s BASH campaign. I was hoping to have something ready to take over and GM, giving him a chance to play, but work has been kind of insane the past few weeks, so it didn’t happen ((This time. I’m working on it, Clint!)). … 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
Last Friday was the latest session of my Feints & Gambits campaign. I had four players, and had planned to make this session much more focused, with a clear objective and a problem that could be solved in one evening, as a contrast to the longer, more sandboxy style of … Continue reading
Graham Walmsley launched a preorder for his book Stealing Cthulhu over on Indiegogo, which is the UK version of Kickstarter. I got in on it, and just finished reading the .pdf version of the book. I like it a lot. It’s Graham’s ((Is it all right if I call you … Continue reading
