One of the odd elements missing from 13th Age is that there are no pirates.  Rob has said that this is the result of the Emperor's navy and the Archmage's wards.  This strikes me as both a missed opportunity and an overstatement of the extent of the Empire's control.  After all, one of the dominant themes of the game is that the Emperor has a ( Read more... )

Jason and I went down to Owlcon a few weeks ago. Once again, it was a great weekend of gaming, and they set a new attendance record. They have a generous setup where in exchange for running two games you get to play in three. I ran Trail of Cthulhu and Day After Ragnarok (Savage Worlds), and I played in Atomic Highway, 4e, and Dr. Who. Jason ( Read more... )

Due to a confluence of holidays, sick days, and general craziness, neither of my roleplaying groups managed to meet in December. Some of this was just bad timing, with just enough people having conflicts for the groups to lose their quorums. Partly, though, it reflects the difficulty of getting groups of busy adults together ( Read more... )

What an energetic four days. For the first time, I actually made it to Indy by mid-afternoon on Thursday. I also was surprisingly successful at getting into scheduled games. All total, I managed to play seven games and participate in two game demos. For the first time in awhile, I also ran a game. I ran as session of Day After Ragnarok for robheinsoo, tfbretz, ( Read more... )

I had a student reporter from KTRU sit in on my Clockworks/Savage Worlds game at Owlcon, here's her story on the convention and the game.

Getting prepped for OwlCon, I started a thread on RPG.net under Gaming Gatherings. There are at least four of us that will be running games there. I'll be running Clockworks: In the Pipes (Savage Worlds) at 3 p.m. Saturday afternoon and Black Oil (Trail of Cthulhu) at 10 a.m. on Sunday. Time to get to writing.

A Clockworks/Savage Worlds adventure for your enjoyment.