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My gaming group has convinced me to run Shadowrun again. This time we’re doing Shadowrun 5th edition, but then we playtested it too, so that’s not too far of a stretch. I just have to remember the rules (and reread the book ( Read more... )

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Shadowrun Fifth Edition has officially been out for over 1/2 a year, so few would be surprised that Catalyst Game Labs will release new adventures, source books, and rule books for the product. That said, when a reject project spec came ( Read more... )

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I started Shadowrun Sundays to talk about the basics of RPG writing, but today I’m going to discuss rewriting. Specifically (in case you haven’t heard) my upgrade of Sacrificial Limb from Shadowrun 4A to Shadowrun Fifth ( Read more... )

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For various reasons of late, I’ve needed to sit down and come up with a list of my writing credits. So I started this list last month and have (I think) nearly completed it. When I looked at the numbers, I found myself ( Read more... )

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Welcome back to Writing Prompt Wendesdays where, as I recover from the Brain Drain that is GenCon, I try to come up with an appropriate writing prompt for everyone. During the convention, I was prepping con-goers for the ( Read more... )

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No, it’s not Shadowrun Sundays, but hey, as long as I’m whining about writing…

As I’m ramping up for my GenCon appearance, I blithely posted on the freelancer’s forum “Hey, I’ll run Sacrificial Limb for the team if anyone ( Read more... )

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I like video games, but I am not the intended audience for them. I’m one of those people who can play for a few hours, walk away for dinner, and never come back to the game. If I really like the game, I’ll come back a few ( Read more... )

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I have a confession to make. The week I received my first RPG assignment was the week I almost quit writing for games.

The company was in the middle of a few … growing pains, for lack of a better term. Due to various ( Read more... )

I've been having a "fun" day writing up character stats for both my home game and for a recent Shadowrun project. Recent discussions on the official SR4 forums have led to me threatening to unleash the Gnats of Doom on unwary Shadowrun fans and a whole day of doing annoying (and boring) math has unleashed my need to be creatively silly. So, I give ( Read more... )