This morning I was thinking about my favourite roleplaying games and how this differs from my favourite game settings. To clarify, there are lots of games I like but think their setting lack anything appealing, and on the flip side there are many, many game settings I love but think their mechanics do little to reflect their actual play feel ( Read more... )

More Cthulhu gaming - two games over Skype, and tomorrow I have D&D ( Read more... )

Last night I joined up with my old Auckland group for their regular Skype game. They have been playing Shadowrun 5th edition, and despite having no luck at all with their missions, are having a lot of fun ( Read more... )

In a fit of creative-ness I have finally produced another gaming article that I started years ago. For the Savage Worlds setting 'Sundered Skies' (as published by Triple Ace Games), you can find the post and link here - http://www.tripleacegames.com/forums/topic/a-sundered-skies-setting-tumbledown/Seems that I've been doing a lot of 'completing' ( Read more... )

Today is election day at my sons' primary school, and for some crazed reason I decided to stand as a Trustee. Unlikely to be elected (with 12 people standing for the 4 positions), but it feels good to get involved (Emma's already part of the PTA).

On more interesting RPG news:

• I came down sick in the weekend and the Bubblegumshoe playtest didn't ( Read more... )

So during a very boring meeting at work yesterday, I took the opportunity to write down the various RPG 'projects' I have started but not seen through to completion. Suffice to say this list grew to cover a least two pages of my note pad (and just thinking about it now I could add even more!).

As a result I resolved to actually complete a couple ( Read more... )