Despite intending to take a break from Atlantis in 2016, it looks like we will be back with the first two chapters (chapters 5 and 6) of the second major arc. The first chapter is "Deadmen's Deadlock" for which I will be pillaging RQ6's Monster Island ( Read more... )

We had PC creation for Urban Shadows on Thursday. It went well, though we didn't get to actually starting play (the session was under 2 hour in length). I came out of it with a good handle of the PCs, their issues, and the rapidly evolving setting around them. The story for this short run was quickly whittled out of the wood of ideas ( Read more... )

My discussion on this concept is around 5 years too late, but just to compliment my last post, another aspect of PbtA RPGs that I really like and I think plays a large part in their appeal is their asymmetrical nature. Lots of RPGs have adopted an asymmetrical approach to the GM and players, and have been almost since the dawning of RPGs. The ( Read more... )

I am working on a short season or Urban Shadows, consisting of a short three session run this year and then some one session con runs next year. I have already discussed Urban Shadows in respect of running a World of Darkness game here:http://grandexperiment.livejournal.com/273171.htmlRead more... )

This is subject to change, but I think my plans for Kapcon 2016 will be as follows. Nothing as big as last years' Vault of the Dracolich, but a couple of easy to run and lower prep con scenarios instead. This year, Sam, Ayla, and Sophie will be helping out with GMing Adventure Squad, so that leaves me with some room to play with.

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Last week I managed to do a PC creation session for Urban Shadows over Google Hangouts. The format proved unfamiliar, so it was difficult to gauge the experience. However, on the weekend, I got to do a face to face game with both PC creation and almost a couple of hours of actual playing ( Read more... )

I have a rather exciting weekend ahead on the gaming front with:

Monday: D&D5e - playing
Tuesday: Urban Shadows - running (via Google Hangouts)
Thursday: Atlantis - running
Saturday: D&D5e - running ( Read more... )

Quite a lot to get excited about on the RPG front today. Tonight, Sam and I start playing in a new D&D5e campaign with a local RPGing group. As already posted, I am playing a Human Monk (with a splash of Fighter) and I am excited to see how he plays alongside Sam's Half Elf Wizard ( Read more... )

Other than my main two long term games, being Atlantis and D&D5e, I am going to focus on Urban Shadows this year as the game I run for Cons and other one-offs ( Read more... )

I have been a bit quiet here recently. I took a decent break from RPGing over the Xmas break running one game of D&D5e and otherwise prepping for Kapcon. With that all behind me I can look ahead to 2015. This year will see a tightening of the RPGing belts I think as Sam is doing teachers college, which will eat up free time. Still things look ( Read more... )