So, I actually got to game this weekend.  I know it sounds sad when you are excited about something as fundamental as that, but I have to admit it has been about 8 months since I have played.  I have ran a few games, but have not played.  So we played ( Read more... )

Name: Prof. Thaddius Grimore

Player: Steve

Concept: Occult specialist (Arcane loremaster)

Health: 6 Composure: 7 Fate points: 10

Phase 1. Background. Son of one of the great mediums of the 19th-20th century, Grigori Grimore and fortuneteller Calista Canasta. Thaddius is no stranger to the arcane nature of the universe. This however left him a social ( Read more... )

Name: James “Jim” Peters

Player: Tim

Concept: Ape-man fighting evil!

Health: 6 Composure: 5 Fate points: 10

Phase 1. Background. Stolen from among the followers of Gorilla Khan at the tender age of three by the big game hunter, Duggan McGraw. Jim was raised in a succession of laboratories. At the age of ten, he attached himself to Dr. Leroy Peters, an ( Read more... )

Name: Hercules O’Brien

Player: Nick

Concept: Boxer

Health: 7 Composure: 6 Fate points: 10

Phase 1. Background Hercules grows up poor in a rough neighborhood, but manages to stay out of trouble by spending time at the gym.

Aspect: For a few dollars more         Aspect: Irish

Phase 2. The Great War Century Club Patron:

Hercules lies about his age in ( Read more... )

This is for the game I am running at GGGX!

Name: Sami Wood

Player: Sarah

Concept: Detective/scholar extraordinaire!

Health: 6 Composure: 7 Fate points: 10

Phase 1. Background. Born into a life of poverty to an uneducated family living in a tent city, Sami Wood was determined. She wanted an education, to live in a real apartment, eat real food, and she ( Read more... )

Last night I went to the Gotham Gaming Guild 10!  It is a bi-weekly gaming event, created by those wonderful people at www.nerdnyc.com.  It goes like this.  Every other friday for the next month and a half, people get together and play a few games.  A few of the games being played:

Spirit of the Century (I am running this one)
Vampire: Dark Ages
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Book 4.  Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies
Author: Chad Underkoffler
Genre: Role playing game
Pages: 323
Release date: 2009

This is my extensive review of Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies by Chad Underkoffler (with an assist to Evil Hat). Anyone that knows me knows how much I love the rpg Spirit of the Century by Evil Hat. This game definitely shares much of ( Read more... )

Yes, I would love to be a sky pirate.  Well, at least in a game I wouuld.  Personally, I have a fear of heights, which would make being a sky pirate, somewhat probelmatic.  I just started reading Swashbucker's of the 7 skies by Chad Underkoffler, and I am really wanting to play this game.  It takes being a pirate and combines it with being a ( Read more... )

So, I have been trying to get an Indie gaming group in NYC going for some time. Mostly through www.nerdnyc.com.   The only person I knew was my friend Henry, whom I am known for almost 5 years and is one of my best friends.  So, tonight I was going to meet (although I did not really feel well) a few people from the boards and see what was what.

I  ( Read more... )

All this talking about what games I play now (compared to say 15 years ago) has gotten me to wonder a few things about everyone else.  So here are a few questions ( Read more... )