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Press the Beast's summer campaign Evil Labyrinth of Gods and Monsters just wrapped up. I was present for most of the sessions and lost a good amount of characters to the...Linked by the ring
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Caveat Emptor: I realize I am not the first to propose a system like this. Like many things with Classic Traveller the Out of the Box series covers this topic. Consider this an...Linked by the ring
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Form and Content can not save a referee from a lack of Inner Resources. Whether one must believe themselves a shut eye or acknowledge the dice know more than we do, there is a...
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A few years have passed since In Praise of Legwork came out. Long enough for the analysis and suggestions in there to become more commonplace in day to day discussions. Sam's...
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Alongside my Classic Traveller Brainworms I have a healthy dose of Mythras Brainworms. One of the most compelling parts of Mythras to me are the varied Combat Styles that add a...Linked by the ring
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Last week I ran the first session of SHEEPDOGS WITHIN TH EARTH, a Wolves Upon the Coast game run with no other additions or expansions using Delta Green. The premise is that...Linked by the ring
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Caveat Emptor EXTREME: This is a post about ignoring the advice that is given to referees and designers about what to do. I want to tell you clever folks that yes this blog...
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Sorcery in Classic TravellerMagic in skill based games can quickly lead to feeling very gamey-y due to escalating skill levels completely negating other parts of the game....Linked by the ring
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It's been a bit since we caught up with intrepid Travellers of Frydheld Sector. Instead of a blow by blow play report I am going to try and summarize the moments that stood out...Linked by the ring
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Spuk ran the fourth super adventure a few weeks ago and it was a weekend long super crawl of a collage of famous dungeons both from the past and present. Tomb of Hoors led to...
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We all have an understanding of HD. Bigger amounts are better, heartier, can likely do more damage. Lesser amounts are weaker, chaff, the yet-to-be-bleeding meat to be cleaved!...Linked by the ring
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Party Bronir - Diaz Daranth - Me Grundle - N Olyandor - Oly Rosrolar - Stroszek Ulia - Deb Oldskolgmr - GM SessionWe start on the road to Elkoi (sic) westernmost citadel of...Linked by the ring
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This post is full of good advice. A lot of folks toil under the expectations of the hobby and what they feel they need to write or run an RPG. I've talked about that in the...Linked by the ring
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Idraluna has an excellent point in the back of the Littlest Brown Book about how some of the XP rules were written with longer play sessions happening multiple times a week and...Linked by the ring
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I have recently fallen down the Classic Traveller rabbit hole. I think about UPPs in my free time, design spaceships in my mind, and play the character creation minigame to...Linked by the ring
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Farmer Required Skills: none Required Equipment: none Players' Information Out in the countryside a disheveled young woman corners the players when they are away from prying...Linked by the ring
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Lightning in a bottle blog posts hit the scene and arc from community to community inspiring a new wave of ideas and what makes a good game. We've seen it happen with all sorts...Linked by the ring
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I got into the hobby late compared to most folks, no dad that grew up in the advent of the hobby or brother to let me play at his table jealously. Tabletop games occupied a...Linked by the ring
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Travel speed dictates how many hexes, grids, points, etc can be traveled along during one day's travel. The size of these hexes doesn't matter and these rules can serve as a...Linked by the ring
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Jumping on the new bandwagon hotness!I am going to try and remember what really impacted my taste and excitement growing up but after so many concussions it gets kinda...Linked by the ring
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All the various gems are a dime a dozen in classic dungeon games. There really should be a use for them besides hawking them for goods! So let's introduce a new weapon, item,...Linked by the ring
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If you have not joined the Antarctic Adventure Jam, you should do so RIGHT now as we still have 50ish days until the deadline. Even one hex would help fill out the map! This is...Linked by the ring
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I wanted to practice writing a dungeon so I took a Watabou layout I liked and riffed on it. General InfoUnless stated otherwise the general construction is sleet gray bricks...Linked by the ring
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Buy it! Artists:Written by Gromb Illustrated by Wilber H. Force Edited by Sam Sorensen Layout by Stella Condrey Players: Shaman as William "Will/Billy" Slattery Zaro as Louis...Linked by the ring
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Magic has been on the minds of plenty of folks across the blogs. Newt's Truth-telling, Bateman's series of great magics to use, Meg's post which could be used for the...Linked by the ring
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Magic Users start with five bubbles to cast cantrips with. A cantrip should be weaker than a 1st level spell and be minorly useful. If damage is desired it is limited to 1...Linked by the ring
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There are many methods to get the dead to rise. Intents and methods vary from village to village, what is taboo to do the dead here may be acceptable one ridge over. Travelers...Linked by the ring
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Memories form after you sit down and finally have time to digest what has happened that day. They are formed fragile, fuzzy. Those who would want to steal a memory from another...Linked by the ring
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I wrote up a SMEAC style briefing for a Delta Green operation I am going to run soon and people were interested in the format. SMEAC is a template for briefings used by the...Linked by the ring
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I don't think there is any particular magic to how I prep my games. I have read a lot of GM advice and found a lot of it doesn't really help me all that much. I know what I...Linked by the ring
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This is not a tirade against pointcrawls. This is a mind virus that has been couped up in my mind that I had to get out. I have enjoyed point crawls! I have been enjoying...Linked by the ring