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Talking more of open strategy games. Why? Because currently, why living in a new place, this is my method of gaming with folks I’ve said goodbye to. So, I’ve just been dreaming...
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Last time we talked open strategy games. Read this if you haven’t to get an idea of what you’re getting into. In the spirit of “play worlds, not rules,” here’s an idea for your...
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Chris McDowall has talked about matrix games, making his own space-y version. I’ve talked about them and made my own based on a novel series I enjoyed when I was even younger....
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I mean, it’s basically a list, but of the meta-game variety. “Customers can have whatever color car they want, as long as it’s black.” Henry Harrison Ford. In running fantasy...
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The name “Dragonslayer Adventures” has been dropped in favor of “Adventure Hour!“ Rules here! Thinking more about running games for kids online as my Outschool classes are...
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Plutocracy – noun government by the wealthy. government by wealth. I moved down to Arizona. Milwaukee to Phoenix took 28 hours. I had a long time to think while on the drive. 🙂...
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Grab your stopwatches! Here’s where we started: The closest to 10″ flat without going under wins the duel. If one combatant is under 10″ while the other is over, the latter...
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Labyrinth has proven to me that you a scene that impacts the end of the adventure and increases the stakes. In that game, you’re given 13 hours. Fail a puzzle or challenge in a...
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Overview Bought this because Ben Milton worked on it. I’m a simple man. Ran it for my brother, mother, and father whilst in Amish country, hence the absence. None of us have...
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The name “Dragonslayer Adventures” has been dropped in favor of “Adventure Hour!“ The inventory system of this game is inspired by Knave, Cairn, and this post about ItO. Making...
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Norbert wrote this here about how to do 2d6 opposed in combat, like Middle-Earth Adventures and Adventure Hour! and still have armor give a chance to deflect a blow rather than...
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Thanks to Necropraxis on Chris McDowall’s Bastionland podcast for convincing me to play this one. I have sunk over 40 hours into this game, which for me, is a lot to put into...
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The overlap between these Playing with Youngers posts and similar-age gaming has always been apparent to me, but many times the lessons of better design reveal themselves to me...
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Despite having… Middle-Earth Role-Playing Tolkien Quest Middle-Earth Quest The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game The One Ring Roleplaying Game Adventures in Middle-Earth …I...
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Playing Neverland. Lost Boys don’t trust the party. They’re too old to be Lost Boys… But they don’t seem like pirates… Fine. “We’ll play a couple of games to see if you’re...
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It’s seven. Plus or minus two. Where are my psychology people at? Yeah, that’s the optimized number of things you can hold in your head at one time. Why would you want to hold...
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Is it pronounced “PRIME-r” or “PRIM-er”? Fight! The name “Dragonslayer Adventures” has been dropped in favor of “Adventure Hour!“ Chris has been talking about Young...
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More FKR things. This is the Dark Fantasy alternative to Dragonslayer Adventures, both easily transferable to online play. This is for when you’re feeling MORKY BORGY (I threw...
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“Clever Hobbitses” is what one might say when the players at their table address a problem in an unforeseen way. These are NOT session reports. These are short anecdotes from...
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Ulgh. A few days after writing about a “hits and healing” system for Dragonslayer Adventures, I’m thinking it over again. I ran it with one of my Outschool groups and it just...
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I’m continuing to doodle scenes and monsters that I dream up and steal from various sources. Here’s a collection from this month. Enjoy.
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When I run fantasy role-playing games for kids on Outschool, I always label the classes as “Life Skills.” Frankly, it doesn’t really count as any of the other tags like “Social...
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“Clever Hobbitses” is what one might say when the players at their table address a problem in an unforeseen way. These are NOT session reports. These are short anecdotes from...
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The name “Dragonslayer Adventures” has been dropped in favor of “Adventure Hour!“ Dragonslayer Adventures is an RPG for online play geared towards fantasy. The focus has been...
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I make “art” now. Ahem. This is the central village of the Dolmenwood Open Table game (continuing from last time). Let’s tell the story of Charhollow’s attendants just like I...
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It’s my last open table game I’m running before I leave Milwaukee and move to Phoenix. Bittersweet as I leave many friends behind, a handful of whom are graduating… I am...
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Maze Rats has a fun way for making monsters. You start by rolling a monster base; aerial, terrestrial, aquatic, etc. You can roll a second base if you choose to start combining...
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Playing (LOTS of)Dark Souls and backing Into the Wyrd and Wild (19 days to go) makes me want to run a dark, wyrd, forested game. Having three issues of Wormskin also nurtures...
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Connected to the open table game for Electric Bastionland I wrote up a while ago. Basically, pool of players shares £100k of debt, split between four factions, valued at 40k,...
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For sale: RPG book, never played. How many physical books in your collection does this describe? What percentage is that? How many PDFs, dare I ask? What percentage is THAT?...