Following Lady Blackbird, I finally met up with Adam of the Side Project Podcast. We’d been trying to get together all con, but the con’s schedule grid — four hour sessions with no transit time — doesn’t allow for much … Continue reading
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Sunday evening, I had dinner with John, who then headed out. The con was winding down and lots of people were already gone. I decided to stick around a bit longer, to soak up a bit more Con atmosphere, and … Continue reading
Following InSpectres, this was the second game I ran at CotN 2015. After last year’s game, I thought a longer, more in-depth palette would help clarify things somewhat, so I let the declarations go on until everyone was satisfied, not … Continue reading
My first game of Sunday, and well worth getting up a little early for. I was in one of Heather’s InSpectres games last year, so I was enthusiastic about getting another chance to play. Heather again did a great job … Continue reading
Unfortunately, after that disappointing HârnMaster game, this was disappointing, too. I’ve raved about Artemis plenty of times here before. I still think it’s a completely new kind of game, one that we’re still just beginning to explore. And I still … Continue reading
You may know that one of my favorite fantasy RPGs is HârnMaster. I’m not much of a completist, but Hârn is one of the series that I have tried to get a lot of. I ran a long campaign using … Continue reading
After Heirs was my first game to GM: The Dooms that Came to Chaegrae. This game was an experiment in high-powered Blade & Crown. Each character had Traits rated 4, 3, 2 and 1 — considerably higher than the defaults. … Continue reading
As noted, I didn’t go to the Con on Friday, so I missed a bunch of great games. The first one I got to be in was this, on Saturday. It was Chad’s Caravan on the High Plateau scenario. We … Continue reading
Con of the North 2015 is now, sadly, over. It feels like it came up in a rush, then happened just as quickly. Especially true because a cough I thought I was almost done with suddenly started turning into a … Continue reading
Con of the North is this weekend. I still have a fair amount to prepare for “The Dooms that Came to Chaegrae”: Cards describing what different Trait ratings can do (designed, but not printed) Character sheets (characters are basically done, … Continue reading