We once again made adjustments to our pattern pieces. At this point, I discussed that various options that are available with the gentleman in question.
First and foremost, Hainsworth Fabric. These guys are the End all to be all when it comes to reenactment clothing. Why, you say? Well, because they aren't making replicas. This is the company ( Read more... )

So, armed with all of the adjustments needed to be made, we attacked our plastic pattern pieces, cutting them apart and adding/subtracting width as needed ( Read more... )

A technique I learned from Barelyproper, and have utilized to the most wondrous effect, is to use 3mil clear plastic painters dropcloth as pattern piece material. You don't have to cut the original paper pattern, it is extremely durable and at 3mil is sufficiently stiff to be able to easily work with. Lastly, when you pin it to fabric, it's clear ( Read more... )

So, I have my first "volunteer" for the wedding party, my Captain of the Marine detachment.

As any good project begins, it starts with a ton of research. Fortunately, I have had the good fortune to call some of the finest military historians my friends, where I was introduced to The Thin Red Line by B.K. Fosten and Osprey's Nelson's Navy by ( Read more... )

For those who do not know, I am a historical reenactor, and my favorite time period to portray is the British Navy during the Napoleonic war ( Read more... )

So, due to real world intrusions, we ended up taking the whole month of June off, just because everyone's schedule were not lining up ( Read more... )

ACTIONS DECOUPLED FROM CONSEQUENCES: This has really, really bugged me in Dresden game. As a mechanical artifact of FATE, you state your intended action, rolls for damage, and if you cause sufficient stress to take them out of the conflict, you get to determine the result ( Read more... )

HUNGER NOT HUNGRY ENOUGH: We had been utilizing the Hunger mechanic to represent our "retired goddesses" reliance upon the faith of her followers to power her supernatural powers. However, the hunger mechanic was falling flat. a half dozen uses of her 2 refresh channeling, rolled against her discipline 4, combined with aspects to invoke meant ( Read more... )

KABOOM NOT KABOOMY ENOUGH: One of the great things about the Dresden Files RPG game is that open-ended power channeling mechanic built into spell casting. The caster is in complete control (or not as the case may be) as to how much power they are willing to risk going awry when casting a spell. They also have the ability to determine that they ( Read more... )

We've now had 6 session of our Dresden Files RPG game (counting character creation). I wanted to begin to organize my thoughts on how the system is working for me, and how it is not.

ACCESS TO ASPECTS:Problem 1) I spent quite a few minutes coming up with clever aspects for my mail villain, the Reaper of Broken Vows. However, no one bothered to ( Read more... )