1/19/11 -- me GMing for John, Dan and Merlin at John's place ( Read more... )

1/15/11 -- me GMing for Halina, Mike M., Allison and Joel at Manhattan gaming convention

I failed to submit a detailed description of the game prior to the con, so my players signed up with no info about the play style. They were just down to save a town from secret magics. The first thing I told them was how resolution would be handled. I made ( Read more... )

1/4/11 -- me GMing for John, Dan and Merlin at John's place

They used every last chunk of alodite to divide the bodiless demon into bits and stash the bits int eh magic safe. Then they let John get hypnotized and called into the tentacle room, opening a new path and setting off a fun fight.

More magicThey tried to activate their rune using ( Read more... )

12/1/10 -- me GMing for John, Dan and Merlin at John's place

I am proud of myself.  I actually kept notes on the magical metaphysics introduced this session!  I used to just assume I'd remember until the write-up, but that's not foolproof, and I'm not always thorough in these write-ups.  Plus, this session's muckings included 4 different liquids to ( Read more... )

11/17/10 -- me GMing for John, Dan and Merlin at John's place

After saving the latest victim of the Impostor demon (my major antagonist), they went back to the Brotherhood (one of their pet projects).  They then decided to delay their various plans relating to these two scenarios, and explore the ziggurat whose top floors the Brotherhood occupied.  ( Read more... )

11/6/10 -- me GMing for Raegan, Dan, Mike and Samantha at Ubercon

Great, great session.  I think I advertised it well; Raegan, Dan, and Mike all came ready to approach Delve for what it is.  Samantha wandered by, jumped in late, started off a little out of synch, but then quickly caught on from the rest of the group.  The session produced lots of ( Read more... )

10/27/10 -- me GMing for John, Dan and Merlin at John's place

We all had fun talking about where the characters were and all the leads they had to work with. It was particularly fun to remember some cool plans the guys had. After boiling it down to a few options, Dan suggested they just pick something, and the group agreed on the most time- ( Read more... )

9/11/10 -- me GMing for Fred H., Jason (Questionor), Matt W., Rich F.

Strange and frustrating session. There were some good parts, but a dead social vibe sadly outweighed them.

"Guys, talk to each other!"Every other time I've played, the characters have been an interactive group, with the players talking with each other about what's going on ( Read more... )

I just played a one-shot of How We Came to Live Here. A one-shot clearly isn't ideal for showing off all that the game has to offer, but it was enough for my group to tell a neat story and form some strong impressions.

I'd played one and a half times before at conventions. The things that stood out to me then wound up being the highlights of this ( Read more... )

7/28/10 -- me GMing for John, Dan and Merlin at my place ( Read more... )