Born on Shadow, Sam spent the Unification War keeping things running.  After the war ended, he drifted onto Beylix, where he found work re-purposing parts at a scrap yard.  He got extremely good at his job, but his social life was nothing to brag about.  Unification Day was a particular problem, as he inevitably found himself in a brawl.  ( Read more... )

Your GM picked up his copy of the new Firefly RPG from Margaret Weis productions yesterday afternoon, and we started setting up to return to the Black last night.  A preliminary skim of the book revealed a few pertinent bits of information ( Read more... )

This year, I'm not doing much for my week off, because I just can't afford it. I did find myself needing a break from work, however, and this seemed like the time I could afford to take off. I plan to sit on my balcony, read and enjoy cold beverages, weather permitting. I'll indulge in a few movies on television and I have hopes that my copy of the ( Read more... )

It seems like every few months, your GM is once again faced with the task of setting up a new game. Sometimes, the effort is worthwhile and the resulting game turns epic. This is often because the players bring a little extra to the table. Unfortunately, sometimes the mix of players, system and story just fail to mix properly, and this is ( Read more... )

For those of you who haven't heard this in person, this is notification that I am more single than I have been at any time in the last thirty-nine years. Last year, I posted about the death of my wife. Last weekend, I ended February by breaking up with my girlfriend. I've checked out a few online sites, and I must say that I am less than ( Read more... )

I have no memory of Christmas 1954, when I was three weeks old, but within a few months, I was adopted. I had family to share holidays, and friends. This year is different ( Read more... )

I'm sure everyone has seen the flyers for traveling clearance auctions like the one that was held at the Croatian Hall yesterday. Robin has been talking about getting a computer, and some were supposed to be up for bids, so we went. Although we didn't find her one, we wound up spending way more than I had planned ( Read more... )

When I learned that Margaret Weis Productions was releasing Gaming in the Verse, I was ecstatic. The makers of the great Serenity RPG were getting another chance to let us Browncoats hit the Black! Unfortunately, the product turned out to be a teaser, selected portions of the whole Firefly game that will be released next spring. Don't ( Read more... )

This was my last three-day weekend until Thanksgiving. I have a mild head cold, so it was spent quietly, mostly at home with my tablet, lots of fluids and chicken soup. I can't begin to thank Robin for taking care of me. It's funny how much I had grown used to being the stoic caregiver whose needs get set aside ( Read more... )

In order to check out a new system, your GM will sometimes try to build a favourite character from another game. It took remarkably little time to do this with Andrew "Drew" Carson. Mind you, this is Drew as he came aboard Albatross, not as he became later; we don't yet have the full rules.

Attributes: there are only three, Mental, Physical ( Read more... )