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T.W.A.T. Presents; "Total Rammy"
On Wednesday we ran Piledrivers & Powerbombs, a Scottish-made indie game based around professional wrestling. Matthew, Dave, Ailsa and Raj all played in a very 80s WWF-themed game. Ailsa was "Barbie Girl" the amazonian blonde with a swarm of male model assistants called Ken; Dave was "Spaceman", the bubble-helmeted astronaut; Raj was the ( Read more... ) -
Aria: Canticle of the Monomyth
I used to write wee single paragraph reviews of pretty much everything I read/watched/played but I've got out of the habit - but a recent RPG purchase feels like it deserved a write-up. Interested if you think it's worth me getting back into the habit of this or shorter reviews.
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Mutants & Masterminds: Series 2 Recap
I wrote about Dread but I haven't said much about the second series of Justice League Beyond. We had some player problems: Aaron couldn't attend much due to his change in real life situation and Ahmad only made it along for the first session - but the five regular players managed to help me put together a good 13 session campaign.
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Beneath The Mask: Dread Session Report
The DC Adventures campaign came to an end after 13 sessions. Before we move back to Pendragon, we're indulging in a few one-offs. The first one was Dread, the horror game that uses not dice or cards but a Jenga tower to determine success and failure: you must pull from the Jenga tower to do certain things, with passing meaning you fail and ( Read more... ) -
Like A Muppet
On Monday and Tuesday I had job interviews, each for a council job. Monday was a trip to Hamilton for a job interview at South Lanarkshire's offices; then on Tuesday I went to Renton for a job at one of West Dunbartonshire's schools. Both job interviews went OK and I should hear back by the end of the week if either is a positive.
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Party Lessons
The following is a list of things I learned yesterday when I went to Lorraine's 31st birthday party, with it's "80s birthday party" motif:- Mikey Whiplash of ICW is, when not in the ring, actually a really nice bloke and not at all the perverted transvestite sex-pest he plays in the ring.
- Chris Renfew of ICW is, when not in the ring, exactly the same ( Read more... )
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Statecraft
As discussed on Bookface and in person, I've been thinking about running a play-by-post game of Statecraft. This game was released as a free public beta a year or so ago but seems to have vanished off the internet: but I've always liked it, and my recent unemployment has meant more time to play Civilization the PC and to get an urge to run ( Read more... ) -
Traveller Map
As mentioned after last RPG session, here is Traveller Map, a website containing every mapped sector from Traveller products. If you don't have your Traveller book to hand, it even has a key to the Traveller planet profile system.You can scroll in and out, search for specific sectors or planets and change what is and isn't shown. It can even spit ( Read more... ) -
The Mock Turtle
Would not, could not, would not, could not, could not join the dance.
Both Raj and Weeble couldn't make it to RPG night last night. We still ran on reduced numbers but rather than start a two-part adventure I did a little one session affair: so we had a session that was less punchy, more moralsDC Adventures has gone OK so far. The adventures ( Read more... ) -
RPG Campaign Idea: The Man In The Warpstone Mask
I mentioned this briefly as one of the many seeds in my 80s Warhammer post but a recent discussion with Ailsa about playing a swashbuckling RPG reminded me of this one. To that end I've been reading Knights of the Grail, Warpstone Issue 28, The Bretonnia Project and Warhammer Fantasy Battle 3rd Editon and coming up with more formal ideas than last ( Read more... )