More about Exalted
So I promised a while back I would talk about Exalted a little bit, and explain why I like some of the things I like and why I dislike some of the things I dislike. Then like a month went … Continue reading →
SLL: Basic Cosmology
From the Collected Student Lectures of the Academy of Recognized Truth: Attend me now, O runemother. Hear my plea, and grant me the words to convey meaning and force learning into the ears of these lazy pupils. To begin with, … Continue reading →
Arkham Horror
(If you aren’t familiar with Arkham Horror, there’s a decent review of it here.) I got Vero Arkham Horror for Christmas of 2009 and we played it a lot in 2010, to the point where we now have all the … Continue reading →
SLL: the Acid-Swamps of Misery Isle
The Eighth of Firstmonth, 1107 Captain Ba-Rennel, We must categorically deny your requests for additional manpower, magical aid, or increased funding. Having reviewed the reports submitted by your office and the office of Colonel Li-Angram, it is the position of … Continue reading →
SLL: the Apples of Rrerrshbarr
While in many of the Mother Countries, the population may be naturally divided into three groups (giants at the top, sibeccai at the bottom, and everyone else in the middle), in the small nation of Rrerrshbarr the tables are if … Continue reading →
Exalted
So the plan has been to put current gaming thoughts, mainly revolving around my Dark Sun game, up here on Fridays for the purpose of amusing myself and, perhaps, one or two of the players. But since November was a … Continue reading →
SLL: the Academy of Recognized Truth
In the city of Ka-Rone, capital of the Diamond Isle, sit more than twenty accredited institutions devoted to the instruction of young giants (and to a lesser extent, the other and lesser races) in the art of magic. These colleges … Continue reading →
Dark Sun session 6
We were in between hiatuses with session six; coming back from a couple of weeks without the game and about to go a full month without any gaming. I wanted to keep things tight, so the session ended up compressing … Continue reading →
Promotional material for a Monte Cook’s Arcana Evolved game I never ran
THE SUNSET LANDS Ghosts and pain rule the dark, arthritic Mother Countries: corrupt giantis mercilessly exploit the peasantry, aided and abetted by their sibeccai slaves and a handful of undead aristocrats. The heavy tread of civilization crushes the last pockets … Continue reading →
Dark Sun week 5: the evil in your soul
I got asked at the end of last session how close we were to leveling, and I don’t think my answer was entirely satisfying; the group got 800 xp at the end of session four, and by Doug’s calculations are … Continue reading →