Wednesday, January 29, 2014

The Surly Grognards Episode Seventy, "Alignments Redux"

This week Eric and I rehash our discussion of alignment systems in RPGs.

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Sunday, January 26, 2014

Slayers d20 RPG Campaign - Episode Seven

This week our... heroes... continue their sea journey south. They are soon beset on the high sees by dangers they have not seen before!

A campaign set in the wacky universe of the Anime series, "The Slayers"
Players: Eric Carlson, Nik "Y Ruler of Time" Freeman. Michael "Skitch" Schiciano and WordOnTheWind
GM: Peter "MechaGM" Bowman

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

The Surly Grognards episode Sixty Nine, "Back From A Break"

This week Eric and I discuss the challenges of bringing a campaign back from a lengthy break and about working a new player into a campaign after it's been going on for a while

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Sunday, January 19, 2014

Mutants & Masterminds Star City Campaign, Issue Twenty Five

Our heroes and their new alien friend confront the attacking Skrix ships. Then they must deal with questions raised by the new alien's arrival.

Players: Eric Carlson, "Iron" Liz, Nik "Y Ruler of Time" Freeman, Michael "Skitch" Schiciano and WordOnTheWind
GM: Peter "MechaGM" Bowman
For those who are interested, here is the link to the campaign background document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ybaCziRiCKQ-rX6uwHgkWNDyh1kIr2Vke9tmwg6lm9E/edit

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

The Surly Grognards Episode Sixty Eight, "Computerized Narratives"

This week, Eric and I talk about examples of good (and some bad) storytelling in video games.

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Sunday, January 12, 2014

Mutants & Masterminds Star City Campaign, Issue Twenty Four

This issue our heroes continue their investigations into the mysterious killings of third-rate super villains. Then something unexpected occurs!

Players: Eric Carlson, "Iron" Liz, Nik "Y Ruler of Time" Freeman, Michael "Skitch" Schiciano and WordOnTheWind
GM: Peter "MechaGM" Bowman
For those who are interested, here is the link to the campaign background document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ybaCziRiCKQ-rX6uwHgkWNDyh1kIr2Vke9tmwg6lm9E/edit

Monday, January 6, 2014

The Surly Grognards Episode Sixty Seven, "The End of 2013"

This week, Eric and I talked about what we liked and didn't like from the past year in gaming, movies, television and other things.

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