Thursday, February 26, 2015

IKRPG Tutorial Game?

Hey guys,

So, Zeenith in my Twitch chat suggsted the possiblity of me running a one-shot Iron Kingdoms adventure aimed at teaching new players the system.

I honestly wish I had thought of that myself. XD

So, if there is enough interest, I will do so.

I will provide characters. :)

Let me know if you are interested, either here, or you can email me at: mechagm@hotmail.com. If there is enough interest, I'll run the adventure multiple times.

Not sure what day of the week this will happen, but let me know what days work for you.

-Peter "MechaGM" Bowman

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

The Surly Grognards Episode 113, "Conversions"

This week Eric and I talk about converting already existing material for one RPG system into another system.



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"What's In A Name" D&D 4th ed Campaign, episode 6

This week our heroes run afoul of Ironhame's city watch and may have to strike a deal for their freedom.



Players: Eric Carlson, Nik "Y Ruler of Time" Freeman, Michael "Skitch" Schiciano, Word on the Wind & Alice "Mjolna"
GM: Peter "MechaGM" Bowman
Campaign doc can be found here.

Monday, February 9, 2015

The Surly Grognards Episode 112, "Musings On Mecha"

This week Eric and I talk about designing a tabletop wargame, both on some mechanical ideas and on world building for it. Then we talk about what we've been watching/reading for a bit.



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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

The Surly Grognards Episode 111, "Live Sci-Fi Campaign Brainstorming"

This week Eric and I have another campaign brainstorming session... this time, we're doing Science Fiction. We focus almost entirely on creating the structure of the campaign universe, as opposed to coming up with a specific campaign idea.



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The Surly Grognards Episode 110

No specific topic this week, but Eric and I talk about some of the Anime we've been watching, some of the games we've been playing and a bit about comics and books we've been enjoying recently.



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The Surly Grognards Episode 109, "Playing in the Sandbox"

This week Eric and I talk about some of the challenges and strengths of Sandbox-style RPG campaigns.



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"What's In A Name?" D&D 4th Edition RPG Campaign, Episode 5

This week our heroes set out for Ironhame, where one of the party's troubled past surfaces.
This session is broken into two videos since my connection to Twitch dropped mid-session. Sorry!

Part 1


Part 2


Players: Eric Carlson, Nik "Y Ruler of Time" Freeman, Michael "Skitch" Schiciano, Word on the Wind & Alice "Mjolna" GM: Peter "MechaGM" Bowman Campaign doc can be found here.

"What's In A Name?" D&D 4th Ed Campaign, Episode 4

This week our heroes and the chief of the Black Wolves go to Greystone to try and resolve the conflict between the tribe and the town.



Players: Eric Carlson, Nik "Y Ruler of Time" Freeman, Michael "Skitch" Schiciano, Word on the Wind & Alice "Mjolna" GM: Peter "MechaGM" Bowman Campaign doc can be found here.

The Surly Grognards Episode 108, "A New Year and Genre Mashups"

The first episode of 2015! This week Eric and I talk about some of the things we are looking forward to in the new year, and then talk a bit about genre mashups.



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"Who Ya Gonna Call?" - A Ghostbusters RPG Adventure

Due to logistical reasons, we couldn't do D&D this week, so I decided to run a one-shot adventure using West End Games' Ghostbusters RPG from 1986.



Players: Eric Carlson, Nikolas Freeman & Michael Schiciano GM: Peter Bowman

The Surly Grognards Episode 107

This week Eric and I discuss a varied selection of things including: board games, anime and Bioware's video games.



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