Mobile Frame Zero Released
My book finally came! I covered this game as a Kickstarter post back in 2012 here. Now that the book from that campaign came in I have been extremely stoked to play. The book is beautiful.First off the...
View ArticleAdventures of a C.P.A. (Episode 5)
It was just supposed to be a quick trip. They don't remember anymore why they were out on an errand. They just know what it turned into. The day was beginning to end, and the sun was about to set to a...
View ArticleKickstarter: Engine Heart
If I were to suggest to someone the idea of playing Wall-E the RPG, they may laugh it off as a joke. But then they would think about it for a while, and actually start to consider it.Not necessarily...
View ArticleAdventures of a C.P.A. (Interlude 2)
(The following events take place a few days after the events of Episode 2 and before the events of Episode 3. It also deals with new information found in the last Interlude.)Flint was nervous about...
View ArticleWartech Campaign: Experimental Rules (Part 1)
My brothers and I, and one of Jarom's friends (who's first experience roleplaying this was) ran a game set in our Wartech setting. We plan on making our own RPG system for it, but for now we just...
View ArticleMy wife's first game of D&D (Part 1)
When my wife, Beth, first learned that I played super nerdy role-playing games like D&D, she had to rationalize dating me a little bit. It turned to one of those things where she didn't have to...
View ArticleWartech Campaign: Experimental Rules (Part 2)
This is a continuation of reporting what experimental rules worked and what didn't for our Rogue Space Wartech campaign. Last week I explained the Skill system which worked really well.Stun PointsWe...
View ArticleMy wife's first game of D&D (Part 2)
Last week I touched on the first RPG I ran for my wife. So the first big step was creating her character. Naturally I didn't want to bore her with different feats, the nuances of character creation, or...
View ArticleWartech Campaign: Experimental Rules (Part 3)
Last post I expounded upon a couple rules that didn't work very well. This week is a couple that we thought fit nicely with the game.Different ArchetypesIn our system we are designing for Wartech, we...
View ArticleMy wife's first game of D&D (Part 3)
So we gathered around the table, and their adventure began... in a tavern. (Hey, I did say I wanted my wife to experience D&D.)The party finds themselves in a tavern looking for work. Verital, the...
View ArticleAdventures of a C.P.A. (Episode 6, Part 1)
There was a lot of questions about the history of our companion, John, the hollow. He was of a magical species that only ages during the day, and feeds off of psychic energies. Many of these hollows...
View ArticleMy wife's first game of D&D (Part 4)
The campaign continues. The party copied down the crude map found in the structure, then ventured outside. Hogel, the orc tracker, noticed a lightly worn trail that lead toward the shores. There was...
View ArticleAdventures of a C.P.A. (Episode 6, Part 2)
It was nightfall as the group arrived at the place of John's vision. They counted the warehouses which were clearly labeled: Warehouse 5, Warehouse 6, Warehouse 77, Warehouse 8. It was odd. There...
View ArticleWartech Campaign: Experimental Rules (Part 4)
Broad Psionic SkillsOne of the things I wanted about psionics in our Wartech setting, was that they did not have definite powers. They worked more like skills. You do your best to describe what all...
View ArticleBIG NEWS: 3D Printer Update
That's right. An update on my long awaited 3D printer projects. I got the money needed and was able to put in an order for one. This is really exciting for me because I will finally be able to get...
View ArticleWartech Campaign: Experimental Rules (Part 5)
Dynamic Gear System This is something that Jarom and I have been brainstorming for a while, and something we want to implement in our own game. It's a dynamic gear creation system. Where making the...
View ArticleHappy Independence Day!
Happy Fourth of July everyone!Once again, for the 31st time, I am celebrating my own birthday alongside the nation. I look forward to it and hope you all get together as well and light off some fireworks.
View ArticleStar*Drive Extra Material
A reader of this blog emailed me and told me he had joined a d20 game where the GM was using the Star*Drive campaign setting. It was one of those "thought you'd like to know" things. It appeared to be...
View ArticleAdventures of a C.P.A. (Episode 7, Part 1)
Kody doesn't often get sick. The man (or astral really) has the constitution of a bear. But this night, he woke up with a searing pain in his chest. One so excruciating that he leaped from his bed and...
View ArticleGood news, and bad news.
The Good NewsMy 3D printer arrived! After a very long anxious wait, I received this package today.I can now finally begin my grand experiment to see what personal affordable home 3D printers can do for...
View ArticleAdventures of a C.P.A. (Episode 7, Part 2)
Upon returning to the scene, this time at night, they met the three investigators. It was a tense meeting at first because one of the investigators was a larger hairy man who they had already met,...
View ArticleAdventures of a C.P.A. (Episode 7, Part 3)
There was a little banter in the party, but the decision to find the two women in case they were in danger won out. The team rushed in their vehicle heading toward where the hospital or chapel was.On...
View ArticleAdventures of a C.P.A. (Interlude 3)
(The following events take place after Episode 7)It was an early morning. The events of the night before were exhausting to everyone. They group had gotten word from Hank that the girl, Melody, was...
View ArticleAnother long hiatus and a New Blog
I'm not dead, and neither is my gaming.In fact it is alive as ever, but in a different direction, slightly. I have succumbed to an addiction to plastic crack. For about a year or so I have been bitten...
View ArticleProject Updates
So to get a few things in order on this blog first. A few project updates.The 3D Printing Project...is dead. That one 3D printer I bought and was getting super excited about turned out to be a...
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