tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86888697484582535072024-03-05T05:15:59.506-05:00The Mynock's CaveGaming and GeekeryAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16490241439657277942noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688869748458253507.post-18485010816089752722011-03-23T09:27:00.000-04:002011-03-23T09:27:25.874-04:00Spellbound Kingdoms, Revised Now Available!<a href="http://philgamer.wordpress.com/2011/03/23/spellbound-kingdoms-revised-now-available/">Spellbound Kingdoms, Revised Now Available!</a>: "<p>Spellbound Kingdoms, one of my favorite small press Fantasy RPGs has just come out with a revised edition with a whole bunch of changes to refine an already impressive game. I’ve been keeping an eye out for this since I’d heard that it was in production and now that the revised edition is out, and now that it is, I won’t be able to forgive myself if I didn’t plug it here on my blog:</p><br /><p><a href="http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=63931&affiliate_id=189257"><img title="63931" src="http://philgamer.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/63931.jpg?w=220&h=285" alt="" width="220" height="285"></a></p><br /><p>This is the revised core rulebook for the <a href="http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=63931&affiliate_id=189257">Spellbound Kingdoms RPG</a>. 300 pages of zeppelins, courtesans, feral children, alchemy, sorcery, engineering, politics, dragons, and slavering undead.</p><br /><p>Bound by magic, haunted by fear, and clinging to love, the people of the Kingdoms live in a world on the brink of a new age. Whether that is an age of Enlightenment or a new dark age is up to you.</p><br /><p>Spellbound Kingdoms is a traditional RPG with innovative rules for:</p><br /><p>* Tactical combat where your fighting style matters.<br><br />* Storytelling support.<br><br />* Mass combat as an integral part of the game.<br><br />* Dramatic and tactical dialogue. Fashion as a weapon. Improv-style drama scenes!<br><br />* Emotional depth.<br><br />* Players can play nobles, peasants, soldiers, generals, or anyone in between.<br><br />* A fast pace. Blazing pace, really.<br><br />* A world and an economy that are consistent with the rules.<br><br />* Combat that is easy to learn, difficult to master, fast, fun, and not a pain in the GM’s butt.<br><br />* Cooperative worldbuilding.<br><br />* NPC relationships that matter.</p><br /><p>Spellbound Kingdoms offers dark Renaissance fantasy gameplay with rules that support swashbuckling action, courtly intrigue, and insidious magic.</p><br /><p>New for the revision are over 70 spells, dozens of monsters, a new Talent system, rules for multiple PCs in the same thieves guild or other organization, new combat styles including Mounted and Black Powder & Crimson Blade, many new monster combat styles, advice for creating your own combat styles and spell schools, new alchemical and engineering items, a printer-friendly version of the pdf, and a lot more.</p><br /><p>Welcome to the Kingdoms.</p><br /><p>Here, love and fear are the most powerful forces in the world. You only have to ask yourself one question: is that a good thing?</p><br /><p>—-</p><br /><p>Spellbound Kingdoms, Revised is now available on <a href="http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=63931&affiliate_id=189257">DriveThruRPG</a> for $9.99 or roughly Php 440.</p><br /><br> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/philgamer.wordpress.com/2777/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/philgamer.wordpress.com/2777/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/philgamer.wordpress.com/2777/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/philgamer.wordpress.com/2777/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/philgamer.wordpress.com/2777/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/facebook/philgamer.wordpress.com/2777/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/philgamer.wordpress.com/2777/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/twitter/philgamer.wordpress.com/2777/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/philgamer.wordpress.com/2777/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/philgamer.wordpress.com/2777/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/philgamer.wordpress.com/2777/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/philgamer.wordpress.com/2777/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/philgamer.wordpress.com/2777/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/philgamer.wordpress.com/2777/"></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=philgamer.wordpress.com&blog=1356988&post=2777&subd=philgamer&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1">"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16490241439657277942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688869748458253507.post-64310337980353758982011-03-22T00:03:00.000-04:002011-03-22T00:03:25.805-04:00Heroic Journey Publications » Blog Archive » Mecha Setting Creation<a href="http://www.myheroicjourney.com/2011/03/19/mecha-setting-creation/">Heroic Journey Publications » Blog Archive » Mecha Setting Creation</a>: "- Sent using Google Toolbar"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16490241439657277942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688869748458253507.post-19303457151841621492011-03-11T22:22:00.003-05:002011-03-11T22:22:48.718-05:00Mecha brainstorming<div><p>So I'm a passenger on a lp ing trip back from Florida. I've been asked by my good friend Chris Perrin to try and come up with ideas on how to make setting creation an interesting and inclusive part of a Mecha RPG campaign. </p>
<p>Time to start thinking. I'll let you know if I come up with something. In the meantime you should head over to RPGNow and pick up a copy of the game. Its pretty awesome.</p>
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16490241439657277942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688869748458253507.post-20377420269055087832011-03-11T22:22:00.001-05:002011-03-11T22:22:22.182-05:00Mecha brainstorming<div><p>So I'm a passenger on a lp ing trip back from Florida. I've been asked by my good friend Chris Perrin to try and come up with ideas on how to make setting creation an interesting and inclusive part of a Mecha RPG campaign. </p>
<p>Time to start thinking. I'll let you know if I come up with something. In the meantime you should head over to RPGNow and pick up a copy of the game. Its pretty awesome.</p>
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16490241439657277942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688869748458253507.post-60205107820562184002011-02-24T08:48:00.002-05:002011-02-24T09:00:22.268-05:00Unity Underground<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqW_NGay4tJbP0KjD1VvXUxeFRKlSVevb1dlzAMHA7BVKidsb0Ut8fONevGm0i5eYQJ2akU1T1zmi4Viol_721g8VjCdK3GyGZmhW_gexvexW_Sqpip4DrOeZUdMdBZU93HeH-wvzHox58/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-01-31+at+7.58.14+AM.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 255px; height: 337px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqW_NGay4tJbP0KjD1VvXUxeFRKlSVevb1dlzAMHA7BVKidsb0Ut8fONevGm0i5eYQJ2akU1T1zmi4Viol_721g8VjCdK3GyGZmhW_gexvexW_Sqpip4DrOeZUdMdBZU93HeH-wvzHox58/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-01-31+at+7.58.14+AM.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Last night I had a great time playing the beta of <span style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="http://redmoonmedicineshow.blogspot.com/2011/01/unity-underground-beta.html">Unity Underground</a></span> with my friend Clint Krause and a group of others on Skype last night. <br /><br />Unity Underground is Clint's latest project and is a game where you play Underground members fighting against the corrupt Union who now runs the United states. You play in a sandbox environment but occasionally can get missions from the Underground Radio that point you in a direction to help out.<br /><br />The system is fast and furious that can be quite bloody if you're not careful, and follows the old school format of get mission, kill stuff, take the loot, rinse and repeat. Lots of fragging, lots of fun and you don't need a battle mat to play it. <br /><br />If you want to check it out during the beta period head over to Clint's web site <a href="http://redmoonmedicineshow.blogspot.com/2011/01/unity-underground-beta.html">Red Moon Medicine</a> Show and sign up.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16490241439657277942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688869748458253507.post-61945096315245974752011-02-23T12:59:00.002-05:002011-02-23T13:03:56.716-05:00New Zealand Red Cross Earthquake Relief - RPG Bundle<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.rpgnow.com/images/432/88713.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 394px;" src="http://www.rpgnow.com/images/432/88713.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />If you're looking for a great deal and a way to help people in need you can't go wrong by dropping $20.00 on the <a href="http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=88713">New Zealand Red Cross Earthquake Relief package</a> at <a href="http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=88713">RPGNow.com</a>. It contains some great books including Cold City, The Book of Knights, and even Mecha!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16490241439657277942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688869748458253507.post-23497564143939700202011-02-23T09:21:00.002-05:002011-02-23T10:09:00.648-05:00Greeting to all again!I just noticed that Sterling Hershey gave me a plug in his own blog <a href="http://blogs.starwars.com/silverforce/219">Delusions of Grandeur</a>. This blog is my place to talk about whatever is on my mind at the time be it movies, games, or technology. <br /><br />Currently I'm in the middle of running a Star Wars Saga Edition Campaign for my home group the Ancient Gamers. I've got an overarching plot but I'm running it sandbox style to give the players as much freedom as they want to play in the galaxy far far away.<br /><br />I'm reading a few things, notably the <a href="http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=81475">Icons RPG</a> from Adamant publishing. It's a great superhero game that brings back the feel of the old TSR Marvel Superheroes Role Playing Game. Character generation is random and the gamemaster never has to roll dice, he just controls the action while the players make all the rolls. As a bonus Adamant just lowered the price on all their PDF items to $1.99 so you can't go wrong.<br /><br />I am a Android phone user and own an original Motorola Droid which I love and a Velocity Cruz Tablet. To me the difference between and Iphone and a Droid is the same as a Mac and a PC. If you want an item that just does what its supposed to get an Apple. If you want control over your phone then you want an Android. <br /><br />I do some work with Heroic Journey Publishing and recently edited the <a href="http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=82258">Mecha RPG</a> a cool game from my friend Chris Perrin that lets you game in the anime world of mecha.<br /><br />Welcome to my blog! I'll try and update it more often then not.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16490241439657277942noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688869748458253507.post-88994040260077350982011-02-04T14:22:00.003-05:002011-02-04T16:14:10.572-05:00Finally a Android application for blogger!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzqBWhMXHejkCM0zf6qhwviKxXtMbqTX6lIbC2GDxe4RzY_VYnSw9_kHKjoZLc2MbUqwvjU1KPjXBZ1K8p_x1E1nisOvJAvIrGc24iNaQQdVQsRgVJdUx5IzUP52slhx49TQ7fe99jsdJ0/s1600/103_1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 136px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzqBWhMXHejkCM0zf6qhwviKxXtMbqTX6lIbC2GDxe4RzY_VYnSw9_kHKjoZLc2MbUqwvjU1KPjXBZ1K8p_x1E1nisOvJAvIrGc24iNaQQdVQsRgVJdUx5IzUP52slhx49TQ7fe99jsdJ0/s200/103_1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569945711336669330" /></a><br /><div><p>Hello everyone! Its been a long time since I posted anything here.</p><p>I got a new android tablet for Christmas and started picking up a variety of e-books and PDFs. For my kindle app I've got a lot of the Colonial Gothic books and I've got to say they a lot of fun.</p><p>Also I found a great PDF reader called "repligo" which has allowed me to actually read my PDFs easily. Currently I'm reading the Icons super hero game that I reported on earlier. </p><p>If you hour an android tablet shoot mea post, maybe I've got something to share or you've got something don't know about. </p><p>All for now!</p></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16490241439657277942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688869748458253507.post-15332157471730557062010-06-06T00:45:00.002-04:002010-06-06T00:48:04.588-04:00A new Super Hero game "Icons"<p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_I48m4_E7gM8/TAsn6fKLZkI/AAAAAAAAA_I/Ptzr62vj5lc/s1600-h/81475%5B1%5D%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="81475[1]" border="0" alt="81475[1]" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_I48m4_E7gM8/TAsn6VcHyBI/AAAAAAAAA_M/C25Pi-7CeLI/81475%5B1%5D_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="159" height="244" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p>I couldn’t help myself. Icons. This is the new game from Steve Kenson, the man behind Mutants & Masterminds. What you say? Why would he design a rival Supers RPG? Well this is a lot simpler game, made more for pick ups than long campaigns and reminiscent of the old Marvel Superheroes game a favorite of mine from long ago.</p> <p> </p> <p>It’s available now from <a href="http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=81475&">RPGNow.com</a> for only $14.95. I can’t wait to dig in and I’ll let you know how it looks.</p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:de0cdade-772a-4bb2-85db-5577fb0e8206" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Super+Hero" rel="tag">Super Hero</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/RPG" rel="tag">RPG</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Game" rel="tag">Game</a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16490241439657277942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688869748458253507.post-90360581829408288632010-06-02T21:06:00.001-04:002010-06-02T21:06:24.833-04:00The end is nigh!<p>We played another session of our Star Wars Saga Edition Clone Wars Campaign “Operation Rancor” on Sunday and it went fairly well. I admit I have trouble generating balanced encounters once the number of PCs gets above 5. </p> <p>The players that were knocked unconscious during the crash landing in the last game the Kel Dor Soldier named Sil and the Duros Scoundrel Teebo left the ship behind. Riding swoops at breakneck speeds through the woods to catch up to their companions the stumble upon an an Republic patrol being ambushed by numerous Super Battle Droids and Dwarf Spider Droids. The clones were being lead on a patrol by a Rodian scout named Neely. </p> <p>The players stop to aid their comrades and end up bringing Neely with them . They arrive at the capitol and make their way through the sewers to the palace courtyard where they find the destruction left by the others.</p> <p>Once reunited the players try to find a data jack for R5-D4 to plug into to get them the coordinates to the secret droid maintenance bay in the palace where the Rancor Battle Droid is being Rebuilt.  They make their way to the throne room and find an ambush waiting for them. The Separatist leader Durge is waiting for them.</p> <p>Making short work of Durge’s Droid patrol they take on the ancient cyborg themselves and he nearly hands them their heads and they are forced to spend some destiny points to stay alive. But some well placed shots (Crits) and perseverance they get Durge to the point where he tries to escape. The Jedi will have none of that and use the force to pull him back into the battle where a lucky Critical by the Gungan Sniper takes him out.</p> <p>The Gen-Dai’s spineless for is forced to escape through the small cracks that are in the ancient throne room. The characters gain enough experience to make level 9 and dread the upcoming battle with Xanatos in their quest to liberate the Rancor before it falls into enemy hands. </p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16490241439657277942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688869748458253507.post-9692910047718322152010-05-17T02:22:00.001-04:002010-05-17T02:22:36.511-04:00Once more onto the breech…<p>We started playing Star Wars Saga Edition again tonight. Down two players we improvised heading into the third chapter of our Clone Wars campaign. </p> <p>The characters have retrieved most of the pieces of the Rancor Super Droid from the Sith Wars, except for the head which was retrieved by the Separatist Dark Jedi Xanatos. </p> <p>Returning to Coruscant they hear the news that Count Dooku was slain by the Jedi Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi who are now hunting down General Grievous. </p> <p>They are give orders to return to Khador where the expert droid scientists are reconstructing the pieces of the Rancor and return it to Coruscant with the Republic fleet. </p> <p>Arriving on Khador they find the world besieged by the Separatist forces who have engaged the Republic fleet in battle. Their ship the “Mugdon” is hit and is forced to make a hard landing on the planet where they learn that the Separatists have taken the capitol city and are searching for the hidden lab where the Rancor awaits. </p> <p>The Jedi Sevrus’s former master Kronk the Gammorean weapons master is all that’s left of the forces that were guarding the Rancor. He requests that they infiltrate the city and get the Ancient droid out before it can fall into enemy hands.</p> <p>The group finds a small entrance through the sewers guarded by some Battle Droids and makes their way to the palace where they fight their way though. They hear one last transmission from Kronk warning them that the Separatist leader is a Cyborg before he dies of unknown wounds. </p> <p>Now on their own, they must get the Rancor before Xanatos and the mysterious cyborg do. </p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16490241439657277942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688869748458253507.post-87094802459140561992010-01-20T01:15:00.000-05:002010-01-20T01:15:32.125-05:00The Core Mechanic: Gamers Help Haiti - Donate Today & Get Over $1300 Worth of Gaming Loot Too!Check out this deal. If you've got $20.00 it all goes to Haiti Relief and you get $1400.00 worth of RPG PDF Goodness. <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.thecoremechanic.com/2010/01/gamers-help-haiti-donate-today-get-over.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheCoreMechanic+%28The+Core+Mechanic%29&utm_content=Twitter">The Core Mechanic: Gamers Help Haiti - Donate Today & Get Over $1300 Worth of Gaming Loot Too!</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16490241439657277942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688869748458253507.post-87766093049629913352010-01-07T23:10:00.000-05:002010-01-07T23:10:59.236-05:00The Shorty Awards - The best producers of real-time, short form content on Twitter<a href="http://shortyawards.com/">The Shorty Awards - The best producers of real-time, short form content on Twitter</a><br /><br />Vote for your favorite Twitter users!!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16490241439657277942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688869748458253507.post-49212664362882620882009-11-10T01:08:00.001-05:002009-11-10T01:08:53.013-05:00Wayne Humfleet's Profile - Windows Live<p>I started my Windows Live page. Stop by if you want to. </p> <p><a href="http://cid-474dc43fa8240d05.profile.live.com/">Wayne Humfleet's Profile - Windows Live</a></p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16490241439657277942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688869748458253507.post-17028011712023392612009-10-25T00:29:00.002-04:002009-10-25T00:42:12.273-04:00Hey I'm back!Hey sorry for anyone that's actually following my blog. I've been pretty busy with things. I've got a gig posting reviews at Gamecryer.com. Check them out if your interested in game reviews by some talented people. <br /><br />Also I'm working with Heroic Journey Press on some upcoming projects. A setting for a popular fantasy game, and other little projects in the hopper. Lots of writing.<br /><br />I've also started going back to school to get my bachelors. My current class is 2003 Server Infrastructure. Not as easy as I thought going in, but very interesting and things I should know for my job.<br /><br />To top it off I got my certification in Citrix Systems 2003 Server XenApp 4.5 - 5. I've been working on Citrix systems for around 13 years and have held the cert a few other times, but like most technology certs it gets outdated often. So getting it again is good. <br /><br />On the gaming front my group "The Ancient Gamers" is still playing Paizo's "Age of Worms" campaign that was originally posted in Dungeon Magazine. We're also going to be getting back to my Star Wars Saga "Clone Wars" Campaign soon. The players have discovered two pieces of the Ancient Sith Battle Droid "The Rancor" and are in a race to find the final piece with the Separatists, and their Dark Jedi Ally.<br /><br />Reading wise I've been reading an interesting book called Legionnaire, and unofficial legionnaire's handbook. It's a look at life in the Roman army. It's fun and keeps your interest. Also, I'm reading Mutant City Blues for review soon and Deadlands Reloaded for Savage Worlds. Tonight I picked up Mutants and Masterminds Second Edition, since it's a classic system, and I don't currently have a Superhero RPG. <br /><br />I haven't had time to Podcast with Kore Podcasts lately. But eventually I'll probably get back into it as time permits. <br /><br />So, I'll wrap this post up with a wish for everyone's good health in this time of pandemic fear. Wash your hands, and cover your mouth. Take care.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16490241439657277942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688869748458253507.post-82021644828858843812009-09-11T00:23:00.001-04:002009-09-11T00:23:37.422-04:00Powered by Fantasy Craft<a href=http://shar.es/1X6hE>Powered by Fantasy Craft</a><br /><br />Posted using <a href="http://sharethis.com">ShareThis</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16490241439657277942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688869748458253507.post-89729602697654573952009-09-05T10:56:00.002-04:002009-09-05T11:07:50.519-04:00Game Chef 2009Ok, I'm going to try out an experiment and put my hat in the ring for Game Chef 2009. The rules call for the use of Intrigue (The Mutiny), Fleur-De-Lis (The French Crew), Stars (Takes place at night), Dividers (The mutiny is being plotted in a section of the hold seperate from the rest), and finally Seabird (The ship is the Seabird) My entry is called Mutiny on the Seabird, and this is my initial alpha entry to get things started. All comments will be taken and considered. Feel free to post.<br /><br /><br />Mutiny on the Seabird<br /><br />The year is 1690, the French pirate ship the Seabird has been sailing up the eastern coast of America looking for ships to plunder with no luck. 3 months ago they put to sea, their rations are running low, as well as their run, no booty is coming into their coffers, and there is nary a wench in sight!<br /><br />The Captain has not made good on his promises and the crew's morale is at an all time low. It's time for a change, you and your fellow conspirators gather at night when the captain is sleeping. In a small hold whose walls divide up the cargo area, you plot your mutiny. One of you must become the new captain, with a small group of followers you must win over the rest of the ship. <br /><br />The rules:<br /><br />Each Mutineer receives 5 token to represent loyal crew members<br />The Captain (GM) receives 5 Tokes per player for his loyal crew members<br /><br />Play starts clockwise from the captain.<br /><br />The first Mutineer starts his scene describing how he is going to go about swaying crew to his cause, this can be against another player or the captain. <br /><br />Roleplay out the scene with the player in question then make your move. You take 3d6 and add an additional d6 for every crew you wish to commit to the action. Crew committed are put at risk during the round and can be lost. <br /><br />Your opponent commits rolls 3d6 and also can commit crew to resist. Whether the opponent commits crew or not all of his crew is at risk.<br /><br />Dice are rolled and the highest single dice is taken as the attack and defense. Matches are added together to get bigger numbers for example if a player rolled 5 dice and got a 4, 5, 2, 2, 2 his highest dice would be a 6 with the 3 two's added together.<br /><br />If the attacker wins he sways crew to his cause and the difference is added to his crew total.<br /><br />If the defender wins, the difference up to the committed crew is added to his loyal crew, they changed their minds, etc..<br /><br />Crew committed to an action cannot be used again until the players next scene. <br /><br />Play progresses around the table with the captain ending the turn. His actions represent him trying regain his position, and win back the loyalty of the crew.<br /><br />If a player runs out of crew he is outed as a mutineer, and a scene is played out representing his punishment, keelhauled, or set adrift, whatever sounds fun. That player is then out of the game.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16490241439657277942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688869748458253507.post-36452779178457572502009-07-24T23:44:00.000-04:002009-07-24T23:45:27.557-04:00I voted! Please vote for Heroic Journey Publishing for fan choice!<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div align='center'><img src='http://www.ennie-awards.com/images/ennies_i_voted%20_rectangle_09.png' style='max-width: 800px; float: none;'/><br/></div><blockquote/><br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=09ea2612-a57f-8fca-843f-1e5666a7446c' alt='' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16490241439657277942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688869748458253507.post-15035520622100770712009-03-21T21:26:00.006-04:002009-07-30T14:48:07.275-04:00May MoviesBoy I am both looking forward to the May movies and dreading them. I usually only get to go to a few movies a year any more and everything I want to see is coming out in May! X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Terminator Salvation, Star Trek, And Angels and Demons. <br /><br />What are you looking forward to seeing?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16490241439657277942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688869748458253507.post-42158879304213188322008-12-17T23:13:00.004-05:002008-12-24T09:04:34.455-05:00Carnage!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://gregorhutton.com/boxninja/threesixteen/art/316img250.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 167px;" src="http://gregorhutton.com/boxninja/threesixteen/art/316img250.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Picked up 3:16 Carnage Amongst the Stars. It;s a simple, low prep time game, that most call the Movie Starship Troopers RPG. Hunt bugs till they're all dead. I'll post more once I read more into it.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16490241439657277942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688869748458253507.post-23611511157115787592008-12-15T19:09:00.002-05:002008-12-15T19:11:57.820-05:00Chris "The Lockergnome" Pirillo Gift List Contest<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://chris.pirillo.com/images/heads/medium/1.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 52px; height: 74px;" src="http://chris.pirillo.com/images/heads/medium/1.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Check out what Chris Pirillo is doing over at his <a href="http://chris.pirillo.com/2008/12/15/receiving-the-gift-of-giving/">blog</a>. I'm asking for the Star Wars Smiles Gift List.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16490241439657277942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688869748458253507.post-57348501886295588502008-12-10T00:18:00.004-05:002008-12-10T00:53:24.651-05:00Star Wars Saga Edition Session 2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/droid/r5d4/img/movie_sm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 174px; height: 108px;" src="http://www.starwars.com/databank/droid/r5d4/img/movie_sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />When we last left our heroes they had destroyed the Communications blocking station that was hampering the Republic forces on Cador. They Return to General K'Ronks command post and are debriefed and allowed a limited equipping excursion into the armory. <br /><br />They are briefed by K'Ronk that King Kordair has managed to get word out from the capitol city of Cardoon, where he and his son Prince Korath are being held prisoners of the Separatists of a archeological find his researchers have discovered in the ruins scattered around the planet of a super weapons used during the Sith wars. The King is unclear of all the details but tells them where the information was brought for processing, and suggests that they look into it before it falls into the wrong hands.<br /><br />The general informs the characters that the research lab where the information is being held at is under siege and will be impossible for them to get into from the main entry points and suggests they look up a Rodian information broker, Galthrok, to find out any other possible ways into the lab.<br /><br />The characters head into the city of Cardoon, trying to avoid any Droid patrols. They start asking around for the broker, and quickly discover that he is the head of the sanitation department for the city. Failing a stealth check the characters have to fend off a patrol of Destroyer Droids before they make it to the city admin building. <br /><br />After intimidating their way around City Guards to enter the building, they locate Galthrok in his basement offices and bribe his secretary into giving them an appointment. Glathrok is not the friendliest guy, but they manage to convince him with some credits and a promise to return an audio device that he wants from the lab, to tell them of a secret way through the sewers of Cardoon into the sub-levels of the research lab. <br /><br />They find the sewers entrance and make their way to the labs, along the way they discover a gang, lead by a Twilek Scoundrel has taken up residence in the sewers avoiding the droids above. The gang tries to shake down the party only to discover that the Gungan sniper is crazy and shoots a rogue in the face. Combat ensues and the party quickly bests the gang. (This is where I discovered that sometimes a hard encounter isn't as hard as I thought it would be.) As they were holding the Twilek head down near a deep pool of water a giant sewer snake came out and bit the head off of the helpless gang leader. Then it went after the rest of it's live meal. This evened the stakes and the party had a major battle on it's hands as the party tried to get out of the range of the snake. A the Kel'Dor soldier went down from an opportunity attack and the Jedi Defender jumped to his defense as the Medic pulled him to safety. The party manages to barely bring down the snake, mostly thanks to some Force slams from the other Jedi.<br /><br />Making it to the sublevel the Duros Scoundrel hacked their way into the building from the secret elevator. They surprised a patrol of battle droids that went down way to quickly, and made their way through the building looking for the lifts to take them up. Another pitched combat in a storage area, and the party found that an R5 droid had managed to avoid being destroyed in the melee. They reprogrammed the droid wiping it's memory and making them it's new owners. They then looked to see what it's name was. R5D4 was visible. Yes the same droid that blew it's motivator in episode 4. The Medic took to it immediately and the first destiny was set. R5 needed to survive while it remained in the parties care, and the Medic became it's caretaker unknowingly.<br /><br />This ended the second session, the characters leveled and were all now level 3 in their professions.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16490241439657277942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688869748458253507.post-2262043737335047162008-12-09T23:50:00.003-05:002008-12-10T00:02:43.273-05:00Fear the Boot Plug<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.feartheboot.com/ftb/wp-content/themes/devart/images/author.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 100px; height: 100px;" src="http://www.feartheboot.com/ftb/wp-content/themes/devart/images/author.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />I want to take minute to comment on one of my other favorite podcasts. <a href="http://www.feartheboot.com">Fear the Boot</a>. This was one of the first podcasts I discovered when I got my Ipod. It's a gaming podcast dedicated to Roleplaying games and a little bit more, the hosts currently Dan, Chad, John, Chris and Pat take on a variety of topics about playing your RPG Games better, have a spirited banter about whats on their minds, and keep it clean. They have been around for a couple of years now, and are a good place to start when your discovering RPG Podcasts. <br /><br />Despite what other shows have said about the guys at Fear the Boot, they remain relevant and fun to listen to. Currently they are the only show I've actually gone back and listened to their entire back catalog of shows and I encourage anyone that starts listening to do if they have the time. <br /><br />They have just started their own Blog at their website that features articles from hosts, friends of the podcast and others about a variety of topics.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16490241439657277942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688869748458253507.post-30272366063192788452008-12-02T01:15:00.008-05:002008-12-02T21:06:10.822-05:00Star Wars Saga Edition Campaign Begins...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggZT1GOpx3Ie5Z0WU5yQ9-73JzvIIseU1Hh1oAgqY_XKsNZx904juIrRXz3O8rF4RfAKw_VK4_6NLXFtyJCdGi6qL5qpO4hkAKbmbUkBLTQaQ_poSQb4jTweDur6zXbFlh00EU4NUtrLzi/s1600-h/Clone_Troopers_Phase_II.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 126px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggZT1GOpx3Ie5Z0WU5yQ9-73JzvIIseU1Hh1oAgqY_XKsNZx904juIrRXz3O8rF4RfAKw_VK4_6NLXFtyJCdGi6qL5qpO4hkAKbmbUkBLTQaQ_poSQb4jTweDur6zXbFlh00EU4NUtrLzi/s320/Clone_Troopers_Phase_II.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275379328805083730" /></a><br />Ok, well actually it's been going for about 2 months now. Our group "The Ancient Gamers", die hard D&D players are letting me try my experiment on them. <br /><br />The Characters in the group consist of 2 Human Jedi, 1 Gungan Scout (Sniper), a Kel Dor Soldier, a Human Noble (Medic), and a Duros Scoundrel (The Pilot).<br /><br />I decided that I wanted the game to start with before Revenge of the Sith in the waning days of the clone wars. This would give me some leeway on the Jedi and allow me to plot some simpler missions to get them going. By the time they reach 7th or 8th level I'll move into the Dark Times after Order 66 gets issued, allowing me to explore some darker on the run adventures.<br /><br />The plot so far, the characters have been sent to the planet Cador, a forested mountainous world, that is ruled by a monarchy and has some advanced droid research facilities. The characters are to Aid the Grand army of the Republic which is fighting for control of the planet against the separatist forces. <br /><br />Arriving on the planet they discover that Separatist reinforcements have arrived and try to shoot them down. I wanted to get them right into the action of a big Starship combat and give the rules a shake down. Combat went slow at first, but once we got used to the system the characters made some major headway and Destroyed the attacking starfighters. Narrowly escaping the larger command ships they headed to the planet and spotted a flare go up on the ground below. Landing they made contact with a lone Clone Scout that had survived an attack after they discovered the location of the Communications jamming station.<br /><br />Making their way to the station they Destroyed a Battle droid patrol and found the station guarded by more droids. The larger combat went smoothly, but we had our first casualty of the night. One of the Jedi went down from a lucky critical hit. Lucky for him, it did not outright kill him and the medic was able to revive him and he was able to sue his second wind to get some hot points back. <br /><br />They proceeded to break into the station hacking the security doors and took out the remaining droids. Using the Clones supply of explosives they Destroyed the jamming equipment, and then a communicator left by the droids went off. A man in dark robes demanded to know why communications were getting though again and when he saw it wasn't droids, but Replublic forces he ordered an air strike on the remains of the station. The players fled back to their ship and saw the explosions as they left. <br /><br />They then made contact with the Jedi General on Cador Gammorean Jedi Master K'Ronk, one of the Jedi's Master. he ordered them to his command post and debriefed the team. As their reward he let them have access to the Armory where they stocked up on needed items. <br /><br />I really liked the way the system flowed for combat, force use, and just about everything. It felt very much like the upgrade that the 3.5 D20 system needed. The players really enjoyed their character and what they could do, and I loved how easy it was to scale encounter strengths to the party. The one thing that came up was the harshness of the Natural 20 critical hits that automatically do double damage. We argued about that for quite awhile with suggestions flowing freely. In the end I opted to stick with it for simplicity and because it is how the game is designed, most of the players agreed that they actually liked crits that way instead of trying to confirm them like in 3.5 D&D.<br /><br />The players all leveled by the end of the night, and prepared for the next adventure, Operation Rancor.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16490241439657277942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688869748458253507.post-3878692182263242812008-10-09T22:48:00.001-04:002008-10-09T22:48:03.035-04:00Star Wars Saga Edition<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Started planning for the new campaign for our gaming group. Everyone is really hot on the New Star Wars Saga Edition rules. We've already generated most of the key player characters with only one hold out. Te tally so far is 2 Human Jedi, one a Combat specialist/tank, the other a Jedi Shadow, 1 Duros Scoundrel specializing in piloting, 1 Kel Dor Soldier, aiming for a Gunfighter build, and finally 1 Gungan Scout heading towards a sniper. The last player hasn't given much thought so we'll see what he wants to play. <br /><br />We're going to base the campaign in the waning days of the Clone Wars, months before the fatefulday of Order 66. We'll start out with some missions for the Republic on as yet unmaed planet. I'll post more as I get it written down.<br /><br />Haven't run a Star Wars game since the days of West Ends D6 based game. This edition is the best one put out since then, and maybe even beats the original out.<br /><br />More later...</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16490241439657277942noreply@blogger.com0