Setting (System): Dragonstar (d20 3.x) First Session: 6/14/2003 When/Where: UNCC Campus, Denny Campaign News A campaign that I started and again did not finish. Dragonstar setting is basically D&D in space. I really enjoyed this campaign setting because it had the best of both worlds. I found myself easily converting D&D stuff to the setting,…
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Star Wars: Blood of Shadows
System/Setting: Star Wars d20. Lords of the Expanse, Tapani Sector Dates: July 7, 2001 – May 17, 2003 “A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away … in a time of conflict, a time of intrigue…” Loosely linked to the Dragon Campaign but more about the consequences of the first Lords of the Expanse campaign, this…
Star Wars: Shadows of Deceit
System: Star Wars d6 Started: 5/29/1999 When/Where: UNCC Campus, Denny My last d6 campaign before d20 took over in the middle of this one. This was my first Lords of the Expanse campaign. I LOVE THIS STAR WARS SETTING! This was very closely tried into the Dragon War campaign, taking place around the same time….
Star Wars: Darkstryder
Setting/System: Star Wars d6 System Started: 1996 (estimated) Ended: November 7, 1998 When/Where: UNCC Campus, Denny The beast of all campaigns. I had 8 players, each player playing 3 to 4 characters. This took a little over 2 years to complete. And I of course could not be satisfied with what they published. I added a…
Heart of Darkness
System: Call of Cthulhu/ 1923 Setting: 1920s Started: 10/1995 CHARACTERS: KATRINA LOVELACE (PARAPSYCHOLOGIST), THOMAS COVENANT (ARCHEOLOGIST), ANNA MOORES (INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER), ARTEMIS OCTSBERRY (PRIEST), JAMES HOPKINS (ARCHAEOLOGIST/OCCULT) SETTING: Players do not know each other but have a mutual friend – Father Philip McBride. They all receive a letter requesting their presence in Montreal. Dear Friend Much time…
Star Wars: Dragon Wars
Setting/System: Star Wars d6 Started: 6/1995 (estimated) When/Where: UNCC Campus, Denny Latest Campaign News After years of running Star Frontiers and then a couple of years running Shatterzone, I finally bit the bullet and got into Star Wars d6. I did not like it when I first tried First Edition. Second Edition was definitely and…
Hykosian Arrival/Ka’Abrelian Incursion
Setting/System: Shatterzone/Masterbook Started: 5/1993 (estimated) My first science fiction system outside of Star Frontiers. We had some great characters venture into a campaign that I made up as I went along, chasing down the HLA and their masters, the true Hykosians and their servants, the “big uglies”. I ran this for a year or so…
The King in Yellow
System: Call of Cthulhu Setting: 1920s Started: 6/1991 (estimated) Ran a published Chaosium adventure. Ended very strangely. My first attempt at a long term CoC campaign. When the player end up in a time machine, to forward in time to watch the destruction of the universe, and then the subsequent recreation of the universe, to…
Tharkold: The Coreman Legacy
System: Dark Conspiracy Started: 3/1990 Several years back (early 90s), I put together an idea for a campaign after running a few strung together one-shots in Dark Conspiracy. It started with a couple of short adventures I threw together and then an adventure out of Challenge Magazine #62, Kafka (which now can be found on…
1988 to 1991: College Years
System: Star Frontiers, modified Zebulon’s Guide system Setting: Star Frontiers mixed with material inspired by Other Suns, what became the first incarnation of Advanced SF. Started: 1989-1991 (estimated) When/Where: UNCC Guild Star Frontiers merged with Other Suns, ran several loosely linked adventures over several years. Many good memories and made some very close friends through my college years. Source…