Seek the Wolf in Thyself!
I am throwing around the idea of a possible campaign idea for 2016 Friday night gaming. I have 3 to choose from. Here they are as well as the pros and cons for each. Fantasy Age System: Titansgrave I have been watching the Youtube channel off and on and really like the setting. The rules…
The Basics or the Hook The device that draws the player characters into the adventure. This is includes the background. The Push The motive they have to escape their current situation The Pull The reward they expect for achieving the goal The Gimmick The adventure’s particular, uh, gimmick The Enigma (optional) Motivation or story behind…
I am developing a one shot adventure for MACE East 2016 for The Last Parsec. It does not have to be Savage Worlds or The Last Parsec but that’s what is pulling in players. This adventure was first inspired by recent terrain work I have done. I wanted something where I can use the following…
Harbinger Down (2015) I am a sucker for a movie inspired by Alien or The Thing. Show a sci-fi monster movie and I am there. I ran across this movie while browsing Netflix, not know anything about it. The blurb interested me so I started it. I found out later that this film was Kickstarted by a team…
Type: Splinterland Discontinuity: 2 Assimilation Effect Value: 40 Mercurial is a minor splinterland of desolate beauty. Upon first glance, it is an endless world of metallic mountains, hills, pools and oceans. The beauty is mesmerizing to some. However, it is as beautiful as it is deadly. Some believe that this world was once a full…
I write about MACE in multiple places but this is where I write about me and my feelings – a place to vent. Most people don’t want to read about how the sausage is made. They just want it cooked and served up. In the case of MACE, give the players “What, Where and When”…
Ran Legendary Planet: The Assimilation Strain as a playtest for MACE 2015. A lot more deadlier than I thought, initially. Had my 2nd level characters (3 of them) pretty beat up by half way through. Second Session with really well. I added a few things, including some Ghouls that the clerics at one time were…
Hardcore science fiction is very hard to pull off from a role playing game perspective because realism tends to bore the average player. Yea, I know, there are those that prefer it and I can respect that. However, in my experience, the average player does not want to go through the mind numbing realization that…
Sci-fi is my thing, I make no bones about it. I love a good story of group of people exploring the unknown, finding alien monsters, and learning that the universe is much bigger than they thought. Browsing Netflix, I found yet another unexpected gem of a movie – Dark Space. It is a low budget…
Every once in a while, I come across a movie that came in under the radar; that might not get over 60% on Rotten Tomatoes, that I found well written and the story is well told and that I really like. I am not sure what that says about me but there have been some key movies that have done that for me. Pandorum is one of those movies. It was not well received but I really loved thsi8 movie. So much so, that I bought the movie. The Outpost is another. Sunshine is another, however that one has better reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.