Stumbled on this movie on Tubi. Saw that Claudia Black was in it (big fan!) and watched the trailer. It intrigued me. The style of the movie had a strong Alien crossed with 2001: Space Odyssey and I liked the dark tone. So I sat and watched it, not really thinking I would write about…
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Basics of Writing a RPG One Shot Adventure
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…
Wednesday Night Gaming on Hiatus
I am officially placing my Wednesday night gaming on hiatus. Real life just simply does not make it easy and that makes it hard for me to have a satisfying experience. It is nothing against those that loyally stuck with it. When it is not fun for me though, I need to re-evaluate how I…
The Fhar’ath, the I’krl Theocracy
PROJECT STATUS: ON GOING. Fading Suns True20: The Externals In my new campaign, The Mysterium Platonis, I have decided to bring in the Externals from Star Drive. They seem to almost fit perfectly although they seem a little overpowered. I am planning to design a small region of lost worlds that are under the influence…
Living MACE/Emberbright Contest
PROJECT STATUS: ON GOING. An ongoing contest and project to create a Living campaign exclusively for MACE, set it at least 3 systems (Savage Worlds, Pathfinder, and Bare Bones Fantasy). Phase 1 decided on the specific setting, Emberbright by Matt Holmquist. Phase 2 details the Elven Magocracy Houses and is in progress.
Sci-fi One shot idea
Year 2604. After surviving a major global war, environmental collapse and an alien invasion, Earth is rule by aristocracy, at the top of which is the monarch King Thayone. Terran humans have returned to the stars using technology taken from their alien invaders, allowing them to build new interstellar capable exploratory ships. The HMS Icarus…
A moment of conflict
Ever since I have gotten back into Dark Conspiracy, I have felt conflicted about various things about the setting. One is the general dynamic of the game itself. It’s the “near future” where the whole economy has collapsed, corporations rule the day and governments are struggling to even exist. I get that. There is a…
Movie Inspiration: Planet Hulk
I saw Planet Hulk the other day and am finding as I watch many of the Marvel and DC animated movies, there are some really cool ideas you can draw from for a sci-fi RPG. The best idea I got our of Planet Hulk was the Spikes. For most of the movie, you are told…
B-Movie Inspirations: It! The Terror from Beyond Space
B-Movies Inspirations Today’s Movie: It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958) When first started this idea, I knew there were bad movies that I would get nothing out of or at least struggled with. Well, this movie is one of them, I suppose, but not because it is bad. It! is a story that has since…
B-Movies RPG plot ideas: War of the Planets
Movie: War of the Planets (1977) Ever since starting this series of entries, I have been researching other movies and seeing just how many movies I have not seen. As it turns out, I have not seen a lot. This one is public domain and I found it on www.bmovies.com. It is one of those…