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San Rafael - Session 2 December 19, 2023 Call of Cthulhu & Mythic GME & Down Darker Trails

Last time, Memo Rodríguez, a New Mexican cowboy, arrived in the Texas border town of San Rafael to follow up on the relatives of Los Díaz, a

San Rafael - Session 1 November 12, 2023 Call of Cthulhu & Mythic GME & Down Darker Trails

I’m still playing Pulp Cthulhu in the Down Darker Trails (DDT) setting with the Mythic Game Master Emulator (GME). I decided to keep using the same

The Children of Aguas Blancas - Session 2 October 30, 2023 Call of Cthulhu & Mythic GME & Down Darker Trails

This is the continuation of the previous session, and as before there are some spoilers for the scenario “The Secret of Castronegro” from the

The Children of Aguas Blancas - Session 1 October 29, 2023 Call of Cthulhu & Mythic GME & Down Darker Trails

For this solo game, I have decided to give Mythic GM Emulator (2nd Edition) a try, together with Call of Cthulhu. For the latter, I’m also using the

Yourself - Trophy Edition October 22, 2023 Yourself & Trophy & Hollow Vale & Journaling

For Sara. “Yourself” uses cards from a tarot deck to inspire and guide responses. Instead of a traditional tarot deck, I’m using the Hollow Valley

Ultraviolet Grasslands - Exploration Test October 21, 2023 Ultraviolet Grasslands

Her Odyssey - Trophy Edition October 16, 2023 Her Odyssey & Trophy & Tome of Adventure Design & Journaling

Today’s game is Her Odyssey: Her Odyssey is a solo journaling RPG about a wanderer trying to return home - or find a new home. As with my recent

Thousand Year Old Vampire - Session 2 October 13, 2023 Thousand Year Old Vampire & Trophy & Journaling

In the previous session of Thousand Year Old Vampire by Tim Hutchings, I used the default setting for Trophy by Jesse Ross. I am a vampire who once

Thousand Year Old Vampire - Session 1 October 11, 2023 Thousand Year Old Vampire & Trophy & Journaling

NB: Thousand Year Old Vampire (affiliate link) is a journaling game that directs the player to start “in the distant past”. For the purpose of this

The Stygian Library - Part 3 May 3, 2023 Stygian Library & OD&D & White Box FMAG

After two incursions into The Stygian Library, the party is ready to head back and finish the job! They have most, but not quite all, of the

The Stygian Library - Part 2 May 1, 2023 Stygian Library & OD&D & White Box FMAG

Last time, I rolled up three OD&D characters and sent them into a non-Euclidean quantum library on an errand for a powerful wizard in search of an

The Stygian Library - Part 1 April 28, 2023 Stygian Library & OD&D & White Box FMAG

I’ve recently come back to Original D&D in the form of White Box FMAG. Currently I’m running a short (?) campaign for some friends, but I want to

Starforged - Exploration Part 10 April 5, 2023 Starforged

Lux is still in this nebula, trying to understand what’s going on with it. This game continues to shy away from intrigue and overtly political

Starforged - Exploration Part 9 April 2, 2023 Starforged

That’s right, I’ve returned to my Starforged campaign for a bit. As I haven’t played in a bit, I took some time to update my local records: a custom

Adventures in Acid Death Fantasy - Part 4 April 1, 2023 Troika & Acid Death Fantasy & One Page Solo Engine & Scarlet Heroes & Vaults of Vaarn & Lexicon Urthus

Zamug has journeyed through the wastes outside of the great city of Shurupak and reached Zulmek, a Dunehold of the Alqai, searching for an artisan

Adventures in Acid Death Fantasy - Part 3 March 31, 2023 Troika & Acid Death Fantasy & One Page Solo Engine & Scarlet Heroes

In the last session, Zamug, an agent for a Freshwater Grub crime lord, found the Starsleigh, which was a crashed golden barge in the form of a

Adventures in Acid Death Fantasy - Part 2 March 27, 2023 Troika & Acid Death Fantasy & One Page Solo Engine & Trilemma

This adventure will use The Oracle’s Decree, albeit from the Trilemma Adventures Compendium. I made some monster conversions in advance and decided

Adventures in Acid Death Fantasy - Part 1 March 25, 2023 Troika & Acid Death Fantasy & Scarlet Heroes & Worlds Without Number & One Page Solo Engine

I’ve been immersed in games descended from Dungeons and Dragons lately, playing them as a form of “comfort gaming”. However, my thoughts have been

Acid Death Fantasy Experiment March 22, 2023 Troika & Vaults of Vaarn & Tome of Adventure Design & Lexicon Urthus & One Page Solo Engine & Acid Death Fantasy & Worlds Without Number & D30 Sandbox Companion & Ultraviolet Grasslands

I love Dying Earth-styled science fantasy, but this time I’ll use the Acid Death Fantasy (ADF) sourcebook for Troika! as a starting point. Together

Return to Latter Earth - Part 4 March 21, 2023 Scarlet Heroes & Worlds Without Number & Numenera & Tome of Adventure Design

Before I turn away from Scarlet Heroes, I want to try it with a traditionally-built dungeon. After that, I may turn to some other game. Dyson