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
Return to Latter Earth - Part 3
March 20, 2023
Scarlet Heroes & Worlds Without Number & Numenera & Tome of Adventure Design
I have done some work to embed this campaign more firmly in a science-fantasy Latter (Dying) Earth setting. As I go through, there will be more
Thoughts on Scarlet Heroes
March 19, 2023
Scarlet Heroes
I played Scarlet Heroes when it was fairly new and decided to revisit it recently after a few years away. Now that I have a lot more solo
Return to Latter Earth - Part 2
March 18, 2023
Scarlet Heroes & The Monster Overhaul
Amina’s out lost in the desert with not enough food for herself, much less for the folks she hired for the expedition. Let’s see if she can deal
Return to Latter Earth - Part 1
March 17, 2023
Scarlet Heroes & The Monster Overhaul & Worlds Without Number
Lately I dug back into Scarlet Heroes (SH) by Kevin Crawford. Before I write a longer piece about how well it holds up, I thought I’d document a
Ruins of the Undercity
March 10, 2023
Searchers of the Unknown & Ruins of the Undercity
In my ongoing experiments with lightweight solo dungeon crawling, I dug out a supplement I haven’t used for years: Ruins of the Undercity (RotU) by
Bucket of Stars - Part 2
March 7, 2023
Ask the Stars & Bucket of Bolts
I’m playing Bucket of Bolts (BoB), a sort of world-building game in which I’m writing the history of a spaceship. I’m also using Ask the Stars (AtS)
Bucket of Stars - Part 1
March 5, 2023
Ask the Stars & Bucket of Bolts & Any Planet Is Earth & Stars Without Number
I’ve spent the past several days experimenting with other types of games, and one that landed my attention was Bucket of Bolts (BoB), which I backed
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