Tue, Apr 26, 2011 – 08:49
What do I want from an RPG? Abe, my DM from home, asked me to post a discussion of what I like in my RPGs. I know that a number of my readers play RPGs of one kind or another, so hopefully this will appeal to more than just him. I can count the number [...]
Last Shadowrun session, we spent a lot of time arguing about the moral and material advantages and disadvantages of kidnapping a boy from his family when three corporations are out looking for him and will get him one way or another. Eventually we talked ourselves into the idea that it was better to snap him [...]
Fri, Feb 18, 2011 – 19:30
I haven’t really discussed the new Shadowrun game my group here has been playing since Midgard ended. So far I’ve been really enjoying it and have been pretty disappointed every second week, when the rest of the group plays Pathfinder/D&D 3.5. I feel a lot more comfortable and notice the language barrier much less, probably [...]
Sun, Jan 30, 2011 – 15:28
It took me a while but I finally got the end of the Midgard tale and here it is… The week previously, we had finally found the root of all the evil-doing, and made it as far as breaking into the hidden lair where he had been working his magic. I’m going to call him [...]
Sun, Jan 16, 2011 – 18:46
Janine asked me to describe Miyari while I was visiting her in Berlin, and she did a lovely drawing for me! Although I provided more information to her orally at the time, here’s what I had written up after the first session with my character. Miyari is a runaway serf from Ywerddon. As with many [...]
Tue, Jan 11, 2011 – 14:03
Last Tuesday was another interesting day in Tidford. When last we left off, we had been in a meeting with the local mob boss and his merchant captain about whether we would take work as marines on the boat. For some reason the captain was willing to pay us 15 GP/day, apparently to get us [...]
Thu, Dec 16, 2010 – 07:42
First off, I should make a few comments on last week’s post since it’s gained so much attention. Evidently “Paladin” is the incorrect translation for “Glücksritter,” but since I gather this is a class specific to Midgard, and so far paladin still seems applicable, I’m leaving the way it is. The “despite being Germans” comment [...]
My mom sent me a homemade advent calendar box, which has been really cute. The first day was a desk tree, and then each consecutive day there’s been a little piece of chocolate and an ornament or a tiny string of lights or whatever in a packet hung from some christmasy ribbons. Even though the [...]
I realize that news of my life in Cologne have been a bit sparse. This is mostly because all you people who think living abroad is really glamorous, are wrong. :P I wake up and go to work every morning in a world full of people speaking another language, spend the day photoshopping images or [...]
Wow, this project is finally wrapped up! I feel lucky to have worked with such talented artists. So back in September, I started a project for a guy in Rochester, where two of my Illustration friends would produce high-fantasy art for Warhammer reference cards, and I would do the card design. We were completely incapable [...]
