Tag: FATE
WFRP – 1st Session of The Enemy Within Campaign
I ran the first game of WFRP: The Enemy Within campaign last week. I’ve recorded the session and it’s also summarised on the ORC website. Apologies for the audio quality but we kinda got started in a bit of a haphazard fashion. The PCs are: Priscilla, Elven Hunter. Ludo Willikins, Halfling Smuggler. “Hairy” Seib Harlander,…
RPG plans for Summer 2012
I’ve got quite a bit of things planned over the next few months, both on the site and at ORC Edinburgh. And its not just me: there’s a mini-campaign of the Dragon Age RPG kicking off, a Pathfinder game, a GURPS Swashbuckling Superhero game, as well as my own Marvel Super Heroes game. I’m also…
RPG Piracy
YAAR! Or not. In the last week the SOPA and PIPA legislations were pretty much sunk. As is usual for such things there’s two perspectives you can have on this: one is that it a victory for civil liberties and privacy, and that such things are pretty much unworkable. The other perspective is that again…
Cthulhutech – running CT campaigns
Cthulhutech can be quite a daunting game to run, especially if you’re new to running an RPG. The sheer volume of background material can be quite off-putting for a novice GM, or even some more experienced GMs. At the end of the day, it should be a collaborative effort between you and your players. Before…
Writing a Script – a new skill set
Writing a Script is an article originally part of a presentation I made years ago at Stevenson College: most of it holds true today, when I do writing projects of any kind. Introduction Every programme needs a script, even if it is a simple animation with no speech at all. The script is the basic…
Defining Moments & “White Vest” Moments
Such a simple thing really. I love Sunday mornings when I’ve not been out the night before. There’s an inherent tranquillity about town, probably because it’s largely hungover from the night before… Anyway, the sun is out (albeit briefly I expect) and it’s very quiet (apart from some nearby church bells). After ORC yesterday, I…