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THE RESILIENT PAST
Whenever I start a new campaign in a setting I've already used, I usually set it years after my previous campaign, which provides some of the backdrop for the present. In my current Wandering Heroes of...
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ADVENTURE DESIGN IN WANDERING HEROES OF OGRE GATE
Here is a glimpse of the adventure design section of the rules: DESIGNING ADVENTURESThere are countless ways to design adventures and any one of them can work for Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate. Much of...
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MARTIAL ARTS AND ARMOR: THE DILEMMA
One of the things we put off addressing until the very end in Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate, is armor. If the setting were more gritty, we would have simply ported in the Armor rules from Sertorius and...
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THE SECRET OF JE VALLEY CAMPAIGN (WANDERING HEROES OF OGRE GATE)
This campaign is set ten years after a previous set of adventures (HERE). Characters:Xue Lingsu (Purple Cavern Sect)Kang Xi (Affiliated with Mr. Red Claw)Zhi Zhu (No Sect)Long Shu (Purple Cavern...
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GRUDGES
We just started a new Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate Campaign (HERE) and during play I realized we had been approaching Grudges all wrong. While I think the initial idea for a Grudge Encounter table was...
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WANDERING HEROES OF OGRE GATE: THE FRONTIER
Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate is set in the world of Qi Xien, and here there is a great empire with a vast bureaucracy as one might expect from a wuxia-style setting. However the focus of the game,...
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CAMPAIGN SET UP AND STRUCTURE IN WANDERING HEROES OF OGRE GATE
I just wanted to go over some of the details about how I have been prepping my Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate campaigns. We may offer some advice rooted in this in the rulebook but this is really more...
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WANDERING HEROES OF OGRE GATE: THE IMPORTANCE OF CHARACTERS
One thing that I've noticed when I prep for my Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate campaigns is a make way more NPCs than in other settings. This may have to do with my own approach to the genre, but I also...
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THE SECRET OF JE VALLEY PART TWO (WANDERING HEROES OF OGRE GATE)
This campaign is set ten years after a previous set of adventures (HERE). This is the second session of the campaign (see the first entry HERE). Characters:Xue Lingsu (Purple Cavern Sect)Kang Xi...
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INTERVIEW WITH JACKIE MUSTO (THE BOOKSTRAVAGANZA KICKSTARTER)
I recently spoke with illustrator Jackie Musto, creator of Kay and Pand The Adventures of Lady Skylark, about her upcoming kickstarter. Jackie is also responsible for most of the interiors in a number...
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WUXIA INSPIRATION: TRAIL OF THE BROKEN BLADE
Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate draws on a number of sources for inspiration. I watch a lot of wuxia movies and TV shows, and these have had a big influence not only on Ogre Gate, but on Sertorius and...
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IN DEFENSE OF THE CLASSICS (WUXIA INSPIRATION)
I've been making a point of watching a wide range of wuxia movies while we work on Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate, spanning decades from roughly 1966 to the present. While I have to admit I've long had...
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WUXIA INSPIRATION: THE LEGEND OF THE BLACK SCORPION (THE BANQUET)
Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate draws on a number of sources for inspiration. I watch a lot of wuxia movies and TV shows, and these have had a big influence not only on Ogre Gate, but on Sertorius and...
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MAKING WUXIA ENCOUNTERS WORK (WANDERING HEROES OF OGRE GATE)
I talked a little bit about this idea in another post (HERE). This time I will focus on making encounters work in a wuxia campaign (and in particular how they work in my Wandering Heroes of Ogre...
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SCALE AND MAPPING IN SERTORIUS
The maps and setting material in Gamandria are intended as a starting point, but one thing I realized after its release is some folks think the details provided are supposed to be final. I want to go...
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THE IMPORTANCE OF GRUNT WORK
The most exciting part of adventure prep, for me at least, is that moment of inspiration where you are struck with a cool idea and think it through. It may be a sudden insight about where the campaign...
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THE SECRET OF JE VALLEY PART III
This campaign is set ten years after a previous set of adventures (HERE). Characters:Xue Lingsu (Purple Cavern Sect)Kang Xi (Affiliated with Mr. Red Claw)Zhi Zhu (No Sect)Long Shu (Purple Cavern...
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WANDERING HEROES OF OGRE GATE (UPDATES)
Just want to shed some light on where we are in the development process for Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate. The setting material is all basically done. There are a few corners to fill out, some final...
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IT IS ALL FUN AND GAMES UNTIL SOMEONE GETS MAIMED
THE CRUEL REALITIES OF THE MARTIAL WORLDIn wuxia characters get maimed all the time. In some instances these are crippling injuries that completely remove them from being active in the martial world,...
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WANDERING HEROES OF OGRE GATE: WHAT MAKES A GOOD SESSION
I've been GMing since about 1990. This is surprising because that is 25 years and it certainly doesn't feel like it. Not just in terms of time, but also experience. I still don't feel like a veteran...
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