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IMMERSION: EMBEDDING GENRE IN THE SETTING
When we established Bedrock Games in 2009, Bill and I disagreed about many things in gaming. He liked 4th edition D&D, I disliked; I liked Savage Worlds, he wasn't much of a fan, etc. These...
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PAST LIVES
Sometimes in Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate, characters use Divination to determine their pasts lives. Occasionally the GM will already have this sort of information handled in advance (for example if...
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NEW CHARACTER SHEET FOR WANDRING HEROES OF OGRE GATE
Back in June I posted the current Character Sheet for Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate (HERE). It was somewhat tentative and I had some other possibilities on the back burner, but it left something to be...
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INTERVIEW WITH PAPA
In our game Crime Network, the hitman Lundo Lipioni is based on my grandfather, Orlando Fanti. A few years ago I interviewed him about his before the war as a boxer. I was interested in specific...
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MY FAVORITE BLOODY SCENES
Wuxia can get pretty graphic at times, and when it does it paints a scene with blood. This can serve as a surprising reminder of the world the characters inhabit but can also conveys the importance of...
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CAMPAIGN IDEA: THE GIANT KILLERS OF THE MARITE KINGDOMS
This is an idea for a Sertorius campaign set in the Marite Kingdoms, a cluster of walled city states united by the rule of the earthly qoddess Queen Sabeena. It starts out with the party being...
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TWO APPROACHES TO HISTORY
I am considering something more historical in the near future for a new campaign. I really like history, and tend to stick to it fairly closely when I incorporate it into a game, but I like...
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SERTORIUS CAMPAIGN NOTES: THE GOLD OF GOFF-TAN
These are my campaign notes for roughly the fourth session of my Swords of the Four Taverns Campaign. You can see the log of where this session began HERE. The notes are not edited, but they are...
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THE SECRET OF JE VALLEY XII: THE THIRST OF A DRUNKARD AND THE DUTY OF A SON
This campaign is set ten years after a previous set of adventures (HERE). This is the Twelfth full session of the current campaign (Session XI can be found HERE). Characters*:Xue Lingsu (Purple Cavern...
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GENRE IN WANDERING HEROES OF OGRE GATE
In a previous blog post I discussed imbedding the genre in the setting and maintaining genre emulation without the disruption of immersion (HERE). Here I want to talk about some of the things we tried...
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SERTORIUS CAMPAIGN NOTES: THE FIRST WEEK OF THE SER-VEL
Another entry in my campaign notes series. I post them so folks can see how I've managed and run Sertorius and Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate. These are my notes for the adventure following the party's...
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SERTORIUS CAMPAIGN NOTES: THE FACE OF ABU NUTESH
Posting this as part of my campaign notes series. The point is to provide players and GMs a window into how we run our games. These are some notes from my Sertorius campaign last year. They are in note...
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THE DRAGONS AND A BEGGAR
I am going to be posting small tools, encounters, adventures and events from my Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate campaign. The purpose is two-fold. First people can use these in their own games. Second...
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THE PAGODA OF THE GOLDEN MERCIES
I am going to be posting tools, encounters, adventures and events from my Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate campaign. The purpose is two-fold. First people can use these in their own games. Second based on...
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PRINCELY FOR A PRICE
It often happens in RPGs that some players work details into their background that can give them serious advantages during play. Sometimes this is intentionally done for the gain, in my experience it...
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HISTORICAL ATLAS: THE ULTIMATE GM TOOL
I want to discuss one of my favorite types of books: the Historical Atlas. These are great for any campaign that touches on history (or even fantasy campaigns that are loosely inspired by the past)....
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THE WORLD OF WANDERING HEROES OF OGRE GATE
Appologies for the infrequent posts this week. Been working on Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate. We have a bunch of illustrations and maps in the works. I want to share the world/cosmology map, which was...
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HOUNDING FOES
Archangel Michaelkicking ass and taking namesOf all the types of bad guys to throw at a party, my favorite is the Hounding Foe. These can be anything from masked killers like Michael Myers to a more...
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BENOIST POIRE DISCUSSES THE MARMOREAL TOMB
GP Adventures has just launched a kickstarter for their Marmoreal Tomb Starter Campaign. It is an expansion of the Marmoreal Tomb Dungeon they introduced in Gygax Magazine Issue 3. I spoke with Benoist...
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KNOW WHEN TO ROLL THEM....
I like the Lindybeige channel on youtube and today he had a video about dice rolling and what it means. You can see the video here: Die-Rolling in RPGs. This blog post isn't really a commentary on...
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