I ran, what was supposed to be the final episode of Freeport (Rolemaster rules) and we missed the ending by an hour. So last session will happen this week and will have to dovetail with Deadlands. We did have a seat reserved for GG had he been watching in on the session to view the action and adventure. The session, whilst playing too long (i.e. the players got sidetracked and spent a lot of time doing heroic stuff not related to the adventure, but still important to them) did generate some fantastic solutions to difficult problems.
For instance, the docks of Freeport were locked down by Black Orcs who had occupied the town ensuring no boats entered the port or left. This left the players with a massive problem as they had an injured member of the party who they couldnt move (due to some serious criticals - thanks Rolemaster :-) ). But they injured party member could only be reached by boat as they had recently explored a rocky dungeon just off the coast of Freeport. What made matters worse was that the identity of the injured party member (a cleric no less) was well known to the black orcs and they had themselves offered a large reward for the cleric's capture.
One player, our resident rogue, went up to a pair of black orcs and offered the cleric up as a bounty as long as they shared the reward with him. The other players complained as they thought the rogue had sold the cleric up the river. This was made all the more tense as the rogue and cleric had had a long standing disagreement and had discussed this very situation before, i.e. selling the cleric out to the bad guys.
In return for helping the orcs and sharing the reward, they would need a boat to get there. And the rogue pretended to be "weak" meaning the orcs not only stole a boat to aid the party, but also rowed to the cave.
Suffice to say that the party ambushed the poor orcs and the cleric was saved, but not before choice words were spoken between the two protagonists.
Friday, March 14, 2008
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Freeport Trilogy Coming to an End
Ill post links to the full review of the trilogy, but generally my feeling to the adventure trilogy is I feel let down. I was hoping for some piratey naval high fantasy adventure, but what I got was down and dirty low fantasy more akin to Warhammer FRP
Friday, March 7, 2008
E Gary Gygax
I deliberately not posted anything regarding his death on this blog as I dont feel there is anything else to add to the combined heart-felt loss at his death.
I think it is fair to say that without Dungeons and Dragons, Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, (2 games I didn't really play much as I cut my teeth on Tunnels and Trolls and RuneQuest and neither of which would exist without the 2 aforementioned games) there would be no role-playing games, pencil and paper or computer/console games.
These games have shaped my life more than I could possibly imagine. I genuinely could not envisage my life without role-playing. Thanks to GG I really did conquer new worlds, meet new people and kill them!
I think it is fair to say that without Dungeons and Dragons, Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, (2 games I didn't really play much as I cut my teeth on Tunnels and Trolls and RuneQuest and neither of which would exist without the 2 aforementioned games) there would be no role-playing games, pencil and paper or computer/console games.
These games have shaped my life more than I could possibly imagine. I genuinely could not envisage my life without role-playing. Thanks to GG I really did conquer new worlds, meet new people and kill them!
Friday, February 8, 2008
Goodbye to Romance (Old Blog)
Like any good thing, it must come to an end. Thats assuming that RPG.net was ever a good thing. Reading the comments on the sponsored links thread it is very clear they are staying, despite mixed feelings. Anything which modifies my postings or comments has to be evil, which is funny considering the only reason for doing it, according to the Moderator Shannon is for money! I've heard all the arguments and decided to leave.
Saying that there might be "something you like" or "you never know if they are advertising a product or service you want" just stinks. Well, I shall be doing whatever I can to close my account.
What I find odd is that in the UK I could set up an identical server situation, with the required level of bandwidth, domain name and storage capacity for roughly £120.00 a month. The costs they quote are either extortionate (i.e. they are being robbed) or they are creaming healthy profits off the top because of the amount of traffic they are generating.
Best wishes for the future.
EDIT - I cant find a way to delete my account, logging onto it to find out more will only encourage them more to point out my last log-in attempt. Im sure they wont miss me, but then I dont give a fuck.
EDIT - Lets see how long I can go without actually looking at the site.
Originally posted 01/02/2006
Saying that there might be "something you like" or "you never know if they are advertising a product or service you want" just stinks. Well, I shall be doing whatever I can to close my account.
What I find odd is that in the UK I could set up an identical server situation, with the required level of bandwidth, domain name and storage capacity for roughly £120.00 a month. The costs they quote are either extortionate (i.e. they are being robbed) or they are creaming healthy profits off the top because of the amount of traffic they are generating.
Best wishes for the future.
EDIT - I cant find a way to delete my account, logging onto it to find out more will only encourage them more to point out my last log-in attempt. Im sure they wont miss me, but then I dont give a fuck.
EDIT - Lets see how long I can go without actually looking at the site.
Originally posted 01/02/2006
Friday, February 1, 2008
Freeport then Deadlands
The Freeport/Rolemaster ship is finishing its final leg of its journey, as the Deadlands cruiser warms up in the dock.
Everything is ready for Deadlands, chips, dice, books, laminated reference sheets, maps, even sweets! But can I find a shop that sells playing cards? Can I fuck.
w00hoo (193.60.52.11)
lawbag (90.206.245.211)
Everything is ready for Deadlands, chips, dice, books, laminated reference sheets, maps, even sweets! But can I find a shop that sells playing cards? Can I fuck.
w00hoo (193.60.52.11)
5th Feb, 2008 13:49 (local)
If this is still the case, are you looking for something special?
Only I bought quite a few for the 1st ed Deadlands game I run at Cons.
Corner shops tend to sell dirt cheap packs of 'plain' playing cards if you just want cards.
Board Games shops (and so I guess some toy shops) sell funkier cards if you're after something a bit nicer. Compendium in Greenwich where I work has a load, for instance.
If you look around on line you can buy 'proper' 19th C style poker cards with no indices, just the shapes (i.e. 8 hearts on a 'blank' card). The only thing to be careful of is that those sort don't always have Jokers. With one of the packs I have I've had to 'create' jokers by amending the 'history' cards that came with them. Generally an internet site will tell you the number of cards in the pack and provided there are 54 you'll be able to do something.
For more flavour, there are decks out there with the Confederate and Yankie generals pictured on the playing surfaces. I've a particularly nice set with stills from Wild West films on them.
I've only come across one deck actually made by Hoyles but it was a jumbo print one. I still look around, but haven't become obsessed enough to actually seriously search them out. I have to admit to owning a copy of Hoyles card games though... :-)
Hope some of that helped.
Only I bought quite a few for the 1st ed Deadlands game I run at Cons.
Corner shops tend to sell dirt cheap packs of 'plain' playing cards if you just want cards.
Board Games shops (and so I guess some toy shops) sell funkier cards if you're after something a bit nicer. Compendium in Greenwich where I work has a load, for instance.
If you look around on line you can buy 'proper' 19th C style poker cards with no indices, just the shapes (i.e. 8 hearts on a 'blank' card). The only thing to be careful of is that those sort don't always have Jokers. With one of the packs I have I've had to 'create' jokers by amending the 'history' cards that came with them. Generally an internet site will tell you the number of cards in the pack and provided there are 54 you'll be able to do something.
For more flavour, there are decks out there with the Confederate and Yankie generals pictured on the playing surfaces. I've a particularly nice set with stills from Wild West films on them.
I've only come across one deck actually made by Hoyles but it was a jumbo print one. I still look around, but haven't become obsessed enough to actually seriously search them out. I have to admit to owning a copy of Hoyles card games though... :-)
Hope some of that helped.
lawbag (90.206.245.211)
5th Feb, 2008 20:09 (local)
thanks for the info. havent seen your entries on livejournal of late, mustbe on holiday or summfink.
I did manage to get a couple of decks from a cornershop as you suggest. I felt like a dodgy desperate gambler desperate for a new deck of cards to help my next fix.
I did manage to get a couple of decks from a cornershop as you suggest. I felt like a dodgy desperate gambler desperate for a new deck of cards to help my next fix.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Ghost-Towns and Deadlands
As you may know I am about to finished the 3rd part of my heavily de-railed Rolemaster/Freeport campaign. After that I head back to the Wild West with Deadlands, probably my favourite game after 7th Sea.
Having not looked online for several years, its been that long between running sessions, that I tried again online to ponce some ideas and adventures from websites and fan-created sites.
Like the proverbial ghost town, most of the sites are dead, usually displaying a proud moniker of "Last Updated xx/xx/1997".
Which is either a fitting tribute to the game or just something that is very sad.
Having not looked online for several years, its been that long between running sessions, that I tried again online to ponce some ideas and adventures from websites and fan-created sites.
Like the proverbial ghost town, most of the sites are dead, usually displaying a proud moniker of "Last Updated xx/xx/1997".
Which is either a fitting tribute to the game or just something that is very sad.
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Exile Update
Just an exile update, its been almost 24 hours since I have posted to RPG.net due to their adoption of sponsored links.
I made the unfortunate mistake of keeping my profile logged on while I visited to get replies to my protest, and Valandil (bless him and his avatar) notices I had actually logged on at 2:38am (yeah like Im actually awake at that hour! - I do have a day job).
So to clarify I have logged off my profile, but I doubt they will highlight my absence, my boycott is for making posts.
Im feeling sick now at the homo-erotic fauning over Cessna that is due to begin. I fully predict (Nostradamus hat on) that the internet equivalent of candle-lit vigils will be held, and a countdown to the day when he finally returns as the champion of RPG.net.
To support his cause, I have banned myself from my own forum for a period of 2 weeks as well.
Originally Posted: 31/01/2006
I made the unfortunate mistake of keeping my profile logged on while I visited to get replies to my protest, and Valandil (bless him and his avatar) notices I had actually logged on at 2:38am (yeah like Im actually awake at that hour! - I do have a day job).
So to clarify I have logged off my profile, but I doubt they will highlight my absence, my boycott is for making posts.
Im feeling sick now at the homo-erotic fauning over Cessna that is due to begin. I fully predict (Nostradamus hat on) that the internet equivalent of candle-lit vigils will be held, and a countdown to the day when he finally returns as the champion of RPG.net.
To support his cause, I have banned myself from my own forum for a period of 2 weeks as well.
Originally Posted: 31/01/2006
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