Category: Roleplaying Games
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Random Generators – Requests?
Hey everyone! It has been ages since I put up a new blog post. Between work and life there hasn’t been as much time as I would like to put to the blog. A recent change of jobs has cleared my calendar some and I am looking forward to putting…
Even More Floor Plans
One of my most popular posts on my blog has been my short list of floor plans. Having a map of an area is one of the easiest ways to not only plan your rpg adventure, but also to make sure that all of your players are visualizing the same…
Falling: Goblin Edition
A month ago or so we tried out a new card game, Falling: Goblin Edition and while crazy it was a lot of fun. The premise of the card game is that you are a group of Goblins who, for whatever reason, are falling and are sure to die when…
Daikaijuu Sentai Uchuujin Shinkou (Alien Invasion Attack of the Giant Monsters)
Here is the second installment of our on going It Came From the Late, Late, Late Show our GM provided us with a longer game, I believe it took us 3 sessions to finish the storyline and that included staying up a bit later on the last night. This adventure…
The Ghost Returns for High Adventure on the Coast of Crusade
A few months ago our Call of Cthulhu DM ran a one night game of It Came from the Late, Late, Late Show. I had never played the game before, though I had read through the rules a while ago. For a long time now I have had a love…
Modern day wands
What is a wand? According to my recently purchased copy of The Element Encyclopedia of Secret Signs and Symbols by Adele Nozedar, a wand is a symbol of power. Adele writes “The wand is an essential tool for anyone who aspires to a position of authority and power: witches and…
Plots from the Past
There are so many places to gain inspiration for the plots that a DM throws their character group into. For me I find much of my inspiration comes from the books have read as well as the movies I have watched, that combined with my own vivid and active imagination….
LARPs in Pacific Northwest
LARPs in Pacific Northwest Before you head off into the land of LARP you need to understand the two basic types of LARP that exist. The first is Boffer LARP and the second is Non-Boffer LARP. Let’s look at these a little bit closer. Boffer LARP Most Boffer LARP’s I…
Floor Plans for Modern RPGs
All in the setting One of the things that really helps with the atmosphere of any RPG is having the setting down right. In the fantasy based games I run that is fairly easy to accomplish as they are not required to stick to any hard laws of anything, including…
Boffering goes mainstream
My first encounter with boffer combat was through my college boyfriend playing a home grown LARP (Live Action Role-Playing) Game. We wore period style clothing, and used boffer weapons for combat. Our group played each Sunday at Mt. Tabor Park in Portland, OR. It is actually where I got to…