Character Concepts in The Call of Cthulhu

I’d like to expand on my Tatters of the King Call of Cthulhu campaign. I’ll be using mostly a cut down version of the BRP Goldbook rules; Basically I’ll be taking all the wound tables out, as the last time I used t[...]
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Death in Absentia: Characters and the Law

As with so many things, when you’re looking at how you handle malefactors in role-playing games, it’s often wise to look back at the beginning… Once upon a time there were wargamers, and they had little[...]
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[Mage: the Awakening Actual Play] Endangered Species Episode 7

This week’s session was something of a shift from the norm, as it dealt a lot with the external changes in the Tokyo Consilium, some of which might not involve the player characters directly just yet, but could hav[...]
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My Next Summer Game

Salutations all. I am fully aware of how long it has been since my blog, but some personal things have kept my attention from fixating fully on roleplaying games. In fact, I’ve only DMed two games since September, and [...]
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Constructive Criticism of Legend Quest

Years ago, we had a very good customer who came and saw us every year at the cons and bought whatever we had published. We love people like that! One year he had his two sons with him, and we confidently asked him if h[...]
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Ladies & Gentlemen, Where Does He Get Those Wonderful Toys?

It's been another solid week here at HeroPress as I continue to find my feet again. A lot of mental power (limited as it may be) has been directed to the important task of figuring out what game I'll run next for The Tue[...]
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The Chronicles of Heavenly Artifice LXVII – Science and Sorcery

In an undisclosed location Orchid’s report was being received with… some incredulity. A… NEW Primordial? Wandering around Yu-Shan randomly fixing things? Complete with a crew of Devas, a World-Body, an (Int[...]
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Stress & Consequences in Risus

Though I've only played one game of FATE, I've been a fan since the seeds of FATE began appearing in Fudge Factor. I've long assumed the Aspects of FATE borrowed heavily from Risus cliches (and Over the Edge traits befor[...]
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Perfect!

Argh! I was thinking about Mage: the Ascension rotes, and my brain threw up a little with cross-pollinated ideas. If I ever run a Euthanatos with Forces 3, I’m going to be horribly tempted to have him shout “[...]
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[Beyond Dragon Age] Star Wars: Age of Rebellion – The Ewok

It is a time of turmoil in the galaxy…and by galaxy, I mean NewbieDM‘s mind. This is article two of two in my attempt to make Newbie have an aneurysm and this one should do the trick (you can view the first a[...]
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Scions of Nyarlathotep.

Maybe it’s the exhaustion talking… maybe it’s the end of semester stress…  It might that the GM bug won’t let me go a month without thinking about what to run next… But… Wouldn’t Masks of Nyarlathotep ma[...]
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bookspaperscissors: Vadim Voitekhovitch I would love to play…

bookspaperscissors: Vadim Voitekhovitch I would love to play in this setting.[...]
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Hints, Metaphors, and Mindgames: Naming Adventures (Part 1)

I use scenario/adventure titles all the time. Used correctly, they can put players into the correct frame of mind to react in the “right” way to the events in a scenario, conceal the identity of a villain unt[...]
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Expedition RPG News and a bonus

I’m working on a sample adventure for Expedition soon that will hopefully give you something to start with on creating your own adventures with the system. If you’re already familiar with fantasy games of any[...]
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3 Mini Reviews: Adventures, Gunslingers, and Doors

Hey all! It's been a while and, unfortunately, I don't have as nice an excuse for my absence as C.D. had (congrats on the little one, C.D.!). Mostly a new job with a revolving schedule that has sucked my gaming time dry[...]
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The Chronicles of Heavenly Artifice LXVI – Science and Sorcery

Now that Charles was done “confronting” (and cheering up) a greater deiphage, he headed back to the rest of the cured minor gods… They were mostly in a state of shock. While Charles had been speaking with Eight[...]
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Deal-A-Plot Discovery

As an eager backer of the super-cool Story Forge Kickstarter project, I was thrilled when project mastermind B.J. West threw in a free and unexpected benny. Seems that way back in 1936, an anachronistic RPG supplement...[...]
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The Culture of the Western Sea

The Adelian continent is the center of the world often discussed herein, but there are other places and cultures to explore as well. The Western Sea is home to many lands and people. Like the Adelian continent, most shar[...]
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What Am I Looking For?

The Tuesday Knights are on a bit of a hiatus at present, but I'm hoping someone will step up from the ranks and offer to run something soon so that our gaming muscles don't start to atrophy.But while I'm waiting for my n[...]
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Superhero Scarcity

Less Is More...Is LessUsually when I start world building for a Supers game, I get to thinking about the other superheroes in the world other than the PCs. Marvel and DC have hundreds of Superhero characters and so do I,[...]
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Rules: Looking for the Sweet Spot

Rules are tough. Rules bug me and fascinate me. It’s just part of being a gamer I guess. It’s an interesting phenomenon that after several years of pretty much exclusively playing D&D 3.5, then 4E, then [...]
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Microscope on the Go

In an effort to squeeze more creative time into an unreasonably busy day, I'veturned to mobile apps for help. I still haven't found the perfect solutionfor solo gaming on the go (I'd write a Mythic GME app if I only had [...]
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No Rest For The Weary

So the situation looks pretty grim for The Power, with no one to blame but himself. Yet it's actually even more dire then it first appears.Allow me to explain...When Corey's PC, the hard light armored archer named Ballis[...]
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What a Fiasco

Lots of things to discuss this fine day in May.But lets start with this one.Has anyone out there played Fiasco?http://www.bullypulpitgames.com/[...]
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Review: Doctor Who – Aliens and Creatures

Back in January I wrote a review of the excellent Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space roleplaying game. Today I am having a look at the Aliens and Creatures supplement. Like DWAITAS Aliens & Creatures is a boxe[...]
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The Chronicles of Heavenly Artifice LXV – Tea with Darkness

Orchid was still probing – very VERY carefully – as they headed for the monitoring room and it’s geomantic privacy wards. The child… not only far more essence than he had ANY right to have, he had vas[...]
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Review – Deadlands Reloaded: The Flood

Deadlands Reloaded - The Flood Publisher: Pinnacle Entertainment Group Author: Shane Lacy Hensley, Matt Cutter Price: $19.99 on DriveThruRPG The Savage Troll continues its trek through Deadlands and I mu[...]
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The Chronicles of Heavenly Artifice LXIV – The Dungeon Stroll

Back in Yu-Shans subsurface mazes, Charles was more-or-less wandering around at random; there were such a LOT of fascinating features you could see here! You could see the foundations of the architecture, and you could s[...]
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Personal horror

A few days ago once again sat down behind my Trail of Cthulhu screen as the Keeper of Arcane Lore. Once again we travelled back to New Orleans in 1929, as imagined by Kevin Ross. This time, people went mad. I'm beginnin[...]
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If I Were Crazy, Would You Still Call Me Superman

It's Not EasyWow.That is pretty much the word that best describes the most recent session of our Champions campaign, 'The New Age of Champions' (based on my friend William's 11 year tour De force Champions game, 'The Age[...]
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Deep Ones! With Guns!

In my Cthulhutech game yesterday, the PCs were dealing with a group of Deep Ones who have apparently taken up residence within the Shore area of Edinburgh. If you’ve read HP Lovecraft’s Shadow over Innsmouth [...]
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Call of Cthulhu Char Gen and Skills

I’ve started going through the first step in seriously playing and or running a game. Last night, while my daughter was catching up on math homework, I rolled up a couple of Call of Cthulhu characters.  I have pla[...]
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Saturday Seed ~ 101 (Call of Cthulhu/Aces&Eights)

This week’s seed could work easily with either Call of Cthulhu or Aces&Eights as I will present it here, but could be modified or completed to work as a cross-over of these two games, or run in a Deadlands cam[...]
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True Tales of a Gaming Harlot: Dread, Dungeon World, and Paranoia

 Since we last met, I’ve had the opportunity to “get around the block” if you know what I mean, gaming-wise. I was lucky enough to attend a small, private event... Read more »[...]
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Friday Knight News – Gaming Edition: 27-APR-2012

Another week has zipped by… Where does the time go? No gaming this weekend unfortunately, but I gamed last weekend so I really can’t complain much. Every two or three weeks seems to be a good schedule. Not so[...]
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New OSR ‘Zine: Wizards, Mutants, Laser Pistols

Now THIS is old school -- an honest-to-God, handcrafted, mailed-to-your-home, made-of-PAPER fanzine. Eyes right, folks.Wizards, Mutants, Laser Pistols Issue 1 is now available from "Alexey" for $3.50 which[...]
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In Her Majesty’s Service

In Her Majesty's Service: A very nifty steampunk style setting for Risus - complete with Player Guide, World Guide, and a map. Go check it out![...]
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Issue 12 of Wisdom From the Wastelands Now Out

Issue 12 of Wisdom From the Wastelands has been released. Beginning this week, the Mutant Future-themed supplement goes to a bi-weekly format.Issue 12 - Parasite Mutations and Transformations: Gut worms and intestinal ba[...]
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Publisher Interview: Patrick Kapera and Alex Flagg of Crafty Games

A few months ago, like setting a message in a bottle, I asked Patrick Kapera and Alex Flagg of Crafty Games if they might answer a few questions. And, like the tides of Earth, the tides of the Internet brought that bottl[...]
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New Project: Microlite74 Supplement Darkmoor

I'd like to announce I've started a new Microlite74 project (in addition to Microlite74 Swords & Sorcery), a campaign setting supplement I'm tentatively calling Darkmoor. This will be a reworking of Robert Conley's e[...]
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Expedition Beta: Errata Post

AS OF APRIL 27: ERRATA RED FLAG! THERE BE ERRATAS AHEAD In the process of making a game, a billion things could go wrong. I could’ve given the Dragon 750 health instead of 75. I could’ve written a non-sentenc[...]
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RELEASE: Expedition Beta

Well, it sure has been a long time coming, hasn’t it? Here it is. Not much to say – it’s the fantasy game I’ve been making. It’s the fantasy game I’d like to play. I was once a huge 4e fan[...]
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The Gassy Gnoll: Rekindling the Improvisational Spirit (Seeking Input)

The Gassy Gnoll has had an on-again, off-again relationship with gaming over the last 12 years. Yes, that’s probably a bit too much like a confession, but I have a point I’ll get to after a bit of historyR[...]
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Review – Deadlands Reloaded Marshal’s Handbook Explorer’s Edition

Deadlands Reloaded Marshal’s Handbook Explorer's Edition Publisher: Pinnacle Entertainment Group Author: Shane Lacy Hensley Price: $19.99 The only thing to fear is fear itself, unless you’re a character in Deadl[...]
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Asteroid Mining

Today it was announced that Planetary Resources will be mining asteroids in the near future. This is very interesting. Phil Plait agrees on his Bad Astronomy Blog. At Wikipedia, there is an entry about asteroid mining. P[...]
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M74 S&S PCs versus a Dragon, Dinosaurs, and Cancer Fund Drive News

Microlite75 Swords & Sorcery Playtest: My Sunday game was very small, only 4 of my 9 players could make it. What to do? Turn the session into a special playtest. All four players created 4th level characters (3 Adven[...]
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U is for The Unexplained

The Unexplained is a game I have known about for years and have wanted to pick up, but something else always pushed it's way to the front of the line.  So when it appeared on DriveThruRPG a couple of weeks ago I kne[...]
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Savage Menagerie: Taser Thistle

No. Enc.: 1d10Alignment: NeutralMovement: NoneArmor Class: 8Hit Dice: 2Attacks: 1Damage: 1d4 + 4d6 (electrical)Save: F1Morale: 12Hoard Class: NoneThe Taser Thistle is a flowering plant found scattered on hillsides and o[...]
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New Age Heroes – Part 2

I realize that the previous post may have been a bit confusing without certain frame of reference elements. As noted, there are past posts that reference the ups and downs of our Champions game. Essentially, after the in[...]
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Wrathofzombie Sword and Sorcery Hack

A while back I posted the rules of my, then rough, Sword and Sorcery rules that I have created. Basically I have either created rules or taken shit from various blogs or books and created a system that my players and I l[...]
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