It’s Called Tabletop Gaming Not “Rebooting My Laptop” Gaming
Watching my fellow players and their fixation with technology in the past months has got me thinking quite a bit about the place of technology at the gaming table. They use their iPhones to store their character stats, r[...]Read on >>
The View from My Chair: Who owns the Universe?
My attention was directed to this video today http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aoc3roT81nU This got me thinking, when it comes to the Universe created by one individual but loved by a very large group of fans, who actually[...]Read on >>
Recordings from the Holocron of Kira Keldav – Session 3
Here we have another player log submission for the Star Wars game. As always, such submissions are worth bonus experience points. – in this case, of course, for Kira Keldav. We returned to the planet of [...]Read on >>
Star Wars: Episode 3, Session 2
Here we have another player-prospective segment of campaign log for the Star Wars game. It’s always revealing to compare two different player logs for the same session… In any case, like pretty much any game[...]Read on >>
The opening crawl, the perfect campaign intro
As a Level 1 GM, I have not had the opportunity for much table time as a player. So I think I have witnessed three campaign intros at the most in-person, two done by experienced people. Everyone basically had the same so[...]Read on >>
Recordings from the Holocron of Kira Keldav – Session Two
Here we have one character’s view of the events of the second Star Wars session with only one small edit. After coming to the surface at the end of the second day, we took stock of the situation. I wan[...]Read on >>
WotC cancels the Star Wars RPG!
It is official, as of May this year, D20 is dead. WotC’s Star Wars was the last big d20 title still in production. Unfortunately, WotC has announced that they won’t be renewing their Star Wars license with Luca[...]Read on >>
Well done, my young apprentice
Every do often I talk about my own methods, but a lot of them tend to be of the game mechanics sort. It has been a fair while since I talked about what happens at the table. Or rather, what happens before we get to the [...]Read on >>
Playing the ‘bad guys’
So, consider this. You have a group of five guys. A pilot, a scout, a highly connected noble, a sniper and a natural leader, all Imperial stormtroopers. They begin their story on a dropship, being dropped off on some pla[...]Read on >>
The Cerulean campaigns (Part 2): Twenty years into the future:
Now that I have finished the last campaign, The Threat of Peace, I can now reveal a few details about how this and my Rebellion-era campaign are connected. But first, why did I decide to go back? Back to Cerulea Well[...]Read on >>
My Fantasy Library: Revenge of the Sith by Matthew Stover
A little over a year ago, my little boy discovered Star Wars. Cool! The neat thing was, that I got to experience the movies, all over again, through his eyes. It rekindled my affection for George Lucas’ universe and as[...]Read on >>
Thundarr The Barbarian: Secret of the Black Pearl…
Post-apocalyptic zaniness from '80s Saturday morning kids cartoon Thundarr The Barbarian. Two thousand years after an extinction-level event destroyed life on Earth a new world has arisen combining magic and super scienc[...]Read on >>
Secrets of the Sith – Biowarfare
Self-reproducing biological weapons are, in many ways, the poor man’s Death Star. You can not only render a planet near-useless and virtually uninhabitable, but you can – with only a little luck – [...]Read on >>
Requiem for a Jedi Master
It was an emotional night, Sunday night. We finished the campaign, toasted the end of the Republic, saw the untimely death of a boss…and I almost cried when my favourite Jedi died. Yes, you heard me correctly, Mast[...]Read on >>
A linkdump far far away…
I've been reading a bunch of West End Games Star Wars books of late, and I've found a couple of useful links that I want to share.How big is the Star Wars Galaxy, and how come we keep coming back to the same damn worlds[...]Read on >>
Using the cart and not the horse
I feel that I have to open with an apology. Firstly, the lack of posts recently does not have any relation to my continued laments for lack of real gaming (more on that later) but for the simple reason that I purchased[...]Read on >>
Star Wars – Recordings from the Holocron of Kira Keldav: Session 1
February 25, 2010 from The Emergence Campaign Logs
Filed under: Background, RPG, RPG Hub, Star Wars, campaign log
After yet another daring escape ahead of the authorities and large amounts of property damage, we were back in space again on our ship. At least for the moment, the drive system starting making an odd noise and Handell[...] Filed under: Background, RPG, RPG Hub, Star Wars, campaign log
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Recordings from the Holocron of Kira Keldav – Memories of Home
Here we have another (somewhat tweaked) item from the player of Kira Keldav – who is also kindly helping fill in for me while I’m away and may not have internet access. My brother says “If you do [...]Read on >>
Star Wars – Keldav Family and Friends Background 2
Old Republic Alderaan Crevasse City Marcus and Ceren Keldav met at a botanical exhibition on Alderaan. Marcus was an artist specializing in grass painting, having inherited a landscaping business from his father and wa[...]Read on >>
Star Wars – Recordings from the Holocron of Kira Keldav – The Paradox
My sister is the analytical one, not me. Sadly, she did hammer into me many lessons on the proper use of logic. Because of that, I now get this annoying sensation in the back of my mind whenever I get a great idea. T[...]Read on >>
Star Wars – Recordings from the Holocron of Kira Keldav – Memories of Home
Since I’ll be away the next few days, and may or may not be able to add anything here, here’s an edited bit of character musing from one of the current players… My brother says “If you d[...]Read on >>
Alternative Force-Users – The Hedi
February 19, 2010 from The Emergence Campaign Logs
Filed under: Background, RPG, RPG Hub, Star Wars, campaign log
Anger. Fear. Hatred. These lead to the Dark Side.
Using the Force while in the grip of such emotions will swiftly corrupt a force-sensitive – greatly amplifying such mental patterns and eventually burning[...] Filed under: Background, RPG, RPG Hub, Star Wars, campaign log
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This Hobby Is Not a One-Way Relationship
February 18, 2010 from My Girlfriend Is A DM
Filed under: 4e, 4e DD, Advice/Tools, Other Systems, RPG Hub, Star Wars, advice
With regards to WotC promotional content for 4e, most attention is given to the tease content for D&D insider, the podcasts, and recorded features of actual play sessions. However, WotC recently posted a half-hour s[...] Filed under: 4e, 4e DD, Advice/Tools, Other Systems, RPG Hub, Star Wars, advice
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The Week In Geek…
A weekly round-up of geeky news you might have otherwise missed...(1) Over The Rainbow: One of my favourite zompocalypse mini manfacuturers, Studio Miniatures, has released details of this year's first pack of "survivors[...]Read on >>
Railroad tracks or hyperspace lanes
Since it’s been commented on fairly recently, I thought I would put my two credits worth in on the GM Fiat: railroading. Related to railroading is its opposite: improvisation. And, like the way of so many paradoxes[...]Read on >>
The Cerulean campaigns: (Part 1) Moving the game to make a vehicle
This is going to be another series of blog posts, but unlike the others which were updated when I had the time to write them, these are going to be updated as I reveal details to the players. It’s also may be a [...]Read on >>
Star Wars – The Keldav Family Background
Here we have something from one of the players for the upcoming Star Wars game… Marcus Keldav (age 48) Marcus is the son of a mediocre landscaper that has managed to take his father’s business [...]Read on >>
Star Wars: The Essential Atlas
Star Wars: The Essential Atlas is a softcover, coffee-table-style book that covers every Star Wars era from the pre-Republic days of the alien and powerful Celestials (who constructed the Corellia system) through the Sit[...]Read on >>
january 2009 for my girlfriend is a dm
February 6, 2010 from My Girlfriend Is A DM
Filed under: D&D4e, Game Design, Other Systems, RPG Hub, Star Wars
My apologies for the lack of updates. We’ve been off to a slower start than expected due to scheduling hassles. Right now bits and pieces for various posts are lying in paper scraps stuffed in my wallet. Anyway, pe[...] Filed under: D&D4e, Game Design, Other Systems, RPG Hub, Star Wars
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Star Wars – Alys Nere, Noble Huntswoman
Alys is a daughter of the Nere family, which has held high positions in Coruscant’s judicial system for centuries. For most of her childhood, she was an ordinary upper-class girl, pursuing typical interests. T[...]Read on >>
A new decade really begins for some more gaming
Well, it’s after Australia Day and pretty much the end of the silly season where you run into so many public holidays. And this week, I knew that it was time to get off my backside in terms of sorting out my real t[...]Read on >>
Recordings from the Holocron of Kira Keldav – The Anti-Force
Here we have something from Brian, one of the usual players – some of the notes and musings of his current Star Wars character, Kira Keldav. Things in my experience typically exist in some sort of balance[...]Read on >>
The Greatest Phantom Menace Review Ever
You'll forgive me if this is outside my normal purview, but this is the single-best critique of a movie--and all its faults--I've seen in a long while.That's actually Part I of a 7-part review (find the other parts here,[...]Read on >>
Intriguing, but with little substance
Some time ago, I promised a review on the latest and now second-to-last book released by Wizards of the Coast, Galaxy of Intrigue. This is a rather new thing for me, though I would like to do this for all of the books, [...]Read on >>
Star Wars – Lazlo Milvago
Here we have a version of a proposed character for the upcoming Star Wars game – Lazlo Milvago. In this case there’s been some background tinkering to make the characters contacts fit in with the settin[...]Read on >>
The Week In Geek…
A round-up of geeky news you might have otherwise missed...(1) Wizards No Longer Feels The Force: Wizards of The Coast blames the state of the economy for its decision to drop its license to produce Star Wars roleplaying[...]Read on >>
One jump ahead
It’s taken a few weeks, but my online campaign is finally going somewhere. I’m also starting to get the hang of GMing online. One of the keys to a good game, and many other things, is momenum. The trick with [...]Read on >>
Star Wars Cloaking Technologies
Invisibility is one of the most hotly-desired technologies of all time. OK, people may want magic wishing devices, ever-full purses, and similar items, even more – but no one even pretends that they’re [...]Read on >>
Wizards drop Star wars!
Wizards Announcement here It’s official, Wizards of the coast have confirmed that they will not renew the star wars license in May. WOTC will no longer sell the books or their miniatures after august. Eh? WhatR[...]Read on >>
And hope they don’t have blasters
The news is that WotC wont renew their Star Wars license, which means no new Star Wars RPG or mini products, for a little while at least. I can't say this bothers me at all. I never picked up or played the sa[...]Read on >>
Friday Discussion: End of the Star Wars License
Well, it looks like after a good run, Wizards of the Coast will not be renewing the Star Wars license with Lucasfilm. Both the minis and RPG lines will go away, with the license officially ending this May.The license ha[...]Read on >>
The Force will be with us, always…
January 29, 2010 from Level 1 GM
Filed under: Campaign, Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition, RPG Hub, Star Wars
If you haven’t heard the news yet, allow me to be the one to break it to you. Wizards of the Coast announced earlier today that they would be not be renewing the license for the Star Wars Roleplaying Game or the [...] Filed under: Campaign, Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition, RPG Hub, Star Wars
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The Nightraptor, a Kiropsten-Class Light Transport
De’arc was pretty pretentious: he named his ship the “Nightraptor”. While that is following in an old tradition – the less notable the ship, the more dramatic the name – it’s prob[...]Read on >>
Handell Awdi Tiend – Pilot
Handell Awdi Tiend sien Ardatha Koroth Tiend had been knocking around the galaxy for quite awhile. He’d piloted quite a few ships, gotten into and out of trouble, and seen a lot of things. He’d never paid much a[...]Read on >>
Am I too much of a fan?
I was recently browsing Gnome Stew when I by chance came across this article and it got me thinking. I have addressed at length the concepts of canon and gaming, but not in terms of fans and being…well, overly ped[...]Read on >>
Telera Mercorin – “Renegade” Jedi Knight
Telera Mercorin had mastered the basics. She was far from the strongest of Jedi, but only time, practice, and experience would fix that. Of course, like many Jedi, she’d been taken in as a small child, trained int[...]Read on >>
Star Wars d6 – Force Power Packages
Since it looks like we’ll be rotating back to Star Wars d6 for a bit, there will be new characters coming in – which means that a quick review of the character-creation rules and the updated and expanded[...]Read on >>
Star Wars – Garyan Manark
The Celeath (Human Subspecies): The ancestors of the Celeath were stranded on a remarkably deadly world some millennia past, and have adapted to it to some extent, both by biology and training: they receive a +2 bon[...]Read on >>
The Week In Geek…
Blue Monday Special: A round-up of geeky news you might have otherwise missed...(1) Mega-Bundle Help For Haiti: DriveThruRPG is offering gamers over $1,000-worth of pdfs for $20 which will go straight to Doctors Without [...]Read on >>
Star Wars Saga Recap: 1/17/2010
I must have had my head in the stars these days, between playing Star Trek Online’s beta (which is being chronicled here,) playing Mass Effect so I’ll be ready once the sequel comes out, and now getting a cha[...]Read on >>
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