Where an old school gamer (Oldskol) blogs about Various TTRPG experiences. I also belong to rootring, a webring for TTRPGs. rootring. ...
Note to readers , this post is long and self involved. It initially started as a personal journal post, but I thought it may have some interest for others. I haven't written a full blog post in a while. Why? Because of fatigue, some depression, and burn out. The first two are cyclical for me, I have a history of overdoing things and depression. The third, burn out is new. What did I burn out on?…
I was able to secure an Interview with the Jack-O-Bear Crypto-Zoologist, Professor Linus Van Pelt, and his companion Charles Brown. Prof. Van Pelt seemed relaxed, but he clutched a small blue square of soft cloth. Charles Brown had a beagle dog with him that sat relaxed, as I walked up to meet them. Hello Professor Van Pelt. Thank you for meeting with me! Good to meet you Mr. Brown! Professor Van…
This will again be a brief recap, and some notes about what seems to be working for me and what has not worked for me as Game Master at the end. See also Mr. Mann's Purposeful Session Reports , and Jenx Hobby Best Practices . I had a few more players today, I was able to take care of Sarorik's (H.) POW gain roll from a few sessions back, when he demoralized a Cave Troll with a spell. No success…
Friday night's group was composed of Rosrolar (S.), Grundle (N.), and Daranth ( Oldhawkeyes ). Olyander (O.) was out this game. They had been invited to the King of Trilus citadel's table for dinner, and they were drinking all day in the Stabbing Cat Inn. They Grundle and Daranth tapered their consumption, Rosrolar put more away. Arriving at the King's Hall they ran into one of the Messengers they…
Hmm, I have no good game stories to relate. I'll talk about Bunnies & Burrows rpg, what little I have to relate. When I think of B&B I think of Watership Down , by Richard Adams. One person best described it as Lord of the Rings with bunnies. I have only played one game of GURPS Bunnies and Burrows and I really liked it. The problem I have currently is that I don't really get to chose the exact…
I was introduced to Tekumel in the 1980's with the books Man of Gold , and then Flamesong , by M.A.R. Barker (published by DAW). I bought and collected several games that I never read (until years later) including Swords and Glory rpg close to when it was released by Games Science. It wasn't until the late 1990's that my former roommate S. really got me hooked on the setting. He worked at our…
This is me just trying to explain why I like and love older games. Why do I like Paranoia! but love Metamorphosis Alpha? Why do I like 3E D&D but love OD&D (plus Grey Hawk)? Why Classic Traveller over most sci fi games? Really I have reasons for each, I suppose, but when you see a pattern in yourself you can either deny that it exists or admit the truth to yourself. I see this pattern and I am…
I blogged recently about playing in jay_zer0's Arduin Arcade The Howling Tower! Session #2 https://zer0.bearblog.dev/arduin-arcade-session-2-the-howling-tower/ . This has got me thinking/reminiscing about Arduin through my gaming life. The Arduin Adventure boxed set was designed by David A. Hargrave. I bought it in 1981-3, and it was my introduction to an almost comprehensible basic D&D (I was…
This will be the briefest notes I can outline for this session. I also want to talk about what worked as a GM/DM in the session. Jantos Redspear (B.R.), and Arax (C.), were lunching with Fleeter Neem. (I opted to say that a street urchin was hired to fetch) Bala (P.) joined them at the Temple of Pavis for lunch, and dancing. (Sequester [T.] was on vacation and couldn't make the session, he sort of…
Note: I going to write this as a GM's notes. Detail will be missing. My goal is to convey a very brief summary of the session, and my thoughts on what how ideas worked. We were able to do Downtime, allowing the RQ PC's a chance to improve their skills. I opted for a week of game time passing. I also decided that Game bookkeeping would occur in the start of the session for the first fifteen…