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Majestic Wilderlands – We’re all only down 3 HP

We pick up in media res, as we always do. The team at the gatehouse is first up in the list, and they managed to pick up three hirelings. One medium infantry with a crossbow, and two light infantry with spears and shields. They nab the knight-killer crossbows that are “spare,” with 10 bolts each,…

Swords and Wizardry – You can’t roll a ballista up a 5% slope
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Swords and Wizardry – You can’t roll a ballista up a 5% slope

After something like a three-month pause (Peter says 1/9/2015), we return to the Castle of the Mad Archmage. We’d abandoned the arena, and returned to Level 3, looking for stuff to kill and loot in the fine, grand old tradition of delvers everywhere.. After shooting the breeze for nearly an hour, we got down to…

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Expectations management and the social aspect of gaming

Mostly, when I do RPG play, instead of design work, I am doing it very specifically for the social interactions. While system can (and does) matter, what I really want out of gaming isn’t usually to play GURPS, or D&D, or whatever.[1] The ConTessa Blog Logo Over at the Contessa blog, +Sarah Richardson interviews four players about…