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Apropos of Nothing: Fortified Town!

Over at The Troll Dens, +Stephen Chenault links to this image of a fortified town. City of Carcassonne, photographed by air, south-west France. This fires up my imagination something fierce. He notes that this is what the dragon sees as he decides to get take-out. True, true. The thing that gets me is just how cool…

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Melee Academy: High skill vs. armor and shield

This post was spawned in the same discussion +Peter V. Dell’Orto references in his recent entry on the Shield Wall question. This isn’t more about Shield Wall, but more shields in general. After I started on this, I figured some of my fellow bloggers would like to try, so I contacted Peter, Mark, Jason, and the…

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Actual Play: GURPS DF Jade Regent – Ravenscraeg 6

We picked up in media res again.  GM: +Nathan Joy  Players: +Mark Langsdorf , +Theodore Briggs , +Kevin Smyth , Bruno, and +Douglas Cole . This is the Jade Regent Adventure Path done in GURPS, and I’m quoting liberally from descriptions that the GM almost certainly pasted verbatim into the chat windows of the adventure. So: Spoiler Alerts! Many mooks were having some…