Dragon Heresy – Group 2 Playtest 1: Palace of the Crowned Skull
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Dragon Heresy – Group 2 Playtest 1: Palace of the Crowned Skull

We mostly got our quorum for today’s game. The players and I had decided that this game would start at level 7 instead of level 1, to test out the mid-power game. So whom did we have? +Anne Hunter was Gudrun, a level 7 human runic barbarian. She carried a greatsword and a shortbow, and has…

From Evil Overlords to PC Engagement – Tribality for the win
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From Evil Overlords to PC Engagement – Tribality for the win

Over at Tribality.com, +Brandes Stoddard throws down a post called Playing with a Stranger’s Toys. Notionally it’s about the challenges of using other settings and adventures. He brings up a few examples, and a contrived scenario (not his own) where the players are put in the situation where they are being approached, on a ship, by another…

Lessons from Monteporte
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Lessons from Monteporte

I used to play in +Ken H‘s Monteporte campaign, and I remember it fondly. Recently, he rebooted it, and posted some session notes here. They struck me with two thoughts. Tangible is Good He writes: Resource and Time Management: We are keeping more careful track of resources, such as food, torches, and arrows. We are also…