Greetings from the far reaches of the tabletop multiverse. I hope I am finding you all in good health and a merry mood! :)
It's been roughly two weeks since my last transmission... eh, blog post. It's been busy weeks, but also good ones.
Sadly nothing new to report from the 3.5 game I wrote about in my last post (you can read about that here). It has been on a sort of unplanned mini-hiatus since then, due to IRL things popping up for various people and having to postpone it until next time. I am hoping we can get back to it in the coming week though.
In the meantime I have actually finished a second D&D 3.5 character - a catfolk, knight/bard/inventor/rifle-user (it's my DM's world and my character belonging to a knightly order essentially has turned him into... that. XD lol ). It seems like it will be a fun character to play though. It's going to be a Saturday game, that will be a bit on/off, so not every Saturday. Essentially, I have no clue how often we'll play. I am just going to wait for my GM to tell me when we play. I am looking forward to it though, and to trying out playing this character. I had a lot of fun playing my Shugenja character in the other 3.5 campaign, and I am sure I will enjoy playing this one as well.
One of the 'features' I am looking forward to trying out with the new catfolk character is the fact that he delivers most of his spells via the medium of magical bullets from his flintlock rifle. Now, I have played a 'gun mage' before, in the Iron Kingdoms RPG, though I have a suspicion that this catfolk character is going to be less broken in combat than my IK character was. XD lol I won't go into too much detail about it. It is possible that in a different campaign that character would have been less broken in combat. After all, when I played her we were all new to IK, including the GM!
It can be difficult getting new games off the ground though. I have a Mutant Chronicles campaign sitting there waiting for an opening (using 1st and 2nd edition MC), as well as some other ideas that probably will have to wait even longer. The problem is all the players need to find the time for it, but generally when some have time other's don't. Though I guess this is an issue all GMs & DMs face at some point in their lives. There's no rush for me though. We'll get around to it whenever we get around to it. The campaign isn't going anywhere.
Right. I think that will be all from me for today.
Until next time!
lördag 21 januari 2017
lördag 7 januari 2017
A new game
Greetings friends! Good to see you all again on this side of the new year. Let's hope this will be a really good year for all!
Recently, I got involved in a D&D 3.5 game which has its basis in a fantasy version of the Chinese story Romance of the Three Kingdoms. I don't think we are trying to faithfully follow the story, mind you. It is more the setting we are using, with some minor tweaks. Never the less, it looks like a very interesting setting and I think we will be in for a fun ride! :)
Anyway, we are using the Oriental Adventures books for it, and I am playing a female Shugenja character. A class which I have never played before. We've only had one session of it so far, which ended up being roughly 6 hours long. I have to say that for that session at least, I was really enjoying playing a Shugenja!
At the start of the session we had our first battle. My Shugenja had a bit of a difficult time noticing what was going down though, because of some really bad dice rolling. Eventually though, she noticed something and went downstairs to see what was going on. Now, before the session I wasn't sure how I was going to enjoy playing a Shugenja. But once we got the session going and I got into my first combat, I felt much better about it. Her beam-type attacks and the flaming sphere really showed me she could be fun to work with. I do think though, that she will be better against several enemies rather than targeting a single enemy. We shall see though. She also has some out of combat utility spells that I am hoping she will find uses for. Though that will depend on what kind of game it evolves into being. If it is a game that focuses a lot on combat I might not be able to 'waste' the spell uses outside of combat, in which case I might have to re-build her a bit. But we shall see how it goes.
I think I will have a lot of fun with the character, though I am still trying to figure out her personality and such, and I need to get around to actually writing down a backstory for her. So far, all I know for certain is really that she is 20 years old, she's from Japan, she's a Shugenja, and she is nobility. She is also travelling with two other characters, one PC and an NPC, both of which are Samurai. I'll see if I can return with a better description of her here on the blog once I have her more fleshed out as a character.
Anyway, that will be all for me for this time.
Until next we meet, somewhere in the tabletop multiverse!
Recently, I got involved in a D&D 3.5 game which has its basis in a fantasy version of the Chinese story Romance of the Three Kingdoms. I don't think we are trying to faithfully follow the story, mind you. It is more the setting we are using, with some minor tweaks. Never the less, it looks like a very interesting setting and I think we will be in for a fun ride! :)
Anyway, we are using the Oriental Adventures books for it, and I am playing a female Shugenja character. A class which I have never played before. We've only had one session of it so far, which ended up being roughly 6 hours long. I have to say that for that session at least, I was really enjoying playing a Shugenja!
At the start of the session we had our first battle. My Shugenja had a bit of a difficult time noticing what was going down though, because of some really bad dice rolling. Eventually though, she noticed something and went downstairs to see what was going on. Now, before the session I wasn't sure how I was going to enjoy playing a Shugenja. But once we got the session going and I got into my first combat, I felt much better about it. Her beam-type attacks and the flaming sphere really showed me she could be fun to work with. I do think though, that she will be better against several enemies rather than targeting a single enemy. We shall see though. She also has some out of combat utility spells that I am hoping she will find uses for. Though that will depend on what kind of game it evolves into being. If it is a game that focuses a lot on combat I might not be able to 'waste' the spell uses outside of combat, in which case I might have to re-build her a bit. But we shall see how it goes.
I think I will have a lot of fun with the character, though I am still trying to figure out her personality and such, and I need to get around to actually writing down a backstory for her. So far, all I know for certain is really that she is 20 years old, she's from Japan, she's a Shugenja, and she is nobility. She is also travelling with two other characters, one PC and an NPC, both of which are Samurai. I'll see if I can return with a better description of her here on the blog once I have her more fleshed out as a character.
Anyway, that will be all for me for this time.
Until next we meet, somewhere in the tabletop multiverse!
tisdag 20 december 2016
A sign of life
Greetings all!
A quick little post to note that I have in fact not been kidnapped by aliens, nor have I lost my way in some deep dark dungeon looking for loot. The reasons for my absence are, in fact, a tad more mundane in nature. See it is Christmas time in this household, and IRL things combined with work, has kept me busy. I will return with new updates and articles in here in due time.
Until I do, I wish you all a Merry Christmas, or a very happy whatever else you might be celebrating instead, and I will see you all again soon!
Take care, and be kind to each other.
Until next time!
A quick little post to note that I have in fact not been kidnapped by aliens, nor have I lost my way in some deep dark dungeon looking for loot. The reasons for my absence are, in fact, a tad more mundane in nature. See it is Christmas time in this household, and IRL things combined with work, has kept me busy. I will return with new updates and articles in here in due time.
Until I do, I wish you all a Merry Christmas, or a very happy whatever else you might be celebrating instead, and I will see you all again soon!
Take care, and be kind to each other.
Until next time!
tisdag 6 december 2016
Shiantiara RPG is up on Kickstarter
Greetings fellow travelers of the tabletop multiverse!
This time of year is a busy time for me, so updates have been a bit scarcer than I would have liked.
Let us talk today about a Kickstarter I recently found. It is for a tabletop roleplaying game called Shintiara.
The story is quite interesting. Shintiara is a planet trapped between a black hole and a star, and the actions of the players will help determine the destiny of the planet. Will it be swallowed by the black hole, or will the star keep it from its ultimate demise? The constant struggle between the black hole and the star causes time paradoxes to appear frequently on Shintiara, with the future and past constantly mixing. The game also appears to have a mix of magic and technology, often intertwined and co-existing and even working as one on many occasions.
The Kickstarter has 39 days left to go at the time of writing this article, and they have so far reached 3,730 euro out of an asked 5,000 euro.
Go check out the Kickstarter and if you like it give it a pledge. :)
Until next time!
This time of year is a busy time for me, so updates have been a bit scarcer than I would have liked.
Let us talk today about a Kickstarter I recently found. It is for a tabletop roleplaying game called Shintiara.
The story is quite interesting. Shintiara is a planet trapped between a black hole and a star, and the actions of the players will help determine the destiny of the planet. Will it be swallowed by the black hole, or will the star keep it from its ultimate demise? The constant struggle between the black hole and the star causes time paradoxes to appear frequently on Shintiara, with the future and past constantly mixing. The game also appears to have a mix of magic and technology, often intertwined and co-existing and even working as one on many occasions.
The Kickstarter has 39 days left to go at the time of writing this article, and they have so far reached 3,730 euro out of an asked 5,000 euro.
Go check out the Kickstarter and if you like it give it a pledge. :)
Until next time!
torsdag 24 november 2016
Kickstarter for new Pathfinder adventure book
Greetings from the Tabletop Multiverse!
There is a new adventure up on Kickstarter for Pathfinder. It is called "The Crossing" and is the third book in the "Return to the Fey" adventure path for the "Dark Return" setting. It is made for 4-6 players using lvl 3-4 characters, so it is a pretty low-level adventure, but if you don't mind that, or if you are new to the game, it is as good a place as any to start.
Here is a link to the Kickstarter page. Go take a look at it if you are interested.
Until next time!
There is a new adventure up on Kickstarter for Pathfinder. It is called "The Crossing" and is the third book in the "Return to the Fey" adventure path for the "Dark Return" setting. It is made for 4-6 players using lvl 3-4 characters, so it is a pretty low-level adventure, but if you don't mind that, or if you are new to the game, it is as good a place as any to start.
Here is a link to the Kickstarter page. Go take a look at it if you are interested.
Until next time!
onsdag 16 november 2016
Progress
Greetings fellow citizens of the Multiverse!
Again, sadly, IRL stuff has taken hold of my time and I have been unable to write in here as often as I might have liked.
I have been getting some stuff done though. I have FINALLY been able to make a map that I am half-way decently satisfied with for my world-building project. It is a map of the northern-most continent, and I am very happy to have it mostly done. I am still tweaking it and changing bits and pieces here and there, but the general lay-out of it should be ok. I've been wanting to have these maps done for quite some time now as I feel that they (this map and other ones I have in the pipeline) will help me visualize the world more clearly. It is one thing having a bunch of pages of written text, but once you see it come alive on a map it really helps bring it all to life. At least for me it does. Also the maps help me to keep track of things.
As the eagle-eyed reader might have noticed, yes, that means I have been spending time learning to use Campaign Cartographer 3+. It and I are slowly coming to an understanding. It still has a few things about it that annoys me from time to time, but then again no program can do everything. And honestly, half the times it is probably (it is) I who have done something wrong and the program is simply doing what I just told it to do.
Overall I would say that CC3+ is a very good program for map-making. I do think I will need to sink some more money into it in the long-run if I want to be able to make all the maps properly that I want to make. Though that is for later.
On the world-building front there has also been a bit of writing done. Not as much as I would have liked perhaps, but then again a lot of that time has gone into the map-making instead, so I guess it is for a good cause.
I really can't wait for the time when I have the world at such a stage that I can try playing some kind of tabletop RPG in it with friends. :) Which tabletop RPG that might be though, I haven't got a clue yet. I might even end up running with the home-made rule-set I have been working on. In a way, I am kind of hoping that I can do that. It would be fun to try out a rule-set that has actually been made for that world. But we shall see.
Time for me to sign off for now.
Until next time!
Again, sadly, IRL stuff has taken hold of my time and I have been unable to write in here as often as I might have liked.
I have been getting some stuff done though. I have FINALLY been able to make a map that I am half-way decently satisfied with for my world-building project. It is a map of the northern-most continent, and I am very happy to have it mostly done. I am still tweaking it and changing bits and pieces here and there, but the general lay-out of it should be ok. I've been wanting to have these maps done for quite some time now as I feel that they (this map and other ones I have in the pipeline) will help me visualize the world more clearly. It is one thing having a bunch of pages of written text, but once you see it come alive on a map it really helps bring it all to life. At least for me it does. Also the maps help me to keep track of things.
As the eagle-eyed reader might have noticed, yes, that means I have been spending time learning to use Campaign Cartographer 3+. It and I are slowly coming to an understanding. It still has a few things about it that annoys me from time to time, but then again no program can do everything. And honestly, half the times it is probably (it is) I who have done something wrong and the program is simply doing what I just told it to do.
Overall I would say that CC3+ is a very good program for map-making. I do think I will need to sink some more money into it in the long-run if I want to be able to make all the maps properly that I want to make. Though that is for later.
On the world-building front there has also been a bit of writing done. Not as much as I would have liked perhaps, but then again a lot of that time has gone into the map-making instead, so I guess it is for a good cause.
I really can't wait for the time when I have the world at such a stage that I can try playing some kind of tabletop RPG in it with friends. :) Which tabletop RPG that might be though, I haven't got a clue yet. I might even end up running with the home-made rule-set I have been working on. In a way, I am kind of hoping that I can do that. It would be fun to try out a rule-set that has actually been made for that world. But we shall see.
Time for me to sign off for now.
Until next time!
fredag 11 november 2016
D&D inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame
Greetings everyone, from somewhere in the Tabletop Multiverse we call home.
It's been a few days since my last post. This has mainly been the result of a very busy IRL schedule and not having the energy to write posts. Hopefully this will turn around shortly.
Today's post will probably be a short one, but it will be a good one. I think. Hope.... I'll just leave that decision to you guys.
Dungeons & Dragons, the tabletop role playing game that we all love, have been inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame. Yeah, I hadn't heard of the NTHoF before either. Nevertheless, D&D is one of 62 toys inducted this year. It has come a long way since its humble beginnings back in 1974, at the hands of Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. It has grown quite a bit since then and is today perhaps the most famous and well-known tabletop RPG on the market.
A bit of research (Wikipedia artice) on the National Toy Hall of Fame, tells me that it is based in the U.S. and was established in 1998. The wikipedia article says that:
If you haven't checked out D&D yet, I strongly suggest you do so. It might be a bit tricky picking which version to start with, as it is currently on it's 5th edition, but if you are having trouble deciding I would probably suggest starting with 5th edition as it is the latest one and you might have the easiest time getting the books for it, and you are also more likely to find people online who can help you out.
Again, a big contratulations to Wizards of the Coast on the induction of D&D into the National Toy Hall of Fame. It is always nice to see a game that has meant so much to so many people, for such a long time, get a recognition such as that. :)
Until next time!
It's been a few days since my last post. This has mainly been the result of a very busy IRL schedule and not having the energy to write posts. Hopefully this will turn around shortly.
Today's post will probably be a short one, but it will be a good one. I think. Hope.... I'll just leave that decision to you guys.
Dungeons & Dragons, the tabletop role playing game that we all love, have been inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame. Yeah, I hadn't heard of the NTHoF before either. Nevertheless, D&D is one of 62 toys inducted this year. It has come a long way since its humble beginnings back in 1974, at the hands of Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. It has grown quite a bit since then and is today perhaps the most famous and well-known tabletop RPG on the market.
A bit of research (Wikipedia artice) on the National Toy Hall of Fame, tells me that it is based in the U.S. and was established in 1998. The wikipedia article says that:
"...recognizes the contributions of toys and games that have sustained their popularity for many years. Criteria for induction include: icon status (the toy is widely recognized, respected, and remembered); longevity (more than a passing fad); discovery (fosters learning, creativity, or discovery); and innovation (profoundly changed play or toy design)"I would definitely say that Dungeons & Dragons more than meets all those criteria.
If you haven't checked out D&D yet, I strongly suggest you do so. It might be a bit tricky picking which version to start with, as it is currently on it's 5th edition, but if you are having trouble deciding I would probably suggest starting with 5th edition as it is the latest one and you might have the easiest time getting the books for it, and you are also more likely to find people online who can help you out.
Again, a big contratulations to Wizards of the Coast on the induction of D&D into the National Toy Hall of Fame. It is always nice to see a game that has meant so much to so many people, for such a long time, get a recognition such as that. :)
Until next time!
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