I've been playing a lot more solo sessions, and I didn't want to clog this place up. Plus, I just wanted to experiment with something different. Photo by lalesh aldarwish on Pexels.com So in April, my spinoff blog Solo Skald launched. So far, I've played campaigns of Blades in the Dark as well as Scum … Continue reading Spinoff solo blog
Category: Play Report
“Janus” Mothership Campaign – Session 6
The crew takes shore leave on Station 472 and considers changes to their future business plans. Also, bricks of human flesh.
“Janus” Mothership Campaign – Session 5
In this week's session, I took a small location from the Dissident Whispers book, added some content from Dead Planet and the third-party module Black Heart of Paradise, and generated one of my favorite sessions of Mothership yet.
“Janus” Mothership Campaign – Session 4
Session alternate title: "Cubic Worsening" The crew this time consisted of: Aeris (Teamster)Billy Ray (Marine)BR3ND4 (Android) Dr Wilson stayed back on the ship, both because the player was unavailable this week as well as because that's his nature. Narrative The crew finished up some business on Prospero, namely the cyber mod installations for BR3ND4 and … Continue reading “Janus” Mothership Campaign – Session 4
“Janus” Mothership Campaign – Session 3
A Mothership shopping session was interrupted by unrest and corporate investigation. You know, like you do.
“Janus” Mothership Campaign – Session 2
"How do you break an android? You give it feelings."Elsa (BR3ND4 player) The crew of the Janus arrived at ALCOR Station - basically a truck stop in space - before heading to Prospero. Special thanks to Victor Merino for kindly providing a cleaned-up version of the station image I could share with my players. If … Continue reading “Janus” Mothership Campaign – Session 2
“Janus” Mothership Campaign – Session 1
I've recently kicked off a Mothership campaign with friends that focuses more on the stresses of making a living in a capitalist space dystopia than on "horror" in the genre sense. I'm not quite sure what will come of it, but for now we're having fun. The game takes place two centuries from now in … Continue reading “Janus” Mothership Campaign – Session 1
Saturday Night Eldritch Fever: Session 1
Photo by Rebecca Swafford on Pexels.com Recently, I started running Call of Cthulhu for some friends. While I've played the game several times, the only time I'd ever actually acted as Keeper (GM) was running a duet game or two for my son. Additionally, rather than use pre-written content (scenarios), I decided to create and … Continue reading Saturday Night Eldritch Fever: Session 1
Ironsworn: Luthar – Session 1
This represents my first session with Ironsworn. Looking over it now, I can see a few missed opportunities and mistakes. But as a learning experience, I enjoyed it quite a bit! The layout here gave me a little trouble here, but I expect the next session to go a little more smoothly in both play … Continue reading Ironsworn: Luthar – Session 1
Those Who Came Before – Session 3
Session 3 of our Into the Odd campaign sees the group rest in town, trade their treasure for coin, and head to their next adventure site.