Pen’s Tip at Sword’s Edge

Unfortunately, my Viking True20 campaign ended without a real conclusion. I’m glad, though, that I got the chance to run it. One of the reasons is that I learned a heck of a lot about the Varangian trade route through Russia to Byzantium. I also learned a lot about Viking history and culture.
I recently finished [...]

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It looks like, barring a disaster–which is always possible!–that the Ottawa Warband will reassemble. We won’t be continuing the True20 Viking campaign. While many of the original players will return, I’ve got something else I’ve promised to run that has the majority excited.
I got a review PDF copy of Mutants & Masterminds 2nd edition from [...]

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Another moment over another massive cup of coffee. While the Princess is busy downing strawberries, I’m going to try to get this idea down and out there.
I was thinking about the next campaign I intend to run once I get the band back together (if you are in Ottawa, we could still use another player). [...]

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I had four players in my Viking True20 campaign. Things were chugging along well. We had one player who had a lot of scheduling issues, but we tried to work around them. Then one player moved to BC for a job. Hated to lose him, but understandable. Then the scheduling issue player had one major [...]

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Well, it has been some time now hasn’t it.
You know my excuse. Well, if you read this blog, you know my excuse. My daughters are awesome. Absolutely awesome. But even the most perfect child takes up a huge amount of time. I’m lucky in that my job offers me plenty of parental leave. Since my [...]

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So you’ve finally found a group (hint, that’s what Collateral episode 1 was all about), but what do you know about these people? Do you really want to game with them? Perhaps a pre-game meet, something social, would help to decide.
That’s what Collateral 02 - The Pre-Game Meet is all about. Give it a listen [...]

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I’m in the middle of re-reading Fritz Leiber’s Lankhmar stories. I’m on Swords Against Death. Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser have done much to influence my concept of fantasy RPGs, and I am again inspired to create after reading.
One thing that the Lankhmar stories (and Robert E. Howard’s Conan stories) do is force me out [...]

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So, I might actually have four players for a game. Very tentative right now. They all seem willing to give True20 a try. That’s awesome, but it leaves me with the difficult choice of what to run. I have ideas for a mythic-type Greek story, a Viking saga, a Conan-esque sword & sorcery tale, an [...]

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