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Studio Firebase Oats Rakka

Posted on July 19, 2017 by Fraser

Neill Blomkamp isn’t resting on his laurels but is creating some amazing speculative fiction shorts. Both Rakka and Firebase are out now, and each of these provides tons of inspiration for both writers and RPGers. I’m only going to look … Continue reading →

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Lawless Heaven at CanGames

Posted on May 17, 2017 by Fraser

Are you going to be in Ottawa this weekend? If so, do you want to kick some ass in Ulsan? Then “Lawless Heaven” would be your jam. I’ll be running “Lawless Heaven” on Saturday at 14:00 and Sunday at 09:00 … Continue reading →

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Modern Sword’s Edge

Posted on April 10, 2017 by Fraser

This is the final in a selection of examples from different genres I’ve run using Sword’s Edge, which is presently in the middle of Kickstarting. Which you have, of course, backed. I mean, you’re reading this, which is about this … Continue reading →

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Breaking Down Breakout Con

Posted on January 24, 2017 by Fraser

It’s been announced: I’m an industry guest at Breakout Con, running 10-12 March 2017 at Holiday Inn Yorkdale in Toronto. In case you were wondering, this is what I’ll be doing: On Friday, I’m running a game of Lawless Heaven from … Continue reading →

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What Is Lawless Heaven?

Posted on January 21, 2017 by Fraser

Lawless Heaven is a modern action adventure set in Ulsan, South Korea using Sword’s Edge RPG. The tagline is: Four cops. One hundred criminals. Countless broken bones. I’ve actually made sure there are 100 criminals the PCs can beat up. … Continue reading →

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Lawless Heaven

Posted on January 16, 2017 by Fraser

Sword’s Edge RPG has been updated. It’s ready to go. And the first place you can find it is at Breakout Con in Toronto 10-12 March 2017. I’m going to be running three games of Lawless Heaven using Sword’s Edge: … Continue reading →

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The Revenge of Spec Ops Burn

Posted on June 9, 2016 by Fraser

Next up in our return to Burn Notice as an RPG campaign, I’ve got something modern for you. Given that SEP started publishing special operations-type supplements and adventures for d20 Modern, one would hope I might have a grip on … Continue reading →

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Burn Notice as Campaign

Posted on May 24, 2016 by Fraser

With a lot things – like my MA program, my job, my family, my gaming – pulling me in a lot of different directions, SEP has suffered. To try to keep some semblance of a pulse on this thing, I’m … Continue reading →

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The Clandestine Activities Special Executive

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Fraser

In the HardCASE game that I’ll be running, the PCs will be “enhanced” humans (parahumans?) working for a deep dark organization called the Clandestine Activities Special Executive, or CASE. Now, the description below has CASE as a Canadian organization, but … Continue reading →

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HardCASE

Posted on April 7, 2016 by Fraser

I have kind of penchant for super-powered black ops and spies. Now, I think the absolute best was the short-run by Warren Ellis (big surprise) on Secret Avengers, but I was also a huge fan of John Ostrander’s Suicide Squad … Continue reading →

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