Author: Joonas
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Skeletons
In The Skeletons the players are skeletal guardians of a tomb. Threatened by an invader, the skeletons spring to life to stop them. Then they return to rest. When resting, the players lie down in a dark room, in complete silence.
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Five Hundred Year Old Vampire
We have started a game of Five Hundred Year Old Vampire. And not just any game: a three-party game with thirteen players. We’re on round three of ten and I’m already humbled, inspired, and in awe of what the players are creating.
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D&D For Beginners
I was asked to be a traveling DM: visit friends further out from my place to run them a game of D&D. The players are new to tabletop roleplaying.
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Star Crossed
Star Crossed is a 2019 roleplaying game by Alex Roberts. It’s for two people interested in playing out a romance. You might know it for its use of a Jenga tower, much like Dread. The tower of wooden blocks serves a similar purpose here, making the game’s tension tangible.
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Daggerheart: Age of Umbra
I listened to Critical Role’s Age of Umbra show and liked the mood and the desperate boss fights. I have history with the Dark Souls series, and combining its kind of bleak fantasy with modern heroic fantasy sounded like a fun challenge.
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CY_BORG
We played CY_BORG as a double feature, a two act game played over back to back days. I wanted to see how the classic cyberpunk fiction narrative would work.
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Anatomy of a magic circle
All roleplaying games have a magic circle – there can’t be a game without. But not all magic circles are created equal. You can be intentional about setting up your magic circle, and in doing so, make it significantly more impactful.
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Trench Crusade
Trench Crusade is a skirmish scale wargame that’s made waves recently. I got to play a couple of games at Ropecon last weekend, using my own forces that I had been working on all year!
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Blood Borg
Blood Borg is a modern, urban vampire take on Mörk Borg. It’s set in 198X, with players taking on the role of vampiric punks facing the society’s oppression as much as their own animal urges.
