Strange Modern Random Encounter

I was in a cab this morning, heading to a meeting with a client when something very strange (and potentially disturbing) happened.  We were stuck in traffic in a four-lane highway (EDSA, to those who live here in the Philippines) when a gang of 4 teens, each possibly no older than sixteen at most ran [...]

Re-Centering Myself

As of late I’ve been feeling the wind go out of my sails as far as GMing games go for some reason.  I’m still not entirely clear as to the reason for this, but I suppose it is another onset of GM burnout. At this point, I’m not exactly sure what to do, only that [...]

A Change of Plans… Running L5R 4e For Now

Due to a switch in the player roster in my current group, I’m going to have to put my HEX game on ice, and in it’s place I’ll be running an L5R campaign.  No idea yet as to the duration of this new L5R campaign, as I don’t even have a final list of players [...]

[Let's Study] The One Ring: Adventures over the Edge of the Wild part 4 – Advancement

Apologies for the delay in posting this particular chapter.  Work has had me tied up recently and I haven’t been able to do any sort of reading on TOR to make a post in time.  That said, let’s go ahead and take a look at TOR’s Character Development. The first thing that TOR tells you [...]

[Let's Study] The One Ring: Adventures over the Edge of the Wild part 3 – Characteristics

Hi, and welcome back to the third installment of our Let’s Study of The One Ring: Adventures over the Edge of the Wild.  Today we’ll be looking at the basic building blocks of a Player-Hero in TOR.  This won’t be a completely detailed account, as I wouldn’t want to spoil everything, of course. Attributes There [...]