Funnies: Time-travel aids

Posted on April 12, 2009 by mechanteanemone

Here a funny item that science-fiction geeks will appreciate: the Time Traveler Essentials poster, which you should tape inside your time-machine. According to publisher Topataco: If you’re like us, you live in constant fear of slipping into a wormhole and getting spit out in the 13th century, and the only real useful knowledge you have [...]

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Game Recap: Urchin

Posted on March 16, 2009 by mechanteanemone

Recap of tonight’s Skype-based game of Urchin. We actually fished trash out of the garbage can to write our character sheets, as prescribed in the rules. Chicken Bone Man (John R.) Meat 5, Mind 5 Talents: See your fortune in the chicken bones (mind) Curse you to the darkest Hell (mind) Make the dead walk [...]

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Recap: Viva Las Vegas, Part 1

Posted on February 22, 2009 by mechanteanemone

Following the fun we had with the first episode of Knights of the Realm recently, I turned the game into a recurring online game played via Skype and open to drop-in players. If you missed the first episode, the premise is this: Everyone is playing aging knights of the realm. Then dragons show up — [...]

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TROOPS: Sobriety Checkpoint

Posted on February 8, 2009 by gamefest

Another crazy night at the Thursday Night Open Games; we get not one but two hilarious recaps of the action, one from player Steve Schönberger and one from GM Rolfe Bergstrom. The premise: you’ve all seen the video TROOPS!, it’s been around for over a decade: an Imperial stormtrooper patrol unit, filmed in the style [...]

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Knights of the Realm: Recap

Posted on February 2, 2009 by mechanteanemone

Everyone is playing aging knights of the realm. Then dragons attack England! That’s when the heroes learn that by accepting knighthood they are heirs to an ancient, but very binding, obligation to do something about it. Sir Michael Caine, Sir Tom Jones, Sir Mick Jagger, Dame Julie Andrews and Dame Jan Goodall fight dragons!

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Low Life: The Rise of the Lowly

Posted on June 19, 2008 by Edmund Metheny

Amidst the muck and toilet humor there lies a real gem of roleplaying with wonderful art, a light-hearted spirit, and an unerring sense of childish fun.

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