I was thinking about the early days of my gaming life. I was around 16 or 17, and we were playing a game of Third Reich in the old basement. The guy who was playing France rolled over and surrendered to Germany almsot immediately (just like in real life), he continued playing as the Vichy puppet government in the south of France (just like in real life). The allied players were furious with him, and started calling him Vichy Sous for the rest of the game.
But it wasn't just for the rest of the game, it was, well, effectively forever. We called the kid "Viche" for the remainder of the existance of the high school game group. I imagine some of the group don't remember his actual name to this day, and just remember him as "Viche".
Well, there you go.
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Bless you Alice
I was watching the "Music Choice" Stations on the cable, and on the rock station it had a song by Alice Cooper. According to the title card, the song is brand new, 2011.
Wel,, the name of the song is "Bite Off Your Face", and all I can say is:
Bless you, Alice Cooper.
Wel,, the name of the song is "Bite Off Your Face", and all I can say is:
Bless you, Alice Cooper.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Posting Comments
For some reason, posting comments is a bit buggy. Jason e-mailed me and said he couldn't get it to work posting as a "Name." I had had trouble at one point this summer, but got it straightened out.
I tried again tonight, and at first it wouldn't work for me either, but then I got it to work, and after a series of tests, found it was working again.
So, my advice, is, if you intend to make a long comment, write it on another file first and then plan to paste it in. Try a few times if it doesn't work the first time.
I tried again tonight, and at first it wouldn't work for me either, but then I got it to work, and after a series of tests, found it was working again.
So, my advice, is, if you intend to make a long comment, write it on another file first and then plan to paste it in. Try a few times if it doesn't work the first time.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Warehouse 13
This summer I watched the current season of the SyFy original series "Warehouse 13." I must admit that I really like the premise as guide to magic items for a fantasy campaign. Each "artifact" in the series is a different magic item, each one unlike any others. The magic items aren't created on purpose, but become magical spontaneous, linked to their famous owners. So, one artifact might be Gallileo's telescope, another might be the binoculars from the Enola Gay. Each one has a unique power, but also some "downside".
Monday, October 3, 2011
Behind the Screen: Session 19
It's been a while, but I did want to comment on Session 19. I do really like having the Hackmaster monstrer books. The variety of monsters are really useful. I wanted a lawful undead that did something frightening, but didn't drain levels. The possession power of the Haunt was great and I found it in a flash.
I also wanted to test out the Summoner class in action. In a narrow room, the Old Ones summoners made a decent fight of it, calling up a ton of summoned creatures. Although, as a DM, I could have just given the bad guys tons of underlings. I'd like to have seen a example on the PC's side.
I also wanted to test out the Summoner class in action. In a narrow room, the Old Ones summoners made a decent fight of it, calling up a ton of summoned creatures. Although, as a DM, I could have just given the bad guys tons of underlings. I'd like to have seen a example on the PC's side.
Saturday, October 1, 2011
And now a word from Andrew
Andrew has been working on a re-boot of our old Knights of Orion campaign for Savage Worlds, as the game that will follow our current D&D campaign. He's asked me to post his pitch for the game, and so here it is:
In my spare time I've been writing a sequel to the Knights of Orion
game. For those of you who don't know about or don't remember the
original campaign you can find more information here:
http://www.lordsofhack.com/orion/
Here's my pitch for the new game:
The Kings of Orion
In the past, the Kingdom of Orion was an interstellar government
ruling over 1000 star systems in the Orion Galaxy. The government was
overseen by a single king, elected out of members of a royal line by a
representative assembly and serving for life. Each world maintained
its own separate planetary government and defense force while
providing tribute in the form of personnel and resources to the royal
government.
The kingdom was founded when the galaxy was in the grips of a
devastating interplanetary war against a “race” of robotic marauders
bent on destroying all organic life known only as "The Machines". For
over 500 years, the Kingdom of Orion oversaw the protection of member
worlds from outside threat and normalized trade relations between
worlds. All that changed when the Kingdom was plunged into civil war
after the abolition and execution of the Knightly order of Orion in
486 and the death of King Lothar VIII in Royal Year 505.
Several men with power took deadly steps to be named the next king.
After several initial quick and bloody conflicts, the kingdom was
shattered. Interstellar trade and travel ground to a halt in fear of
being destroyed for crossing an unknowable border or doing business
with the wrong people. Piracy became commonplace as warships were
called on to defend borders rather than police shipping lanes.
Communications between worlds dried up, and those without the means to
travel through interstellar space had to make due with whatever
resources they could muster on whatever rock they were on. The
kingdom’s worlds were divided up as each planet pledged their support
behind one of the main warlords. These five men are the new Kings of
Orion.
Now, it has been three decades of an uneasy armistice as the kings
re-arm themselves for the next round of interstellar war. A few men
have retaken the noble mantle of the Knights of Orion in hopes of
healing a shattered kingdom and protecting it from forces from outside
threatening to consume the kingdom whole. Are these heroes deserving
of their title, or are they just the useless dirtbags they seem to be?
In my spare time I've been writing a sequel to the Knights of Orion
game. For those of you who don't know about or don't remember the
original campaign you can find more information here:
http://www.lordsofhack.com/orion/
Here's my pitch for the new game:
The Kings of Orion
In the past, the Kingdom of Orion was an interstellar government
ruling over 1000 star systems in the Orion Galaxy. The government was
overseen by a single king, elected out of members of a royal line by a
representative assembly and serving for life. Each world maintained
its own separate planetary government and defense force while
providing tribute in the form of personnel and resources to the royal
government.
The kingdom was founded when the galaxy was in the grips of a
devastating interplanetary war against a “race” of robotic marauders
bent on destroying all organic life known only as "The Machines". For
over 500 years, the Kingdom of Orion oversaw the protection of member
worlds from outside threat and normalized trade relations between
worlds. All that changed when the Kingdom was plunged into civil war
after the abolition and execution of the Knightly order of Orion in
486 and the death of King Lothar VIII in Royal Year 505.
Several men with power took deadly steps to be named the next king.
After several initial quick and bloody conflicts, the kingdom was
shattered. Interstellar trade and travel ground to a halt in fear of
being destroyed for crossing an unknowable border or doing business
with the wrong people. Piracy became commonplace as warships were
called on to defend borders rather than police shipping lanes.
Communications between worlds dried up, and those without the means to
travel through interstellar space had to make due with whatever
resources they could muster on whatever rock they were on. The
kingdom’s worlds were divided up as each planet pledged their support
behind one of the main warlords. These five men are the new Kings of
Orion.
Now, it has been three decades of an uneasy armistice as the kings
re-arm themselves for the next round of interstellar war. A few men
have retaken the noble mantle of the Knights of Orion in hopes of
healing a shattered kingdom and protecting it from forces from outside
threatening to consume the kingdom whole. Are these heroes deserving
of their title, or are they just the useless dirtbags they seem to be?
New Reviews
I've been distracted with actually working for a living again this last month, but I'm getting back to blogging again.
Two Quick Reviews:
TERRA NOVA: more properly Terra No-Way. My god. You create a show with freaking dinosaurs in it, and then make the major conflict be lame-O family drama and "It's hard to be the stupid chief" stuff. Then every body does really stupid things, like seek out of the camp into dinosaur jungles for a swim. And then, in 2 hours, you have maybe 5 minutes of actual dinosaurs. Suck-tastic.
MORLOCKS: a SyFy original movie, but somehow still better than Terra Nova. The stupid romances and conspiracy stuff was pretty stupid. You knew who was going to die as soon as that person appears. Yet still, it was somehow better than Terra Nova. It did deliver on the main promise of the movie, however, there were lots and lots of Morlocks. It sucked, but it was still better than Terra Nova.
Two Quick Reviews:
TERRA NOVA: more properly Terra No-Way. My god. You create a show with freaking dinosaurs in it, and then make the major conflict be lame-O family drama and "It's hard to be the stupid chief" stuff. Then every body does really stupid things, like seek out of the camp into dinosaur jungles for a swim. And then, in 2 hours, you have maybe 5 minutes of actual dinosaurs. Suck-tastic.
MORLOCKS: a SyFy original movie, but somehow still better than Terra Nova. The stupid romances and conspiracy stuff was pretty stupid. You knew who was going to die as soon as that person appears. Yet still, it was somehow better than Terra Nova. It did deliver on the main promise of the movie, however, there were lots and lots of Morlocks. It sucked, but it was still better than Terra Nova.
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