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Category Archives: Role-Playing Games
First Impressions and light review – Deep Space and Supplenents from Farsight Games
Disclaimer. I do not know Jonathan Hicks personally, but we have talked at times on social media, I dedicated my “Essence Core” to him as he helped motivate me to write that version. He provided access to PDFs of the … Continue reading →
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea – Episode 3
The group continues to try and recover the white jade statuette of Ahera and Ba intertwined, known as the Seal of the Faithful, that serves as a symbol of the bond between the long ago Priests of Nashwa, and the … Continue reading →
First impressions of “Swords of the Serpentine” RPG
First Impressions of “Swords of the Serpentine” RPG by Emily Dresner and Kevin Kulp with Matthew Breen On Monday 6th and Tuesday 7th Feb 2023, I played in a game of “Swords of the Bosphorous”, Martin Cookson’s (@mcookie123 on Twitter) … Continue reading →
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Write up 17th November 2022 – Return of the Comet – Interlude 3 and End
The ivory figurines come to life turn out to be a tall, muscular male human (Smersh of Urlil) with cheekbones to die for, and a Shevam woman (Fetnah), the human stands protectively in front of the Shevam as they ask … Continue reading →
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Write up 20th October 2022 – Return of the Comet – Interlude 1
This interlude takes place after the end of Episode 10, directly, and came about because, as happens in real life, a few players had other commitments and I think the next part will be the end of the adventure and … Continue reading →
Write up 7th October 2022 – Return of the Comet Episode 10
The group considered the steep, dark, descent under the statue, situated as it was in the room of screaming faces and considered what might be below. And so they turned around, and had another look at the corridor of deadly … Continue reading →
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Write up 22nd September 2022 – The Return of the Comet episode 9
From their perspective at the stone circle, the group can see the mound in the distance, the gate visible from an impossible distance, from what Utana can determine, the distance is an hour’s walk away, but it and the shining … Continue reading →
Writeup 9th September 2022 – The Return of the Comet episode 8
The group are only a day from Bukrish, the start of their true mission. Concerned about having revealed their identities, they reflect that the only ones who know are in the custody of soldiers and are unlikely to blab to … Continue reading →
Writeup 12th August 2022 – The Return of the Comet episode 7
The group confer with the priest in the Temple by the graveyard, who invokes Divine Power to stabilise Rasghan Illyan. They ask the priest if it will be safe to stash the Rashan there, and they were informed that for … Continue reading →
Writeup 29th July 2022 – The Return of the Comet episode 6
The group woke up on top of the tower as false dawn gave way to the real dawn, and they readied themselves, taking a further look at the bloodshed and burning of the castle, the central fountain polluted with a … Continue reading →