Category Archives: Role-Playing Games

Iralun – session two

Posted on May 21, 2021 by hurcheon

Fire, I’ll take you to burn! Our Heroes– Farshad – A merchant adventurer, small of stature, blamed for more than he should be– Dhran the White – A farmboy seeking his way in the world, owning his name to a … Continue reading →

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The once and future manuscript

Posted on December 11, 2017 by hurcheon

As I have written about before, when my taster rules for the classic Chivalry & Sorcery, Chivalry & Sorcery Essence was printed, I thought of it as a toolkit and not as a whole game world. I did put in … Continue reading →

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7TV Skirmish Wargame, the 60’s adventure TV RPG waiting for you

Posted on July 24, 2017 by hurcheon

On Twitter, someone asked about a suitable RPG for running games set in the world of “The Persuaders”, an action adventure series with Tony Curtis and Roger Moore, one of many from production company ITC, some serious, some, like this, … Continue reading →

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A night or two of play – Astonishing Swordsmen and Sorcerors of Hyperborea

Posted on December 10, 2016 by hurcheon

Astonishing Swordsmen and Sorcerors of Hyberborea (ASSH) is a fantasy and horror role-playing game set in a world combining the feel of Robert E. Howard’s Hyborean Age with the pulp horror of HP Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith, which is … Continue reading →

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Cthulu writeup – episode two

Posted on September 16, 2016 by hurcheon

Warning. This is a write up of “Uncle Timothy’s Will” in Blood Brothers. If playing that then stop reading. I have made changes to details. In episode one we met cousins Joan Hildyson and Sigismund Krankenhofer and detective turned novelist … Continue reading →

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Cthulhu write up – episode one

Posted on September 2, 2016 by hurcheon

Warning. This is a write up of “Uncle Timothy’s Will” in Blood Brothers. If playing that then stop reading. I have made changes to details Timothy Hildyson, last of his line, had died. One more death in a harsh and … Continue reading →

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The cult of the new and multi-player solitaire

Posted on February 13, 2016 by hurcheon

I have been thinking a fair bit about what I want from games, This appllies mainly to RPG, wargames and boardgames, which intersect in my thoughts and what I perceive as why me and current trends don’t seem to be … Continue reading →

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