Games

A Star Wars Campaign

The idea for this post came when watching the first live stream from Star Wars Celebration which will still be in full swing when...
Ian O'Rourke
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S2 – Enter The Dominion, pt2

Having disobeyed orders the USS Guardian rushes to defend Bajor from destruction by The Dominion.
Ian O'Rourke
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S1 – Enter The Dominion, pt1

The USS Guardian face-off against The Dominion and a fateful decision is made.
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SO – The Derelict

The new crew of USS Guardian set off to investigate the mystery beyond the nebula.
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The Conversations The Thing

Learning from some relatively recent rpg reading I've learned the quality of my rpg experience is all about the meaningful conversation at the table.
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Approaching Scum & Villainy

These days I like to choose games to run where the challenge is in the execution not in just memorising the rules. This tends...
Ian O'Rourke
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Bourne-tastic Vampire Thriller

We recently came back from CottageCon, our weekend of gaming. It was a unique experience in that this was a CottageCon with the smallest...
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The Challenges of Online Play

Since the death of the gaming group, my pattern of actual play is changing. It’s switched from regular, long-form play to two alternate methods....
Ian O'Rourke
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Playing The One Ring

I recently got to play The One Ring a game designed to give you the Tolkien experience. I’m not a big fan of setting-heavy...
Ian O'Rourke
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S9 – The Gnoll Horde

Welcome to the ninth set of game notes of our The Rime of Frost Maiden campaign from a player’s perspective. We’ll discuss the pre-game,...
Ian O'Rourke
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