It’s funny, role-playing. You can spend ages planning a session, sorting your game out, and you really don’t know what’s going to happen. You know what you want to happen, but… My current game is Cyberpunk, doing a homicide detective team in Detroit. So, like most near future games I’ve seen, the future isn’t bright. … More Human Nature
Imagine a year ago. Two fellas, playing 40k in a game room. Little interest in the plastic conflict at hand but the beer fridge beckons. “Yeah, I’ll roll those 5+ saves. And they’re all dead. Anyone else want another beer? Wake me up when it’s my turn.” Trying to come up with the most epic of stories to … More The Gaming Grind (and how to avoid it)
OK. I’ll admit, I’m more than a little frustrated at the mo. If you’ve been living in a cave you might not know that we at the BattleHammer have been suspended (terminated?) from YouTube. I have the saddest of faces. There are a few things that really got to us. The lack of contact from YouTube … More Challenge accepted?
I like Cyberpunk as a system. It’s nothing special really, standard new future stuff (Middle East glassed, corporations more powerful than most governments, poor people are buggered, and most food is artificial). If you’re inspired to role-play by films like Blade Runner, or books like anything by William Gibson, this is the system for you. … More Cyberpunk Cops
I hate this time of year. Sure, when the kids were little, and my wife still loved me, we had a ball. Now, well, it’s overtime… It wouldn’t be December without a serial killer in the area, and we got a real sicko. Media’s calling him ‘Scoop’. He has some cattle prod thing, … More Ho Ho Ho (DCPD 3)
Can’t think of the song now, without seeing in my head, the scene in ‘A Knight’s Tale’, where the jousters are coming into London. Which marries in nicely with my theme, which is the continuation of the Pendragon campaign. As those of you who regularly cast an eye at these blogs know, you’ll find I … More The Boys Are Back In Town
Ahoy-hoy! So we can all agree that gaming is the best hobby known to human-kind (and yes, gaming can mean different things to different people). We can also agree that we’d rather be doing gaming related things than almost anything else (apart from nookie or watching the latest episode of Dr Who). So why is … More Moti…(yawn)…vation
As those of you who know venerable old me are well aware, I don’t really do board games. If I played a board game I really enjoyed, I’d work out how to change it into an RPG. I can’t think of a board game that wouldn’t be better as an RPG. So, as board games … More What’s the Difference?
I awoke instantly, guns in my hands. It was pitch black, and very quiet. Something had disturbed me, but there was no sign of anything. It was raining, which I guess had put out the fire, but there was supposed to be a sentry. I froze, listening, and then rolled silently away from my bedroll, … More Things that go bump in the night (Deadlands 3)
(Author’s note – in the Earthdawn world, there are no gods, only Passions. These are very powerful beings, associated with certain things, i.e. much the same as gods. They can materialise, and are served by Questors, who are mortals dedicated to their Passion and his aims/interests) Ow. Owowowow. Slowly coming to, thumping headache. It’s dark, … More THE PASSION
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