Back on the saddle again... maybe?

Yeah, so I finished that 1st edition game, it was pretty sweet. I may do some character profiles of the three players who made it all the way through, Valentine Mueller, Arlekino, and Kaizer.

Out in Utah again, but no D&D group yet. I've started a new setting called Galaxia and I may post tidbits up here every once and a while.

But yeah, bumps FTW.

Sooooo....

I never post on this thing. No one reads it, though, so I guess it doesn't matter. But anyway, going to get started on that book eventually, and I just started a first edition camaign. I really want to start up another Star Wars or a new Shadowrun campaign. Anyway, figure I'd just bump this blog.

Well, it's Over

It's been a while since I've posted, just letting you know the Star Wars Campaign did die when I came back home. Gaming over the internet is cool if you have a computer, but computer troubles and other things have killed the flame. Maybe when I'm off my mission I'll start it up again.

It's been a few months, so I have some new updates. I have created a superhero game which I am going to write up rules for and (who knows?) maybe even try to have published. I may also be working in tandem with two friends to create a comic book series based on our adventures.

I've been playing 4th Edition, and I must say it's an entirely different game. I like it quite a bit because it's ease of play, but will still be running 1st and 3rd edition games.

Also, back at home I am running a Monday night game and my friend is running a Tuesday night game. I just finished the Superhero game and am moving on to a World of Darkness game. On Tuesday my friend is running a 4th Edition game, where I am a dwarven Cleric. Well, more on that WoD game as it develops.

Last Day Travelling

Quick update: I'm staying at my sister's until tomorrow morning, and then I'm going home! I'll be back in town tomorrow night, rest on Wednesday, go see Iron Man Thursday night (excellent!) and then try to get a job somewhere in there. The solution I had for the internet problem hasn't panned out, I'll probably just end up getting dial-up. Also, I'll be starting up a campaign back with my gaming group back home, but I may not DM, so more on that later, or maybe not.

The update for the Star Wars Campaign may take until Sunday, so anybody that was there can check that and remind me of anything I missed. Can't wait to get out of this heat.

Oops! I lied.

Turns out the guy who plays Kin Dorin didn't leave until a few hours ago, so last night we threw a big double session. It's a pretty long one, so it may take me a few days to get it all up here.
I may have a solution to the internet problem, but I'm not sure, also, I've got a new player who joined up yesterday, so I'm pretty anxious to get started as soon as possible.

Star Wars Campaign: Hiatus

Hey, due to the hustle and bustle of finals, this Saturday's session has been canceled. Unfortunately, due to my moving back to a location where internet is not readily accessible, I am afraid I must place the entire campaign on hiatus until further notice. Now, other campaigns may start and continue during this time, and those will continue to be updated, however because the Star Wars group will be living in 3 different states by the end of next week, I need to work some stuff out before it continues.

Sorry for the bad news, hopefully it won't be too long before the game is up and running again.

Lots of Posts for Today

Just an administrative note, I've chopped the 2nd Star Wars campaign session review into 3 more easily digested chunks. There is still a full version out there, but I think I will start doing this more often, that is I'm going to start blogging my session reviews in smaller pieces.

Hopefully it will make it easier to enjoy.

(Also, hello to any traffic from shamusyoung.com! Welcome to the site.)

Finals and Homecoming

Well, I have finals starting tomorrow and going on to next Wednesday (though I'll probably be done before then, BYU has a testing center, so some classes don't administer finals in class, they just have them available at the testing center), after which I will be moving back home to Oregon for the Summer. After that I will be going on my mission for 2 years, so unless I hand over the administration of this blog to a trusted associate, it will probably die (for 2 years at least).

This has a few other interesting connotations: the time of the Star Wars campaign will be moved. Cray's player no longer has any plays, so we will probably start playing during the evening on Saturdays instead of at noon. One good thing, though, is that the campaign already has an online player, so when I move back home I won't have to figure out anything special for how to keep my other players (one staying here, one going back to Washington) involved. Now I just need to find an ISP that actually covers my parent's house for a reasonable fee (yeah, yeah, nerd living with parents, blah blah, look, its cheaper than renting a place, and they don't have a basement, so ha).

Well, I should get back to studying. We may play a one-shot adventure sometime this week, so look out for any information on that being posted.

Palladium is here

I got the Monsters and Animals book on Monday, and the Palladium rule book just arrived yesterday. It's fun to look through the books and go back in time to reading them at my friends house. I'm actually impressed at how good the art is. In a lot of older books the art is crap, but here we are with some very good and very funny art. I think they layout is interesting though, especially in the rule book. It seems like they made a game, took the rules, and shuffled the rules together at random. I mean, the page on how insanity works is right in the front, instead of being an appendix. But its a fun system.

I like how all the races have their prejudices laid out, cut and dry. It makes it easier to roleplay a human in wolfen lands if you already know that humans and wolfen hate each other, instead of guessing what "wolfen and humans have had some troubles" means. More hatred between races should be as black and white. Plus, they explain why the hatred is there. To me it just makes the game that much more deep.

Out of date systems aside, though, the next session for the Star Wars campaign is this Saturday. I'll have updates then, if not sooner.

New Books!

Well, even being poor and destitute has not stopped me from burning more money on books...

I just recently found some 1st Edition Palladium stuff on Amazon. It should be coming in any time today or tomorrow. I bought the main book and the Monster book. I love owning old RPGs, especially those that predate good graphics. They don't feel like they're trying to sell themselves as hard as newer RPGs do. Plus, I can't wait to pick up a new system I'll never use.

I'll admit it, sometimes I buy books for the pictures!