Category: Games
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Kal-Arath Campaign Actual Play Session 1 – All But The Strongest

In my quest for a solo TTRPG that actually fun to play and grabs my attention for longer than it takes to download I recently discovered Kal-Arath, Castle Griefs brilliant rule set and setting. I’ve played sessions in a number of games that get talked about all over the internet that I just seemed to…
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Distress Signal – A Flames of Orion Scenario

Yesterday Blair, Mike and myself played the second game in our ongoing Flames of Orion three person campaign, this time playing a custom mission I wrote based on my own hype level around the board I had put together for the battle. You need to stay sane somehow and apparently this is how I do…
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Who Spilled West Marches In My Sun Rot?!

Another day, another game of Sun Rot. It’s been a month or so since I’ve run a game of Sun Rot, but that doesn’t mean I’ve left that world. My friend Blair, who I brought into the fold very early on, has been running HIS version of the game so I’ve been able to put…
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When the Sun Dies or: A Pile of Story Hooks for Grimdark RPGs

Following up on my post last week about how I approach introing Sun Rot to new players and communal storytelling via dice, I wanted to share some story hooks that I’ve written. While I wrote these with my particular vision of Sun Rot in mind, I’ve left them purposefully loose and agnostic of any actual…
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Creating Immersive Narratives Together With Sun Rot

I’ve been playing more Sun Rot (shocking, I know), carving out a world with each die roll, flipped card and death suffered. Defining exactly what the version of this world my friends and I are inhabiting looks and behaves like. What dangers or even glimmers of hope might exist around the corner, or in a…