I had my first chance to play 13th Age yesterday. The session was quite abbreviated – by the time we’d started and created characters, it was close to 9pm, and so we only had about two hours of actual play. I can’t say I’m really that familiar with the system yet, so I’m sure a lot of 4e-isms made their way into my running of … Continue reading 13th Age: Blood and Lightning report (spoilers)
Murder in Baldur’s Gate continued with me running the remainder of the Introductory Stage; the Launch Weekend event expanded a small part of the stage into a 2-hour session, but there was still a major part of the stage to run: the meetings with the movers and shakers of the adventure. The characters had been invited to three meetings, but the timing and distance between … Continue reading Murder in Baldur’s Gate: Introductory Stage report
My Greyhawk 4E campaign continued on Friday with the group continuing to explore the ruined Moathouse near the Village of Hommlet. They’d just discovered a priestess examining some artefacts which the group recognised as being part of the cult of Tharizdun, and they were unsure of what else they would find. One door from the room they were in led to an empty room that … Continue reading Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil – in 4E
My Greyhawk 4E campaign continued on Friday with the group continuing to explore the ruined Moathouse near the Village of Hommlet. They’d just discovered a priestess examining some artefacts which the group recognised as being part of the cult of Tharizdun, and they were unsure of what else they would find. One door from the room they were in led to an empty room that … Continue reading Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil – in 4E
Our journey through Murder in Baldur’s Gate began this weekend. I’m running it as part of the D&D Encounters program at my local gaming store, and so we all participated in the Launch Weekend event. My biggest worry going into the event was one of numbers; we’d been sent two copies of the special adventure for the launch, and I was extremely worried there would … Continue reading Murder in Baldur’s Gate: Launch Event – report (spoilers!)
My Thursday nights are generally spent playing wargames of one sort or another. Of late, we’ve been playing some 3-player games, but with Jon away, Sarah and I decided to play some Netrunner instead. It’s a really great game, but it didn’t really take very long to get through five games and decide we needed to tinker with our decks some more. We’d brought in … Continue reading A game of Labyrinth: the War on Terror
My ongoing AD&D campaign, which I’m currently running every second Saturday at my FLGS, just finished playing through C3: The Lost Island of Castanamir. It isn’t part of the main storyline of the campaign, but was played more as a side quest to allow a number of newer characters to gain experience so they can be properly integrated into the larger campaign. Thus, the Lost … Continue reading Vikings, Lost Islands and Encumbrance – my AD&D Greyhawk game
My 4E Greyhawk campaign, which I’ve been running since 4E first came out in 2008, is moving towards its final stages. The characters are mostly 24th level, and the story we’re now running should end the campaign. Although the campaign is normally played fortnightly, there have been breaks in it due to illness and the other things that afflict long-running campaigns. Three of the six … Continue reading Tharizdun and Elemental Evil – my 4E campaign continues!
This weekend saw my regular gaming habits continue: D&D on Friday night and Saturday, and boardgaming to fill out the holes. I feel quite fortunate to be able to regularly play games with my friends, and it was really good to have Adam join us again on Friday night. Yes, after a gap of a few months, Adam has rejoined my 4E Greyhawk game, as … Continue reading A regular weekend’s gaming
This is a fuller recount of the events of the recent Game Day than I've given before. Beware spoilers! June 15th. D&D Game Day. Vault of the Dracolich. Leading up to the event, I really didn't know that much about it. I'd read that it was something like a Lair Assault, but I really hadn't done that much research on it. It was late on … Continue reading Vault of the Dracolich – Game Day report – Incredibly awesome!
