Jul 9, 2019 | Fiction, Shadowrun
Maybe the Boy Scouts had something with their “be prepared” motto—a little forethought went a long way into not having to deal with afterthoughts. Sometimes the universe had a special way of showing its serendipity to those not normally enthusiastic about...
Jul 7, 2019 | Legend of the Five Rings
Recently I started running a new Legend of the Five Rings campaign, with most of the players having participated in at least some of my previous five-year story arc in the same setting. I thought long and hard about how to make this experience different from those...
Jun 30, 2019 | Fiction, Legend of the Five Rings
“I don’t like him,” the large man grunted from the doorway, fingers drumming on the hilt of his aged machete, having escorted the strange traveler from their small bandit village. O-Baka hardly registered his companion’s complaint, lost in...
Jun 9, 2019 | Legend of the Five Rings
One of the books that most formed my early gaming experience was The Way of the Scorpion for the Legend of the Five Rings game system. A deep dive into the politics, mentality, and hidden truths behind one of the most secretive organizations in the setting, it...
May 19, 2019 | Guild Wars
One of the reasons I’m not generally a fan of board games is that I get too highly invested in the outcome (read: competitive). I’m less competitive with video games—I routinely play with people who are better than I could ever be—but still I loathe dying...
